Guildford, Victoria

Guildford is a town in Mount Alexander Shire, Victoria, Australia, situated on the Loddon River.

[1] Facilities in the town include a post office (in a building dating from 1901), hotel, community hall, a cricket ground and a general store.

[3] By the 1840s pastoral runs had been established and, in the following decade, gold miners flocked to the area during the rush at the Mount Alexander goldfields.

Tensions ran high between the white miners and the Chinese which erupted in numerous local conflicts.

[3] In 1919 an avenue of honour was planted along the main road, using London Planes, to commemorate locals who fought in World War I.

Photograph of The Big Tree
The Big Tree, 'River Red Gum' Eucalyptus camaldulensis (fam. Myrtaceae) on outskirts of Guildford, Victoria Australia.
The Guildford Family Hotel dates back to the 1850s