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Kyneton (/ ˈ k aɪ n t ən / KYNE-tən) is a town in the Macedon Ranges region of West Central Victoria, Australia. The Calder Freeway bypasses Kyneton to the north and east. Kyneton is on Dja Dja Wurrung, Taungurung and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung country.
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Kyneton is a town in central Victoria, Australia. In 2006...
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Kyneton - The First Quarter Century: 1837-1862. Major Thomas Mitchell was the first European to travel through the area that would become the township of Kyneton. He crossed the Campaspe a few metres below the Scout Hall in Langley St on 30 September 1836.
In the early 1850s Kyneton developed rapidly as a gateway to and supply centre of the goldfields of Clunes, Castlemaine and Bendigo. It was a major coach stop and the bellies of the goldminers ...
Kyneton is a town in central Victoria, Australia. In 2006 there were 5,905 people living in Kyneton. It is on the Calder Highway, but the Calder Freeway now goes around the town to the north and east. Kyneton was named after the English village of Kineton, Warwickshire. [2]
Kyneton, town, central Victoria, Australia, on the Campaspe River, about 50 miles (85 km) northwest of Melbourne. Squatters settled in the region in 1836–41; the town was surveyed in 1849 and named after Kineton (now known as Kington) in Hertfordshire, England.
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Kyneton, a rural town 75 km north-west of Melbourne, is a few kilometres west of the Calder Freeway. Until 1995 it was on the Calder Highway. The town is bordered on its west and south by the Campaspe River. In 1839 the Carlsruhe pastoral run was split, and the part around Kyneton was named St Agnes.
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Kyneton has a character forged by the wealth of the gold rush and some of the finest bluestone buildings in the region. Today this thriving village is equal parts rural hub, creative hotspot and heritage honeypot, with vibrant retail streets and award-winning restaurants.
