Reporting on Maldon and surrounding central goldfields
The Beehive Chimney is a hop and a step from Maldon’s Main Street. News of proposed repair works for Maldon’s Beehive Chimney has local folk chattering, so Parks Victoria met with representatives of local groups at the site last Thursday 26 June to answer lingering and pressing queries. With the help of Parks Victoria Statewide…
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On Wednesday 25 June 1930 the Victorian Assistant Minister for Agriculture, Reg Pollard, visited Maldon with tobacco expert A.J. Temple Smith. During a meeting at the Shire Hall (now the Maldon Museum), Temple Smith pointed out that the granite soils around Maldon were ideal for growing the light tobacco leaf so much in demand for…
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News that the State Government had grouped health services into Local Health Service Networks was met with distrust and derision from members of the opposition parties, but our local health provider, Dhelkaya Health, responded positively. The government announced on Friday 10 January that the networks, formed in geographic regions after consultation with health services, would…
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Parliamentary Committee with Dhelkaya Health staff and homesharers Members of the Legislative Assembly Environment and Planning Committee came to Dhelkaya Health in the first week of May. They heard from representatives of Homeshare Mount Alexander, including Homesharers and Home providers and the Homeshare peak body, the Homeshare Australia and New Zealand Alliance (HANZA). The visit…
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