Reporting on Maldon and surrounding central goldfields
Nuggetty Mine. By the 1860s, industrial quartz mining had begun to replace the endeavours of individual diggers, and it was a dangerous enterprise. The combination of explosives, steam-driven machinery and lax safety procedures resulted in many workplace accidents and sometimes deaths. These are a few of the mining accidents that occurred in the Maldon area…
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Community Bank Maldon & District is once again partnering with The Good Op Shop in Castlemaine and local housing and homelessness support services to run The Good Coat Drive throughout May.
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There are a few changes afoot at the Maldon Community Pantry. To make better use of our access to Bendigo Food Share, the pantry will be opening at 9.30am from 12 March (closing at 11.30am). A win for those who like a more leisurely start to their mornings. It will also be less of a…
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Marie Bell: volunteer, local historian and frog-croak expert extraordinaire. Today regular guest Nicole Chvastek joins EC and Slats in their now-regular discussion of current events. And you, dear listener, are invited to interact by texting in your opinions and questions. Last Friday Ann and Elizabeth had the pleasure of the company of Marie Bell: volunteer,…
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