Reporting on Maldon and surrounding central goldfields
It’s Valentine’s Day and love is in the air! The connection between love and Saint Valentine, the 3rd Century Christian martyr, is tenuous. The habit of exchanging hand-made Valentine’s love tokens dates from the 17th Century; however, commercialisation has intervened and February 14 is now a key date in the retail calendar. Research from the…
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Today Stevo and Lynette will meet Jen from the Maldon Hotel and find out what happens on the other side of the bar. Don’t whine, keep your spirits up. Last Friday Loz and Stevo struck gold interviewing Maldon’s GM of Kaiser Reef mining company, Dylan Morgan (pictured). Dylan dazzled listeners with deep knowledge of Maldon’s…
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The National Trust first recognised the historical importance of Maldon’s 19th Century streetscapes following a survey by the University of Melbourne Architecture students starting in 1964.
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The Market House Laying the Market House foundation stone On Easter Monday 1859 the foundation stone of the Maldon Market House, (now the Maldon Museum), was laid. The Market House was the first major project undertaken by Maldon’s recently formed Municipal Council. Councillor John Ludolph Subritzsky had proposed that Maldon become a market town and a…
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