KILMORE
Kilmore is encounted when traveling the Melbourne to Echuca (or vice
versa) hgy. Kilmore is an old historic town, and in an earlier era was
a day’s ride out of Melbourne when heading north and
is contentiously claimed as Victoria's oldest inland settled town.
Kilmore was once on the very busy Hume Highway that travelled
north to Sydney. So Kilmore is a not quite by-pass town, but a very
busy one at that.
Kilmore Post Office opened on 1 February 1843 and,
with Ovens which opened the same day, were the fifth and sixth to open
in the Port Phillip District and the first two inland offices.
Kilmore was a stronghold of early Celtic settlers from
Ireland and Scotland and remains a strong Celtic area to this day. In
the mid-1850s Kilmore was the electorate of the Irish-born Premier of
Victoria (1857–59), John O’Shannassy (1818–83). O’Shannassy, an Irish
Catholic, was the bane of the Protestant establishment in Melbourne
and that rubbed-off of those who lived in Kilmore.
Many of Kilmore's oldest extant buildings are made of
bluestone including the hospital,
old court house,
former post office ,
some churches and gaol
and
Museum.
There are a number of old and heritage buildings in Kilmore.         
The Catholic Church
is a very grand building. The Anglican,
United
and Presbyterian
are all old magnificent bluestone.
The Three Hotels in Kilmore are century plus pubs.
 
The Red Lion
is
an important visit for the traveler/visitor. Some of the pub
memorabilia is very old. 
Have a look at this etching._small.JPG) 
Just one of three.
The Kilmore War Memorial is located at the southern
end of the main cbd strip.   
Kilmore is a really great town to visit and most will
delight at the etching at the Red Lion, so it is important to
plan for a stop over.   _small.JPG)  
Heritage diary 
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