Murtoa Heritage Trails

Murtoa was named after the Aboriginal word meaning 'home of the lizard' in about 1873 when the original township survey was completed following excision from the massive 1840's Longerenong squatting run owned by the Wilson family.

Murtoa is one of those fortunate Wimmera towns where the heritage has been largely preserved. The streets still have original brick buildings, and largely un-altered timber shop clusters with high facades, large windows and verandah posts.

Murtoa boasts the Australian National Heritage listed 'Stick Shed'. Other Heritage listed attractions are the 1886 Water Tower and Kurrajong Avenue in Comyn Street - the earliest Victorian planting of Indigenous avenue trees. The stunning 1921 Memorial Arch is a rare example of its type in Victoria, which forms a picturesque frame to the Lake Marma Reserve.