Kyneton, Shire of Macedon Ranges, Victoria, Australia
Postcode: 3444
Description: Township
Location: In Macedon Ranges, by Campaspe River in Central Highlands, 65 km from Bendigo
Named: Mrs Jeffrey suggested settlement be named after Kineton near Stratord-on-Avon-, england. Gold diggers in 1851 knew the place as Kynetown - kyne, an archaic word for cow. (Blake)
The town was named after the English village of Kineton, now Kington. (Wikipedia)
Prahran Mechanics’ Institute
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