Panmure, Victoria

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Panmure
state = vic


caption =
lga = Shire of Moyne
postcode = 3265
est =
pop = 421
elevation=
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
stategov = South-West Coast
fedgov = Wannon
dist1 = 240
dir1 = SW
location1= Melbourne
dist2 = 166
dir2 = W
location2= Geelong
dist3 = 25
dir3 = NE
location3= Warrnambool
dist4 = 22
dir4 = SW
location4= Terang

Panmure is a small town in the south west of Victoria, Australia. At the 2001 census, Panmure and the surrounding area had a population of 421.Census 2001 AUS
id=SSC26413
name=Panmure (State Suburb)
accessdate=2007-08-05
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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 that persists today.

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,cite journal
year = 1990
month = March
title = Tracks Across the State
author = Sid Brown
journal = Newsrail
publisher = Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division)
pages = pages 71–76 ] and the town once had its own local railway station.

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, Australian rules football, and netball clubs. The town has 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.

Mount Warrnambool, a prominent landmark is nearby.

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