Shepparton no longer has many historic buildings of any significance, unlike other towns like Bendigo, Ballarat or Beechworth. We have a lot of history but not the buildings.
Shepparton is now a modern, progressive town. There are a lot of new buildings being built around the town. Why do we hang onto those two terrible eyesores, the old pub on the corner of Wyndham and High Street and the old Mooroopna Hospital? How long are they going to sit there? They have already been empty for years. It is land that is going to waste.
The old Mooroopna Hospital is a terrible disgrace. I worked there for about 30 years and no one wants to see it like this, it is not a tourist attraction.
Maybe it is time to review our heritage policy, and stop trying to hang on to the facades of these old buildings.
Now that the lovely new Shepparton Law Courts are finished, why would you want an old building opposite it? Rip it down so someone can build a new modern building on the block.
Marjorie Higgins
Mooroopna
