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Located at 9182 Western Highway on the eastern outskirts of Horsham, Victoria. The Olde Horsham Motor Inn is set among three acres of gardens, with all rooms located at ground floor level.
Each room at the Inn has a private entrance, soaring 13-foot timber lined cathedral ceiling, private walk-in en suite bathroom, a seating area, heating and air conditioning, and tea and coffee making facilities. Rooms can accommodate up to two adults, with queen and king bed options available. Living space is comfortable ranging from 23 - 35 square metres (excluding bathrooms).
Situated halfway between Melbourne and Adelaide, the Inn is the perfect stopover to break up your journey. For those who want to stay a while, the Inn is a short drive from the Grampians National Park, Halls Gap, the Silo Art Trail, and local and regional wineries.
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The story behind our name is the story behind Horsham. From the Battle of Hastings in 1066, to the third expedition of Major Thomas Mitchell in 1836, to the early pastoralists who established Pastoral Runs for grazing along the River Wimmera. Names reflected today in the streets of Horsham, such as McLachlan & Darlot (Brighton), Taylor & McPherson (Longerenong), Pynsent & Splatt (Wanwandah), Major Firebrace (Vectis) and the Wilson Brothers (Walmer, Kewell).
RUN 494 (Brighton) consisted of a sheep run to the north of the River Wimmera and cattle run to the south, with Brighton Homestead located near Dooen. James M Darlot is said to have named Horsham, and Brighton Station, after towns in Sussex, England. Horsham in England was originally an anglo-saxon village, located in the Rape of Bramber – one of the six traditional territorial subdivisions of Sussex – which was granted to William de Braose of Normandy after the Norman Conquest by William the Conqueror. Today, Horsham is a market town in West Sussex, and Brighton is a seaside town in East Sussex. To acknowledge our link to ‘Olde’ Horsham, we have included the crosslet from the de Braose coat of arms in our logo design.
In Australia, the indigenous name for Horsham is Bogambilor – place of flowers – because the area was covered with a dense scrub of wattles.
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