Gisborne, Victoria

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


caption = View down the main street from the south
lga = Shire of Macedon Ranges
postcode = 3437
est = 1851
pop = 6248 (2006)Census 2006 AUS | id = SSC25645 | name = Gisborne (State Suburb) | accessdate = 2007-10-01 | quick = on]
elevation = 443
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
stategov = Macedon
fedgov = McEwen
dist1 = 51
location1 = Melbourne
dist2 = 18
location2 = Sunbury
dist3 = 97
location3 = Bendigo
dist4 = 81
location4 = Ballarat
near-nw = Macedon
near-n = New Gisborne
near-ne = Riddells Creek
near-w = Bullengarook
near-e = Sunbury
near-sw = Bullengarook
near-s = Toolern Vale
near-se = Gisborne South:"For other uses of Gisborne, see Gisborne (disambiguation)"

Gisborne (pronEng|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 was named after Henry Fyshe Gisborne (1815-1841), the first Commissioner for Crown Lands of the Port Phillip District. [ [http://www.gisborne.org.au/gis_history.htm Gisborne Online Web Site] accessed 29 September 2006] Gisborne is part of the Shire of Macedon Ranges.

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. [http://www.gisbornemountmacedon.org.au/history.htm A Brief History of Gisborne and Mount Macedon Districts] accessed 23 October 2006

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.

Gisborne Post Office opened on 22 March 1850 as Bush Inn but was renamed Gisborne ten days later. Citation
last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= | accessdate = 2008-04-11 ]

ee also

*Gisborne railway station

References

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External links

* [http://www.gisbornemountmacedon.org.au/history.htm A Brief History of Gisborne and Mount Macedon Districts]
* [http://www.gisborneguide.com.au/?gclid=CL_eqamujogCFShtTAodsASjfA Gisborne Tourism Guide]
* [http://www.gisborne.org.au/ Gisborne Region Events and Tourism]