Reporting on Maldon and surrounding central goldfields
The 1917 conscription referendum. On 7 November 1917 the Australian Prime Minister William Hughes announced that a second conscription ‘referendum’ would be held on 20 December. Twelve months earlier Hughes’ first attempt to introduce conscription for overseas service had been defeated. Under his new proposal voluntary enlistment would continue but a ballot of single men…
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The State Government is offering grants for projects that aim to create social connections and improve the work and study opportunities of unpaid carers.
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The volunteers at the Maldon Community Pantry continue to be happily amazed at the level of support from the residents of our little town.
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On Wednesday 20 July 1927, the Melbourne Argus published an article headed ‘Affluence to Poverty’ that discussed the decline of Victoria’s mining towns.
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