Lismore is a town in

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, located on the

Hamilton Highway Hamilton Highway is a rural highway through the Barwon South West region of Victoria, Australia, linking Geelong and the town of Hamilton. Route Hamilton Highway commences at the intersection of Latrobe Terrace and Portarlington Road in Geel ...

west of

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. It is part of the

Corangamite Shire The Shire of Corangamite is a local government area in the Barwon South West region of Victoria, Australia, located in the south-western part of the state. It covers an area of and in 2021 had a population of 16,115. It includes the towns of Ca ...

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. At the 2016

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, Lismore had a population of 420. Its Aboriginal name is cited in colonial reports as ''Bongerimennin''.

History

The area was first settled by Europeans in 1840, when a John Brown was forced to stop to repair a wagon axle that broke when he attempted to ford a creek. Lismore was surveyed and named in the 1850s, by which point the settlement had developed to include a

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and a number of houses. Lismore Post Office opened on 1 December 1864. Lismore since grew to become a prosperous service town for the surrounding fine wool producing properties.

The town today

The town is situated on the

, just a few kilometres from the northernmost lakes in the Colac Lakes system, which includes

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and

Lake Colac Lake Colac, a freshwater lake of the Western District Lakes, is located north of the Colac town centre in Victoria, Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainlan ...

. The town features one of the state's oldest private chapels, a

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style building built by

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emigrant Adam Robertson in 1867 from

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. There is also large wool-shed built by Robertson. The town and surrounding area produces wool, lamb, cereals, and oilseed canola. Businesses include three cafes, a hotel, a B&B, a service station, a grain dealer, a farm machinery dealer, a stock and station agent, a post office and newsagent, a sawmill, several craft shops and a supermarket. There is a community health centre with a visiting doctor. There is also a swimming pool and several playgrounds. Nearby

Derrinallum Derrinallum is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on the Hamilton Highway, in the Corangamite Shire. The town is the centre for the surrounding farming community and lies at the foot of Mount Elephant. Mount Elephant is a 380 m-high conical ...

has a preschool, a primary school, and a P-12 college. Sport in Lismore, includes golf, netball, football, cricket, squash, lawn bowls, and croquet. The town, in conjunction with neighbouring township Derrinallum, has an

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football team, Lismore-Derrinallum, who compete in the Mininera & District Football League. The Lismore Oddfellows Cricket Club was formed at the White Sean Hotel as the Lismore Cricket Club in 1888 and currently competes in the Grenville Cricket Association. Nearby geographical points of interest include Lake Tooliorook and Mount Elephant, as well as a number of other lakes, some of which have been Ramsar-listed.

2006 train accident

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accident occurred on 25 May 2006 at Lismore. A truck failed to stop at a crossing, derailing the train, and killing the truck driver.

Notable people

Notable people from Lismore include

Gordon Bryant Gordon Munro Bryant (3 August 1914 – 14 January 1991) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and represented the Division of Wills in Victoria from 1955 to 1980. He served as Minister for Aboriginal ...

, a

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politician and minister in the

Whitlam Edward Gough Whitlam (11 July 191621 October 2014) was the 21st prime minister of Australia, serving from December 1972 to November 1975. To date the longest-serving federal leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), he was notable for being ...

government,

Tony Street Anthony Austin Street (8 February 1926 – 25 October 2022) was an Australian politician. He served in the House of Representatives from 1966 to 1984, representing the Division of Corangamite for the Liberal Party. He held ministerial office in ...

, a Liberal politician and minister in the

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government, Olympic silver medallist

Ji Wallace Ji Wallace (born 23 June 1977 in Lismore, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian trampoline gymnast and Olympic silver medalist. Earlier in his career, Wallace won several Australian national titles and made an international breakthrough in 19 ...

, and musician

Simon Hussey Simon Cyril Hussey (born 7 July 1960) is an Australian multi-instrumentalist, songwriter-arranger, record producer and audio engineer. In 1984 he formed Cats Under Pressure on keyboards with David Reyne (ex-Australian Crawl) on vocals and Mark G ...

. AFL/VFL Footballers to have played with the Lismore Football Club include

Ron Hosking Ron Hosking (born 18 September 1943) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operat ...

, Bill Hosking, Scott Hosking, John Lord, John Fox and Allan Everett, and

Daniel Nicholson Daniel Nicholson (born 2 November 1990) is an Australian rules footballer who played with the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) and their affiliate club, Casey Scorpions in the Victorian Football League. He made ...

for the Lismore/Derrinallum Football Netball Club.

Climate

References

External links

Community website
{{authority control Towns in Victoria (state) Shire of Corangamite Western District (Victoria)