[1] The locality was established in 1927 as a soldier settlement area after the First World War.

It was named by Ernest Hill, a returned soldier and soldier settler, after the Greek island of Lemnos, which was an operational base for the Gallipoli campaign and to which wounded Australian soldiers were evacuated.

[3][4] Lemnos has a state school, general store with a post office agency, and a large farming community.

Lemnos is also home to a Campbell Soup Company factory.

[4] In 2020, Lemnos was the site of Australia's only surgical mask factory, operated by Med-Con Pty Ltd.[5][6] Media related to Lemnos, Victoria at Wikimedia Commons This article about a location in Hume (region) is a stub.