Reporting on Maldon and surrounding central goldfields
For best results and flawless skin, don’t scrimp on the zinc. Skin by Salafia This column has focused on how to enjoy cool season delights, with this week highlighting care for something that can really suffer in the cold: your skin. A revolutionary technique involving a simple one-step treatment, using all-natural materials, will ensure your…
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Corsets not a death sentence: study. A study to examine rib deformation in female remains from the 18th and 19th century has concluded that while long-term corset use may have been inconvenient and perhaps uncomfortable, corseted women of history lived relatively long lives. In fact, the study by anthropologist Rebecca Gibson of American University in…
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Yarn bomb. Dhelkaya Health is calling on the community to grab their knitting needles and crochet hooks to help create a powerful display for Wear It Purple Day 2025. This national day celebrates safe, supportive, and inclusive spaces for young LGBTIQA+ people, and this year Dhelkaya Health plans to yarn bomb four trees across the…
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Paris is Doggo of the week. TT: You’re probably the most worldly doggo I have met, Paris. Paris: Is it the name? Or the Eiffel Tower costume that makes you think that? Because it’s just a cardboard replica. TT: You clearly have an affinity for the City of Lights. Paris: Well no, you see, I…
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Heather Pavitt, Treasurer of the Maldon Athenaeum Library, with other recipients of MI Grants. Photo courtesy: James Baker for the Melbourne Athenaeum. The library has received an unexpected (but gratefully received) grant as part of the Mechanics’ Institute Grant Program. Mechanics’ Institutes were formed to provide free lectures and educational and community facilities. More than…
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Florence Emily Green. Florence Emily Green was born in New Zealand in 1862. She came as a child to Australia and in 1880 was one of the first women to pass the University of Melbourne matriculation exams. She then completed a degree at the Australian College of Theology with first-class honours. Florence came to Maldon…
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Nancy shows you a handful of nothing. A never-quite-finished book drafted in the 1960s was titled, How to Subdue a 500-pounds Gorilla with Both Hands Tied Behind your Back. No doubt destined to be a bestseller if published, its sub-title was ‘Great Expectations’. That was our kind and compassionate way to let you know that…
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If you’re looking for something to do, why not plan a visit to the Maldon Cemetery. We are yet to secure funding for the cottage refurbishment, but the roads and drainage have been upgraded, our monthly working bee heroes are keeping the grass and weeds under control and the Tarrengower Ladies have been making wonderful…
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We’ve just returned from a ‘winter break’ in Central Victoria. We usually visit in warmer periods, but it’s still a tonic for us Melbourne folk. Fresh air, peace and quiet, idyllic landscapes and wildlife. Even on a bleak, windswept, rainy day, we found warm hospitality and delicious homemade cakes at the Guildford General Store! But…
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