Founded in 1995 by the local community, KidsTown is now owned and operated by the Greater Shepparton City Council.
KidsTown is a regional adventure playground built by the community of Greater Shepparton through the contribution of volunteer labour and materials from local businesses as well as financial support from the City of Greater Shepparton and SPC Ardmona. KidsTown plays host to approximately 150,000 visits each year and runs a wide range of educational programs with different community organisations.
This site has significant Indigenous cultural heritage, not only due to its original inhabitants, the Yorta Yorta People, but also as a settlement site for the historic ‘Cummeragunja walk-off’ in 1939. Regular flooding caused many residents of ‘The Flats’ to relocate to nearby Daish’s Paddock, which is now the site of KidsTown and adjacent paddocks.
The playground site was previously a tip site for Shepparton.
