Dates

• Existence: 7 November 1862 - 3 October 1978

History

At the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria, 10 November 1862 an application was approved made by the Presbytery of Portland for a re-distribution of the Congregations of the Presbyteries of Portland, Ballaarat, and Kilnoorat; the Congregations at Portland, Branxholm, Hamilton, Casterton, Coleraine, Mosquito Plains, Balmoral, Harrow, Horsham, Lake Hyndmarsh, Richardson, The Avoca, and Pleasant Creek to be formed into a Presbytery to be called the Presbytery of Hamilton; the congregations at Belfast, Tower Hill, Wangoom, Allansford, Warrnambool, Woodford, Hexham, and Caramut to be united with the Presbytery of Kilnoorat, under the new designation of the Presbytery of Mortlake.

Then at the 3 October 1978 General Assembly meeting it was agreed to form the Presbytery of Kilnoorat to consist of the congregations of the former Presbytery of Hamilton and of the former Presbytery of Mortlake and any person or persons under the jurisdiction of the former Presbyteries. This new presbytery consisted of Camperdown, Hamilton, Heywood/Portland, Koroit/Port Fairy, Lismore, Noorat, Terang, Warrnambool.