Kilmore, the town

...a place in the KellyGang story 

Areas

location

Beginnings

The area was first settled in 1837 and the town started in 1841.
Was it on the route of the railway line (Argus22/8/68) (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

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 (Argus21/6/80)
(Kilmore31/8/76)

Facilities in Kilmore in the late 1870s

Royal Oak Hotel (Murray)

Christ Church Kilmore, Anglican
Methodist
Presbytarian St Georges
St Patricks, Catholic 1854, convent opened 1877

public
catholic

Kilmore Shire Council

Baber was stationed at Kilmore (RC173)(Argus17/12/78)
Newspaper, Kilmore Free Press (1870-)
Doctor Edward Brock
Kilmore Hospital
Licensing Magistrate
John McBurney
John McCarthy

Lawyers
Mr T De Courcy Mead (Argus13/8/80)

Kilmore had an active temperance league (Star of Kilmore Lodge No 35), coursing club, and cricket team, Ladies' Benevolent Society,
Kilmore Shire Turf Club
Kilmore Amateur Dramatic Club (Kilmore25/7/1878)

Links to the KellyGang

 

Red Kelly, Ned Kelly's father and his wife Ellen took their first daughter Mary Jane to the Catholic Church in Kilmore to be baptised soon after she was born in February 1851. ? was the priest.

Red was gold mining near Kilmore in about 1853

Many of the members of the KellyGang family passed through the Kilmore court
2/12/1856 Jimmy Quinn (15), Ellen Kelly's brother was charged in Kilmore with possession of stolen cattle; discharged, see (RCApp10)
On 21/03/ 1862 Jack Lloyd Snr was charged with drunk and disorderly but discharged by the court
On 29/03/1862 Jimmy Quinn was charged with violent assault but discharged
On 12/05/1862 James Kelly Snr was charged with cattle stealing -but discharged by the Kilmore court
On 21/10/1862 he was back in the Kilmore court charged with cattle stealing again- with the same result, he was discharged
On 22/4/1864 James 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.(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 - a part of the Kelly Country and Ned Kelly's story

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29-dec-11

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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