Kilmore Town Hall Cafe/Restaurant - Licensed Cafe and Restaurant in Historic Kilmore Country

















	16 Sydney Road Kilmore, 3764 Ph. 03 5782 1991 Fax. 03 5781 1992

Kilmore is Victoria’s oldest inland settled town. Located 61 km North of Melbourne on the Northern Highway.

The area was originally inhabited by the Woiwurung people prior to white settlement. The first Europeans in the district were explorers Hamilton Hume and William Howell in 1824.

In 1837 squatters arrived from the north attracted by the agricultural potential of the districts rich volcanic soil.

Four years later, William Rutledge conducted a survey of the area, this was followed by settlement by mostly Irish tenant farmers.

Rutledge named the area ‘Kilmore’ (gaelic for ‘big church’) after his Irish birthplace.

Some features of the area include;

• Bluestone buildings from the 1850 –60s.
• Antique and Collectable shops.
• Golf Course, Horse Racing and Trail Rides.
• Wineries.
• Tram Museum.
• Nurseries and Lavender Farm.
• Bush walking.
• The Old Gaol.
• Cafes, Restaurants and Bakeries.
• Historic Pubs and Cottages.
• Hudson Park and the Kilmore Creek
• B & B’s and Motels
• Leisure Centre.
• 300-400 million year old fossil seabed's at Kilmore east, Clonbinane and Wandong.

LAVENDER HILL FARM in Broadford
10 minutes from Kilmore, Tours can be organised.