Reporting on Maldon and surrounding central goldfields
Volunteers working on the library’s archives. Behind closed doors on Monday mornings, a team of Athenaeum Library volunteers is busy archiving our historic documents. For the past six months, with input from an experienced archivist, we’ve been meeting to sort, organise and catalogue such things as old (sometimes mundane, more often fascinating and occasionally hilarious)…
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Black Dog Institute is offering free world-class mental health support for emergency service workers and volunteers who have been impacted by recent severe weather events in rural and regional Victoria. The National Emergency Worker Support Service (NEWSS), established by Black Dog Institute and UNSW Sydney in 2020, achieves PTSD recovery rates of more than 80…
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It is a sensational time of year to enjoy a trip on the heritage train between Maldon and Castlemaine and adjustments have been made to ensure maximum safety for passengers and residents.
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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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