Seymour (Victoria) Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
town in Victoria, Australia
About Seymour (Victoria)
The Taungurung (Daung wurrung) people are the traditional owners and inhabitants of the area Seymour now occupies. Specifically, it is the land of the Buthera Balug clan who occupied the area when Europeans first settled the region in the early 1800s. In 1824, Hume and Hovell on their return from Port Phillip, camped by the Goulburn River not far upstream of Seymour. In 1836 Major Thomas Mitchell crossed the Goulburn at Mitchellstown and soon afterwards overlanders and other early settlers began to use this crossing place on the Melbourne–Sydney route (now known as the Hume Highway). The mail service between Melbourne and Sydney had been operating for just a year when it was found that a better route was available using the "New Crossing Place". The Robert Burns Inn was operating there by
Top Attractions in Seymour (Victoria)
Explore the best things to see and do in Seymour (Victoria):
- ★Seymour Railway Heritage Centre
- ★Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Walk
Where to Eat in Seymour (Victoria)
Must-try local food and restaurants:
- 🍴Caffeine Bistro
Where to Stay in Seymour (Victoria)
- 🏨New Crossing Place Motel
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