Keilor

Keilor is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 18 km north-west of Melbourne's important commercial enterprise district. Its nearby government areas are the Cities of Brimbank and Hume. At the 2016 Census, Keilor had a population of 5,853. Whilst most of the suburb is contained in the City of Brimbank, the northern section of Keilor, north of the Calder Freeway, is within the City of Hume.

This section of the suburb is located on the flood simple of the Maribyrnong River, and is domestic to many market gardens. The suburb is essentially residential with huge commercial trends in adjacent suburbs. There are numerous shopping centres within the region which includes Keilor Shopping Centre and Watergardens Town Centre approximately 5 km away. Keilor is a township in a basin of the Maribyrnong River. James Watson from Scotland become the first land-holder inside the district.

Keilor inside the early instances of the gold diggings turned into a stated camping location for bullock teams to and from the diggings at Castlemaine and Ballarat. Caroline Chisholm turned into responsible for having refuge sheds erected alongside the river; a reconstructed instance has been built and can be considered. The escorts from the goldfields passed thru Keilor. They camped in a paddock close to Keilor. This paddock became referred to as Escort Paddock and the remains of an vintage stone constructing continues to be to be seen there.