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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In 1858 John Nott was appointed Clerk of Courts at Maldon. Initially he, his wife Mary Anne and their young family lived in a tent on the Commissioners’ Reserve before a house was built for them next to the Court House. The Notts also established a private fenced garden in what is now the middle…
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Castlemaine Cemetery chaos
According to recent reports, Castlemaine Cemetery Trust members have been left dealing with the actions of previous trustees, who reportedly bulldozed almost 2,000 graves between the 1960s and the 1990s.
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Family reunion a long time coming
Descendants of Maldon’s Subritzky and Wagener families (John Anderson is in the blue hat to the right). A group of cheerful out-of-towners spent the weekend in Maldon as part of an extended family reunion… of people who had never met before. Readers of the Tarrangower Times may have seen the recent letters from John Anderson,…
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