Reporting on Maldon and surrounding central goldfields
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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Not just shopping but AN EVENT!
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Ross Dohnt working the chaff cutter. The Mount Alexander Vintage Engine Club (MAVEC) held its 28th Annual rally over the weekend of Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 April at the Dave Bennett Reserve in Muckleford. The rally highlighted H.V. McKay-Sunshine engines and Ford/Fordson tractors this year. There were various attractions, including working machinery displays, a…
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The State Department of Health has warned residents of Guildford, Kennedys Gully, Strathloddon and Yapeen that tap water from Guildford is not safe to drink without boiling first. It comes after Coliban Water advised on Saturday 3 May, following repairs to a burst water main in Donkey Gully Road, Guildford, that the interruption to water…
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