Reporting on Maldon and surrounding central goldfields
Mount Alexander Shire Council is inviting residents all over the shire to make use of the community wellbeing bus that travels between Mount Alexander Shire and Gurri Wanyarra, the wellbeing centre in Kangaroo Flat.
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on Monday 9 January 1899 one of Maldon’s most destructive bushfires occurred. It started about 11am as a grass fire in a paddock owned by Neil Neilson near the corner of the Bridgewater and Baringhup Roads. The fire initially threatened the nearby Junction and Springs Hotels and then, fanned by a hot northwesterly wind, spread…
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In July 1864 Arnold Paddock announced that he intended to challenge the sitting member John Ramsay for the seat of Maldon in the upcoming election for the Victoria Legislative Assembly. His candidature was not generally welcomed. The Maryborough and Dunolly Advertiser reminded readers that in 1859 Paddock had organised anti-Chinese protests in Maryborough. Speaking from…
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Goths, Gothic and Victorian Gaslight era novels This weekend Maldon celebrates the Goldfields Gothic Festival of Dark Ideas. So, we thought it might be worth digging a little deeper into all things Goth and Gothic and their connection to the literature of the Victorian Gaslight era. The Goths were a Germanic tribe made famous by…
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