Reporting on Maldon and surrounding central goldfields
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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In 1838 George Gipps, Governor of New South Wales, established an Aboriginal Protectorate in the Port Phillip District with the aim of encouraging Indigenous people to settle in prescribed areas and so minimise conflict between them and British squatters. It was hoped that the Indigenous people would adopt Christianity and a settled agricultural way of…
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Triple treat Another week had quickly passed and there we were, all ready with great enthusiasm, to take on the cards once more. All was in order with tables organised, boards in place along with play order cards and all was ready for the draw of partners. Mary soon had the partnership draw computered following…
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There was a low rumbling in Maldon on Saturday; a distinctive guttural grumbling that could only belong to a Kombi. In fact Maldon was the lunch pit-stop for multiple Kombi Vans, visiting as part of a jovial weekend away for a bunch of friends who share a love of the curvaceous campers. “We’re camping in…
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