Reporting on Maldon and surrounding central goldfields
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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Last Sunday I joined mostly older people attending the Australia Day event at Victory Park in Castlemaine. The event began with a lengthy and tiresome reminder of whose land we are on. Uncle Rick then conducted a Welcome to Country ceremony in an Aboriginal language. Whilst impressive, most of us remain puzzled as to who…
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The kids from Maldon Kids Club presented a big cheque to members of Special Olympics (SO) Bendigo last week, after raising funds with a running challenge.
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Wells’ baker’s cart. The Maldon Bakery has a good claim to being Australia’s oldest continuous operating bakery. In 1854, soon after the discovery of gold, George McArthur began baking bread locally and about 1857 built the small brick building that is part of the current building. The McArthur family operated the bakery for more than…
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Keep up with the locals!