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04:17, 15 November 2015 == location ==
south of [[Seymour|Seymour]]
not far from [[Wallan Wallan|Wallan]]
== Beginnings ==
The area was first settled in 1837 and the town started in 1841.
Was it on the route of the railway line ([[The Argus at KellyGang 22/8/1868|Argus22/8/68]]) ([[The Argus at KellyGang 20/11/1873 (3)|Argus20/11/73]])
== Importance of Kilmore ==
The second days stop from Melbourne on the journey to Beechworth and the gold fields in North Eastern Victoria.
== What was Kilmore like in the late 1870s ==
'''Photograph'''
Map Most of the towns major buildings were built in the 1850s. There were also grain mills, hospitals, breweries and a library
Life of Selectors in the area ([[The Argus at KellyGang 21/6/1880 (2)|Argus21/6/80]])
([[Kilmore Free Press at KellyGang 31/8/1876|Kilmore31/8/76]])
== Facilities in Kilmore in the late 1870s ==
'''Population''' '''Hotels''' Royal Oak Hotel (Murray) '''Churches''' Christ Church Kilmore, Anglican
Methodist
Presbytarian St Georges
St Patricks, Catholic 1854, convent opened 1877 '''Schools''' public
catholic Kilmore Shire Council '''Main Streets''' '''Local Government''' '''[[Telegraph|Telegraph]] Office'''
'''[[Post Office|Post Office]]'''
PK Tucker '''[[Police Towns|Police]] Station''' '''Other things of interest''' [[Sup Henry Baber|Baber]] stationed at Kilmore ([[Royal Commission report day 1 page 17|RC173]])([[The Argus at KellyGang 17/12/1878 (2)|Argus17/12/78]])
Newspaper, Kilmore Free Press (1870-)
'''[[Doctors|Doctor]] Edward Brock'''
Kilmore Hospital
Licensing [[Courts|Magistrate]]
John McBurney
John McCarthy
Lawyers
Mr T '''De Courcy Mead''' ([[The Argus at KellyGang 13/8/1880|Argus13/8/80]])
Kilmore had an active temperance league (Star of Kilmore Lodge No 35), [[Coursing|coursing]] club, and cricket team, Ladies' Benevolent Society,
Kilmore Shire [[races|Turf]]
Kilmore Amateur Dramatic Club ([[Kilmore Free Press at KellyGang 25/7/1878|Kilmore25/7/1878]])
== Links to the KellyGang ==
[[John (Red) Kelly|Red Kelly]], Ned Kelly's father and his wife [[Mrs Ellen Kelly|Ellen]] took their first daughter [[Mary Jane Kelly|Mary Jane]] to the Catholic Church in Kilmore to be baptised soon after she was born in February [[1824-1853 Events|1851]]. ? was the priest.
Red was [[Gold Mining|gold]] mining near Kilmore in about 1853
Many of the members of the '''KellyGang''' family passed through the Kilmore court
2/12/[[1854-1863 Events|1856]] [[Jimmy Quinn|Jimmy Quinn]] (15), [[Mrs Ellen Kelly|Ellen]] Kelly's brother was charged in Kilmore with possession of stolen cattle; discharged, see ([[Royal Commission report Appendix 10|RCApp10]])
On 21/03/ 1862 [[Jack Lloyd snr|Jack Lloyd]] Snr was charged with drunk and disorderly but discharged by the court
On 29/03/[[1854-1863 Events|1862]] Jimmy [[Jimmy Quinn|Quinn]] was charged with violent assault but discharged
On 12/05/[[1854-1863 Events|1862]] James [[James Kelly Snr|Kelly]] Snr was charged with cattle stealing -but discharged by the Kilmore court
On 21/10/[[1854-1863 Events|1862]] he was back in the Kilmore court charged with cattle stealing again- with the same result, he was discharged
On 22/4/[[1864-1873 Events|1864]] James [[James Kelly Snr|Kelly]] was again back in the Kilmore court and this time he was convicted for cattle stealing and sentenced to 4 years
Was a horse stealer from Kilmore an extra member of the '''KellyGang'''.([[Royal Commission report day 32 page 6|RC12170]])
== Famous members of the Kilmore community ==
'''George Sugden''' helped establish Kilmore station in 1848
== What happened at Kilmore after the time of the Kelly Gang ==
== What is happening at Kilmore today ==
The highway has by passed Kilmore and this has let the town become a great place to visit see also [http://www.kilmorehistory.info/ ]
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