Reporting on Maldon and surrounding central goldfields
When first settlers came to this agricultural area in the early 1850s it was known as Bryant’s Crossing, as there is a ford over the Loddon River nearby. So why Baringhup? Some sources tell that signs were given by local Djaara people, which were interpreted as meaning the water (Loddon River) was flowing or ‘Bearing-up-hill’.…
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Originating in the UK, the Independent Order of Rechabites was set up in Australia in 1843 in Tasmania and soon spread to all other states.
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In 1917, acting on advice from war correspondent Charles Bean, Australian Prime Minister Billy Hughes insisted that Australia was entitled to claim any war trophies its troops captured.
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