Reporting on Maldon and surrounding central goldfields
This 1909 steam engine stole the show in Maldon – and won young Brendan’s heart decades ago. Now that the dust has settled and the amazing Maldon Easter weekend is behind us, I am thinking back to one of the larger vehicles that you may have noticed in the parade. It’s a 1909 John Fowler…
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Jeff Thomas with Stevo. Today Deanna Neville talks with EC and Nancy about the Good Art Crowd: who or what is it, and who is in it? We don’t know either, so we hope all will be made clear then. Last Friday IMT was back on the airwaves after the two-week hiatus for the bumper…
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World Press Freedom Day Tristan Jacobson, a future librarian. This year the theme for World Press Freedom Day is Reporting in the Brave New World – The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Press Freedom and the Media. The day marks the anniversary of the 1991 Windhoek Declaration, a statement of free press principles. The declaration…
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Descendants of Maldon’s Subritzky and Wagener families (John Anderson is in the blue hat to the right). A group of cheerful out-of-towners spent the weekend in Maldon as part of an extended family reunion… of people who had never met before. Readers of the Tarrangower Times may have seen the recent letters from John Anderson,…
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Robyn Ballinger and Derek Reid of the Maldon Heritage Network, hosting the walk. Maldon Heritage Network is offering a second chance to take an informative and entertaining stroll around the old Maldon Government Reserve. The first walk, taking in historic buildings such as the old court house, lockup, market building and school, took place on…
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Caledonian Kilns Caledonian Kilns Anyone who has reason to chat to visitors has found themselves answering questions about the Tarrengower region’s history and places of interest. “So, what happened here?” or “Anything good to do in this town?” are common queries. Not everyone has time to read the guidebooks or history books before heading to…
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Amazing library Volunteers. Photo courtesy of Rob Leeson. The Maldon Athenaeum Library (MAL) is set to celebrate the online publication of a series of written vignettes about its history, which includes the building on High Street and the organisations that have called it home. A special launch of the Library History Vignettes will take place…
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What a wonderful week Maldon’s community has put on for us – all the Easter activities, Race Ya Family Fun Day, Anzac ceremonies and the British motorbike rally. Then, on Sunday, Maldon Heritage Network (MHN) and the Neighbourhood Centre’s ‘Creating a Performance’ group (Plein Air Company) collaborated to present aspects of our town’s history, bringing…
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Over Easter the town was full of people. It was wonderful to see but there was a gallery in the Main Street displaying political advertising in garish black and yellow. It was embarrassing. I wonder if this is allowed and if it is, what is to stop every venue in Maldon displaying similar or opposing…
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On behave of the Race Ya committee we would like to congratulate Janette McKnight on the wonderful display she achieved in the Maldon Butchers window – the theme: Race Ya. Well done Janette! Cheryl Lang
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