The township was established in the 1850s. Timbercutters came to the area to harvest the River Red gum, stringybark and messmate trees, which were transported by bullock teams to nearby sawmills. The clearing of the native forest and relatively high rainfall gave rise to a thriving dairy industry, which persists today. Panmure Post Office opened on 1 January 1867.[2]
At its peak in the late nineteenth Century, Panmure consisted of a police station and courthouse, two sawmills, a blacksmith, a butcher, three churches, a pub, two stores, a bakery, and a school. The railway though the town was opened in 1890,[3] and the town once had its own local railway station.
The town hit international headlines, in 1883, when a ten-year-old girl, Margaret Nolan, was brutally murdered and sexually assaulted by a man called Henry Morgan. Margaret Nolan was the eldest daughter of local grazier John Nolan, and his wife Bridget (née Curtis). The girl's body was found by her father, at the intersection of the Ellerslie-Panmure Road and the Princes highway. [4] Morgan was executed for the crime in 1884, at Ararat.[5]
On 16 February 1983, the "Ash Wednesday" bushfires swept through the district destroying many homes, farm buildings and livestock. Today, the town has a pub, a general store/post office, a primary school and sporting facilities that host cricket, netball clubs and an Australian Rules football team competing in the Warrnambool & District Football League.
The Mount Emu Creek runs through the town, and forms a nice swimming hole known as the "hole" or the "big hole". Adjacent to the swimming hole in the Recreation Reserve is a natural spring that is of cultural significance to the local Indigenous community.
panmure, victoria, panmure, juː, small, town, south, west, victoria, australia, 2006, census, panmure, surrounding, area, population, situated, princes, highway, town, half, between, terang, warrnambool, panmure, victoriageneral, store, post, officepanmurecoor. Panmure p e n ˈ m juː e is a small town in the south west of Victoria Australia At the 2006 census Panmure and the surrounding area had a population of 421 1 Situated on the Princes Highway the town is half way between Terang and Warrnambool Panmure VictoriaGeneral store and post officePanmureCoordinates38 20 0 S 142 44 0 E 38 33333 S 142 73333 E 38 33333 142 73333Population424 2016 census 1 Postcode s 3265Location240 km 149 mi SW of Melbourne166 km 103 mi W of Geelong25 km 16 mi NE of Warrnambool22 km 14 mi SW of TerangLGA s Shire of MoyneState electorate s South West CoastFederal division s WannonThe township was established in the 1850s Timbercutters came to the area to harvest the River Red gum stringybark and messmate trees which were transported by bullock teams to nearby sawmills The clearing of the native forest and relatively high rainfall gave rise to a thriving dairy industry which persists today Panmure Post Office opened on 1 January 1867 2 At its peak in the late nineteenth Century Panmure consisted of a police station and courthouse two sawmills a blacksmith a butcher three churches a pub two stores a bakery and a school The railway though the town was opened in 1890 3 and the town once had its own local railway station The town hit international headlines in 1883 when a ten year old girl Margaret Nolan was brutally murdered and sexually assaulted by a man called Henry Morgan Margaret Nolan was the eldest daughter of local grazier John Nolan and his wife Bridget nee Curtis The girl s body was found by her father at the intersection of the Ellerslie Panmure Road and the Princes highway 4 Morgan was executed for the crime in 1884 at Ararat 5 On 16 February 1983 the Ash Wednesday bushfires swept through the district destroying many homes farm buildings and livestock Today the town has a pub a general store post office a primary school and sporting facilities that host cricket netball clubs and an Australian Rules football team competing in the Warrnambool amp District Football League The Mount Emu Creek runs through the town and forms a nice swimming hole known as the hole or the big hole Adjacent to the swimming hole in the Recreation Reserve is a natural spring that is of cultural significance to the local Indigenous community Mount Warrnambool a prominent landmark is nearby Traditional ownership EditThe formally recognised traditional owners for the area in which Panmure sits are the Eastern Maar people 6 who are represented by the Eastern Maar Aboriginal Corporation 7 References Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Panmure Victoria a b Australian Bureau of Statistics 25 October 2007 Panmure State Suburb 2006 Census QuickStats Retrieved 27 June 2010 Phoenix Auctions History Post Office List Retrieved 29 March 2021 Sid Brown March 1990 Tracks Across the State Newsrail Australian Railway Historical Society Victorian Division pp 71 76 THE PANMURE MURDER BY TELEGRAPH FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT WARRNAMBOOL FRIDAY the Argus Melbourne Vic 1848 1957 10 May 1884 Execution of the Panmure Murderer Daily Telegraph 7 June 1884 Map of formally recognised traditional owners Aboriginal Victoria Retrieved 2 June 2020 Eastern Maar Aboriginal Corporation Eastern Maar Aboriginal Corporation Retrieved 2 June 2020 This article about a location in Victoria Australia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Panmure Victoria amp oldid 1153613216, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
