Reporting on Maldon and surrounding central goldfields
Sue Race – volunteer This week we celebrate National Science Week, 9-16 August. We often forget just how much our everyday lives depend on science: architecture and engineering, agriculture, energy and transport, health and medicine, cooking, gardening, mining and industry. August 9 is also the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. What better way…
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Alan Shepherd, Bruce McClements and Roger Curran of Maldon Fire Brigade with the new tanker. Julian, Felicity and Jo managing the sausage sizzle at Maldon CFA’s open day. Maldon CFA held a successful community open day on Sunday 28 September, particularly when measured on the sausage sizzle scale. Bruce Clements 1st Lieutenant (Acting Captain) of…
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Samuel Hawkings, a former British soldier, joined Charles La Trobe’s Port Phillip Border Police in about 1841. He was stationed for several years at Gisborne and later Mount Macedon. In September 1846, however, he applied for and was granted a publican’s licence to open the Porcupine Inn at the head of Bullock Creek. The Inn…
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The next round of Mount Alexander Community Grants opens next Monday 14 July and closes on Monday 4 August, aiming to support innovative community projects that align with the Council’s strategic objectives. Information sessions will take place to provide more information: Council Grants officers will answer questions and provide one-on-one guidance about your application and…
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