Gisborne, Victoria
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| Gisborne Victoria |
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 View down the main street from the south |
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| Population: | 6248 (2006)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Established: | 1851 | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3437 | ||||||||||||
| Elevation: | 443 m (1,453 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| LGA: | Shire of Macedon Ranges | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Macedon | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | McEwen | ||||||||||||
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- For other uses of Gisborne, see Gisborne (disambiguation)
Gisborne (pronounced /ˈgɪzbən/) is a town located approximately 55 kilometres north of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. As it is close to Melbourne, but in attractive countryside, it is proving an increasingly popular place to settle. The town is named after Henry Fyshe Gisborne.[2] Gisborne is part of the Shire of Macedon Ranges.
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[edit] History
In 1834, John Aitken arrived in Melbourne with others and deemed the land south of Mount Macedon ideally suited for sheep grazing. Selecting a sizeable area of land, the following year Aitken shipped merino sheep from Tasmania. Despite his ship running aground at Dromana, with the help of aborigines, Aitken managed to rescue many of his flock and transport them to the Gisborne area. He named his property "Emmeline Vale," after his wife Emmeline, and, over the years, it was here that Aitken reared six children and produced some of the finest merino wool in the Colony.[3]
From the late 1830s, many pastoralists, arriving from Tasmania and New South Wales, began taking up areas of land in the surrounding districts. The first recorded settlers were: Barbour and Matson, who settled at Bullengarook, Hill at the "Turitable Run" south of Mount Macedon, Stainforth in the area around the present Rosslynne Reservoir, and Aitken and Howey in the area to be later known as Gisborne.
[edit] References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). Gisborne (State Suburb). 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2007-10-01.
- ^ Gisborne Online Web Site accessed 29 September 2006
- ^ A Brief History of Gisborne and Mount Macedon Districts accessed 23 October 2006
[edit] Image Gallery
 Fountain in the centre of Gisborne |
 Main street of Gisborne. |
[edit] External links
- Gisborne, Victoria is at coordinates Coordinates:
- A Brief History of Gisborne and Mount Macedon Districts
- Gisborne Tourism Guide
- Gisborne Region Events and Tourism
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