History & Heritage

• Angus McMillan rested in the Omeo vicinity in 1839 while following an Aboriginal track south to establish Numblamunjie station on behalf of Lachlan Macalister. The name was changed to Ensay in 1844 by Archibald Macleod, after an island off the coast of Scotland. McMillan used the station as a base for his extensive and ground-breaking explorations of Gippsland to the south.