A tiny village between Wangaratta and Beechworth that had become famous for its locally manufactured gourmet foods, including wines, mustards and cheese. The Old Emu Inn building (1861), now Milawa Mustards, once served goldminers en route to the Ovens Valley. Bullock teams supplying the goldfields and Cobb & Co coaches which once used it as a stopover. The musical accomplishments of the licensee's daughters made the inn something of an entertainment centre. The building later served as the Milawa police station. The old lock-up (brought from Beechworth by bullock team) is still on the property, as is a 19th-century barn made of handmade bricks from clay dug out in the cellar. Brown Brothers, the oldest winery in the district, has operated since 1889.
Location: 21 km south-east of Wangaratta off the Ovens Highway
Points of Interest: Brown Brothers winery; former Flour Mill; Shire Hall, Oxley (1875); Milawa Cheese factory; Milawa Mustards