Lismore

History

The area was first settled by Europeans in 1840, when a John Brown was forced to stop to repair a wagon axle that broke when he attempted to ford a creek. Lismore was surveyed and named in the 1850s, by which point the settlement had developed to include a public house and a number of houses. Lismore Post Office opened on 1 December 1864. Lismore since grew to become a prosperous service town for the surrounding fine wool producing properties.

Most-observed species

• Australian Magpie

  Gymnorhina tibicen (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  318
• Little Raven

  Corvus mellori Mathews, 1912 · Aves
  172
• Welcome Swallow

  Hirundo neoxena Gould, 1842 · Aves
  152
• Black Swan

  Cygnus atratus (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  137
• Chestnut Teal

  Anas castanea (Eyton, 1838) · Aves
  135
• Red Wattlebird

  Anthochaera carunculata (Shaw, 1790) · Aves
  132
• Magpie-lark

  Grallina cyanoleuca (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  130
• Galah

  Eolophus roseicapilla (Vieillot, 1817) · Aves
  127

Most recent

• M 4.1 — 2026-07-05
  28 km WNW of Apollo Bay, Australia
• M 3.5 — 2023-10-21
  10 km NW of Apollo Bay, Australia
• M 4.8 — 2023-10-21
  16 km WNW of Apollo Bay, Australia
• M 3.8 — 2011-06-01
  45 km NE of Hamilton, Australia