Lismore, Victoria

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


caption = Lismore Hotel
lga = Corangamite Shire
postcode = 3324
est =
pop = 513 (2006)Census 2006 AUS | id = SSC26019 | name = Lismore (State Suburb) | accessdate = 2007-10-01 | quick = on]
elevation= 178
maxtemp = 19.2
mintemp = 8.1
rainfall = 621.1
stategov = Polwarth
fedgov = Wannon
dist1 = 170
dir1 = W
location1= Melbourne
dist2 = 96
dir2 = W
location2= Geelong
dist3 = 72
dir3 = SW
location3= Ballarat
dist4 = 31
dir4 = E
location4= Cressy
dist5 = 12
dir5 = E
location5= Derrinallum

Lismore is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on the Hamilton Highway convert|170|km|mi|0|lk=on west of Melbourne. It is part of the Corangamite Shire local government area. The town is located at a point equidistant from Geelong and Warrnambool. At the 2006 census, Lismore had a population of 513.

History

Lismore Post Office opened on 1 December 1864. 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 ]

The Town today

A small Hamilton Highway town, Lismore lies just a few kilometres from the northernmost lakes in the Colac Lakes system. There are more than 50 lakes in the chain that spreads across the huge sweep of volcanic plains to the north of Colac. The largest lake, Lake Corangamite, is three times saltier than the ocean and only a species of minnow which has an extreme tolerance to salt can survive in its waters.

The town features one of the state's oldest private chapels, a Gothic revival style building built by Scottish emigrant Adam Robertson in 1867 from bluestone. There is also a large woolshed, capable of shearing 15,000 merinos, built by Robertson in 1841. The town and surrounding area still produces wool products including ugg boots. [cite web | title=Visitor Information Centres | work=Corangamite Shire | url=http://www.corangamite.vic.gov.au/Page/page.asp?Page_Id=916&h=0 | accessdate=24 January | accessyear=2006]

The town in conjunction with neighbouring township Derrinallum has an Australian Rules football team Lismore-Derrinallum competing in the Mininera & District Football League.

Notable people

People from Lismore include Gordon Bryant, a Labor politician and member of the Second Whitlam Ministry, and Tony Street a Liberal politician in the McMahon Ministry.

Accident

A severe level crossing accident at Lismore, where fog was a contributing factor, occurred on 25 May 2006. A truck failed to stop at a crossing with only passive protection, derailing the train and causing a massive pileup of wagons and killing the truck driver.

See also

* List of rail accidents

References