Omeo, the town

...a place in the KellyGang story 

Areas

location

located in Gippsland on the road from Bainsdale toWodonga in the Great Dividing Range

Beginnings

Gold was discovered and mining reached a peak in 1860.

Importance of Omeo

Omeo was a gold and cattle town

What was Omeo like in the late 1870s

When Insp Montifort went to Wangaratta in 1862, the great trouble the police had then was with the Omeo mob of horse-stealers. They used to come across to Wangaratta, steal horses, go to Omeo and plant them in the ranges, and alter the brands, and then sell them in Melbourne or in New South Wales. There was still the same complaint in the 70s and 80s (RC3551)

Trip from Omeo to Beechworth (Argus27/11/75)

Facilities in Omeo in the late 1870s

Wesleyan Church, opened in 1870,
Roman Catholic Church (1874)

state school (1866)

courthouse (1865)
See (OMA13/2/1879)

Post Office

There was a mail route from Reedy Creek to Omeo

Links to the KellyGang

Omeo was the place where stolen stock was taken to (RC3247)

Insp Montfort thought Omeo should be protected against the KellyGang as much as the other place. (RC3550)
Cattle sale in town (OMA18/1/79)

 

Members of the Omeo community

 

What happened at Omeo after the time of the Kelly Gang

What is happening at Omeo today - a part of the Kelly Country and Ned Kelly's story

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see also http://www.omeo.org.au/park/index.html This site has very information about the gold mining methods used and about the Chinese miners

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