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Kyneton, Victoria
Such graceful aging is everywhere in Kyneton. The volcanic geology of the surrounding area meant the district produced an inexhaustible supply of bluestone which was used to build many of the town’s stately structures. The five original churches in Kyneton were built of local stone, some of which was quarried at the actual building sites.
Due to its good grazing prospects and location on the route to and from the Bendigo and Castlemaine goldfields, Kyneton experienced swift growth. The first census taken in March 1852 recorded a population of 300, a figure which had reached 2000 by December that same year. At one point Kyneton boasted more than 30 hotels.
Caroline Chisholm came to Kyneton to recuperate after years helping women emigrate from England. Today, a memorial to her stands at the corner of Epping and High Streets.
In 1890, another great asset was discovered when the Boggy Creek
mineral springs revealed an abundance of good quality mineral water.
The Kyneton Mineral Spring and Reserve has trees, picnic facilities, a period rotunda and a pump where you can sample this water first-hand. It is signposted off the Old Calder Highway about 2km west of town.
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Kyneton
- Kyneton, 86km north of Melbourne, is an attractive historic town featuring 19th-century bluestone architecture. Small-scale manufacturing and farming boomed in the 1850s and 1860s in the rush to feed the thousands of miners who flocked to the district.
