Reporting on Maldon and surrounding central goldfields
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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The deadline for not-for-profit (NFP) organisations to lodge a new self-review regarding their tax status is Monday 31 March. The new requirement from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) affects many local community groups and sporting clubs whose organisational structure is NFP. For the first time, the ATO requires NFPs to notify the ATO of their…
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In the 1860s my great uncle Joseph Bannister Stow, a resident of Castlemaine, arrived in Maldon with a plan.
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Jonathan Moon compiled a fascinating snapshot of Maldon in 1864, (10 years after gold was first discovered in Maldon), when he had published, Tarrangower, Past and Present; a History of Maldon from 1853.
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