Seymour, Victoria

Seymour is a town in the state of Victoria, Australia. 97 kilometres North of Melbourne, it was established in 1839 at the crossing of the Goulburn river on the Melbourne-Sydney route where an inn was first built. The railway arrived in 1872 along with substantial infrastructure to support it. Its population of 7000 people service the nearby military base of Puckapunyal and the surrounding agricultural industries, primarily sheep, cattle and wine production.