In 1853 the Roads Act, was passed and received Royal assent; this Act provided for the establishment of Roads Boards in the Colony of Victoria. This was followed in 1854 by the Municipal Institutions Act. It took the citizens of Kilmore some months before a petition was organised seeking the establishment of a municipal district for Kilmore.
Government of the Colony of Victoria
Government Gazette No 66 – 10 June 1856, pages 974-975
Chief Secretary’s Office
Melbourne, 10th June 1856.
Petition for Municipal Institutions
Kilmore
In pursuance of the Act of Council, 18 Victoria, No 15, His Excellency the Officer administering the Government, with the advice of the Executive Council, has directed the publication of the substance and prayer of a Petition to His Excellency hereafter set forth, signed by the One hundred and eighty landowners and householders of the Town of Kilmore, in the County of Anglesey (sic).
By His Excellency’s Command
W C Haines – V4296
The Petitioners state that they are deeply impressed with the opinion that it would tend greatly to the improvement and good government of the town of Kilmore, that it should be incorporated as a Municipal District, the boundaries to comprise only the old and new townships of Kilmore, leaving the farmers of the rural districts to avail themselves of the Act, or otherwise, as may seem best.
And the Petitioners pray as follows :-
Your petitioners therefore humbly pray your Excellency to proclaim the said town a Municipal District, under the provisions of the Municipal Act, 18 Victoria, No 15
Signed (reordered in alphabetical order)
Abbott, George, Sydney street, Kilmore
Allen, Robert, Lamb street, freehold, Kilmore
Ambrose, William, X, Albert street, freeholder
Apodd, John, Sydney street, Kilmore
Audliffe, Sydney street, householder
Ballantine, Wm. Gilbert, Sydney street, Kilmore
Bamford, James, Powlett street, Kilmore
Beavan, Fredk. W C, surgeon, Sydney street, leaseholder
Beckett, William, Fitz Roy street, freeholder
Bergin, Daniel, Sydney street, Kilmore
Beveridge, Au., freeholder
Bidstrup, Niels, cabinet maker, Kilmore
Binge, Fred., Powlett street, Kilmore
Bossinic, Thomas, Sydney street, Kilmore
Bott, J., householder, Kilmore
Bourke, Laurence, Sydney street, Kilmore
Bruce, John, Sydney street, Kilmore
Bunk, Joseph, X, Sydney Street, Kilmore
Burkitt, Sampson, White street, Kilmore
Burston, Samuel, storekeeper, Sydney street, freeholder
Butler, John, Sydney street, Kilmore
Cadwallader, William, Powlett street, Kilmore
Caldwell, Andw., Victoria street, landowner
Campbell, Peter, freeholder, Kilmore
Carrol, Michael, X, George street, freeholder
Cassells, George, freeholder, Kilmore
Clark, Reay, Clarke street, Kilmore
Clarke, John, Powlett street, Kilmore
Clelan, Andrew, Gipps street, freeholder
Corbett, Cornelius, Fitz Roy street, freeholder
Cortoy, P., Powlett street, Kilmore
Coster, Frederick, freeholder, Kilmore
Couster, James, Sydney street, freeholder
Cronan, Timothy, X, George street, freehold
Crossley, James, Sydney street, Kilmore
Cunningham, Charles A., MD, householder, Kilmore
Dean, Thos., Victoria street, freeholder
Dickenson, Joshua, White street, Kilmore
Dobinson, John, Sydney street, Kilmore
Donald, Hector W., Sydney street, Kilmore
Dooling, John, White street, Kilmore
Down, Samuel, stonemason, leaseholder
Doyle, David, householder, Kilmore
Duffy, William, householder, Kilmore
Edkins, H J, Powlett street, Kilmore
Easdale, Robert, Fitz Roy street, householder
Filer, Richard, Powlett street, Kilmore
Fitzjohn, James, George street, householder
Fitzjohn, Samuel, Victoria street, freeholder
Flangan, H., Gipps street, householder
Fogarty, John, Powlett street, freeholder
Foster, Christopher, Alfred street, freeholder
Foster, James, George street, freeholder
Foster, Jesse, George street, freeholder
Froggatt, William, Albert street, Kilmore
Furnothy, Michael, Powlett street, Kilmore
Garrett, James, Gipps street, freeholder
Garvis, Richard, X, Victoria street, householder
Gibbons, John, Gipps street, freeholder
Glover, Peter, Sydney street, freeholder
Grace, William, Patrick street, householder
Green, John, Powlett street, freeholder
Green, Richard, Fitz Roy street, freeholder
Griffiths, John, Albert street, Kilmore
Hammonds, John, Sydney street, Kilmore
Hamlin, James, per A Caldwell, agent, White street, freehold
Harrison, Alfred R C., George street, householder
Hatten, Richard, Lumsden street, Kilmore
Hawden Jas, Hamilton street, householder
Hawden, John, Hamilton street, freeholder
Hawden, Wm, Hamilton street, freeholder
Heelis, Edward, Sydney street, freeholder, Hamilton Street
Hickey, Patrick, Sydney street, Kilmore
Hodder, John, Sydney street, Kilmore
Holdsworth, Thomas, Powlett street, Kilmore
Howard, John Albt, householder, Kilmore
Hudson, George, Sydney street, householder
Inns, Lachlan W, Sydney street, Kilmore
James, John, freeholder, Kilmore
Jamieson, Robert, Sutherland street, Kilmore
Kereess, John, Sydney street
Kerr, William, Fitz Roy street, freeholder
King, Josiah, Union street, householder
Kinneard, George, George street, freeholder
Laing, James W, Fitz Roy street, householder
Lamb, Thomas, Sydney street, Kilmore
Lansley, George, Sydney street, Kilmore
Lapham, Samuel, Union street, householder
Lendrum, J., Sydney street, Kilmore
Linton, A., JP, freehold, Fitz Roy street, Kilmore
Loftus, Rodger, Union street, Kilmore
Lorraghen, Owen, householder, Sydney street, Kilmore
Lynch, John, George street, freeholder
McCormick, Allan, Powlett street, Kilmore
McCormick, Archd., Powlett street, Kilmore
McDonald, J., Sydney street, Kilmore
McDonald, John, Powlett street, Kilmore
McGregor, Donald, Sydney street, freeholder
McInnes, Donald, freeholder, Kilmore
McIntosh, Daniel, freeholder, houses and land, Victoria street, Kilmore,
per W E Stewart, his agent
McKay, Alex., mortgagee of property, Victoria street, Kilmore,
per W E Stewart, his agent
McKenzie, Alexander, Sydney street, Kilmore
McKenzie, Jas, Clarke street, Kilmore
MacKenzie, James, Victoria street, householder
MacLean, Kenneth, Kilmore
McPherson, J., Sydney street, Kilmore
Madden, Joseph, Powlett street, householder
Maloney, John, White street, Kilmore
Maloney, Thomas, X, Sydney street, freeholder
Mannix, James, Sydney street, Kilmore
Masterson, J., freeholder, Kilmore
Matthew, William, householder, George street
Maxfield, Jas., Sydney street, Kilmore
Meade, Thomas de C., freeholder, Kilmore
Minehan, Patt., farmer and freeholder, Sydney street, Kilmore
Morrisroe, John, sen., Foot street, householder
Morrisroe, John, Foot and George street, freeholder
Mountford, Charles, Albert street, freeholder
Mullan, William, Victoria street, freeholder
Nelson, Alexander, Sydney street, Kilmore
Nicolson, D N., Sydney street, householder
Nicolson, Lachlan, Sydney street, Kilmore
O’Brien, Timothy, X, Union street, freeholder
O’Dea, Patrick, freeholder, Sydney street, Kilmore
Onley, Charles, Michael street, Kilmore
O’Rourke, T., Sutherland street, Kilmore
Osborn, James W., Andrew street, Kilmore
Paterson, William, Victoria street, Kilmore`
Paton, William, X, Young street, Kilmore
Paxman, Thomas, freeholder, Kilmore
Peace, P, freeholder, Kilmore
Percevall, James, X, (witness Geo. Abbotts), Bourke street, Kilmore
Platt, John, Victoria street, freeholder
Purse, Wm Joseph, surgeon, Powlett street, Kilmore
Rankin, John, householder, Sydney street, Kilmore
Reay, Joseph, Sydney street, householder
Reeves, Thomas, X, Fitz Roy street, freeholder
Richardson, William, Powlett street, Kilmore
Roberts, Henry, Powlett street, Kilmore
Roberts, Thos., freeholder, Kilmore
Roberts, Thomas Frederick, Sydney street, Kilmore
Robinson, Joseph, X, Victoria Street, householder
Ross, Thomas, Sydney street, Kilmore
Ryan, John, Lumsden street, Kilmore
Ryan, Patrick, Fitz Roy street, freeholder
Ryan, Thomas John, householder, Kilmore
Siffer, Wilfuln, George street, freeholder
Singleton, William, Jun., freehold, Church street, Kilmore
Singleton, William Jones, Powlett street, Kilmore
Skehan, Patrick, George street, householder
Smeaton, Wm, Powlett street, freeholder
Smedley, William, New Township, freeholder, Kilmore
Spurling, William, freeholder, Kilmore
Stewart, Alexander, Andrew street, freeholder
Stewart, W E, freeholder, Kilmore
Sutherland, A., householder, Kilmore
Sutherland, George, Victoria street, Kilmore
Swan, Hugh, Sydney street, auctioneer
Taylor, Daniel, Sydney, street, householder
Taylor, John, Sydney street, householder
Templeton, Edward, X, Sydney street, freeholder
Tilsen, Charles, Victoria street, Kilmore
Trainor, J K., freeholder and merchant, Sydney street, Kilmore
Twynam, William Edward, freeholder and solicitor, Kilmore
Tyrrell, Denis, Powlett street, Kilmore
Underdown, Lycurgus, Victoria street, householder
Ward, Matthias Joseph, Powlett street, Kilmore
Ward, Thos., X, Gipps street, householder
Warren, James, Sydney street, Kilmore
Weaver, E. freeholder, Kilmore
Weeking, Jno., nurseryman, &c., Newtown, Kilmore
Wells, Thomas, George street, householder
Wibrow, John, Victoria street, Kilmore
Williams, George, George street, householder
Willis, Gordon, Sydney street, householder
Wilson A., Powlett street, Kilmore
Wilson, Thomas, X, Victoria street, freeholder
Wilson, William, Albert street, Kilmore
Wolf, John, householder, White street, Kilmore
Wood, William, Fitz Roy street, freeholder
Woodward, Edward, Sydney street, freeholder, Hamilton street
