Reporting on Maldon and surrounding central goldfields
All smiles for a great tournament at last Saturday’s Forster Cup. Photo courtesy of Rob Leeson. Seventy-two players plus supporters gathered last Saturday in the grounds of St Brigid’s to compete in the Maldon Pétanque Club’s annual mixed triples tournament. The winners – Stephane and Muriel Langlois and Chris Serre – took home the Forster…
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Left: In the soon-to-be-upgraded Golf Club Kitchen: Glyn Milner, Bob Briggs, Maureen McQuillan, Amanda Fedorowicz, Bruce Ackland, Andrew Fedorowicz, John Crofts, Sally Dear, Kerryn Healy, Maree Edwards MP. Right: Celebrating the grant to improve the walking paths at Tarrangower Village. Two community organisations in Maldon celebrated on Friday 23 May after the recent news that…
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Peter takes his time pruning – it’s a conversation. The art of pruning – shaping the future with every cut In the heart of winter, when the cellar is still and the vines look lifeless against grey skies, there’s one job that signals the quiet beginning of the new season: pruning. It doesn’t make headlines.…
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Ellen in her magical Maldon Lolly Shop. #15 of a series: Ellen Gladman, Maldon Lolly Shop and BNB. So, how’s business? “Last year… April 24… 2024. It was the settlement of buying the business. Nervous? Yes, because not long afterwards we had a big public holiday, the King’s Birthday. It was the long weekend… it…
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The elegant lines of the Oldsmobile Tourer, a luxurious ride in its day — and still eye-catching today. Hidden in sheds, under tarps and out of sight in Maldon, are some amazing things. This is a 1925 Oldsmobile Tourer, which obviously means it’s now 100 years old. Here’s a fun fact: it was Oldsmobile that…
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Winsome Strickland, Joy Leneaux-Gale, Helen Gramberg as Mrs Beale, Maree Edwards MP, Eirwen Stevenson, Robyn Annear, Tina Fratta and Brenda Shingles at the launch. It was an upbeat afternoon at the Maldon Athenaeum Library on Saturday 24 May, when the library launched its new online feature. The Library History Vignettes are a series of vignettes…
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Wells’ baker’s cart. The Maldon Bakery has a good claim to being Australia’s oldest continuous operating bakery. In 1854, soon after the discovery of gold, George McArthur began baking bread locally and about 1857 built the small brick building that is part of the current building. The McArthur family operated the bakery for more than…
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Marie Bell: volunteer, local historian and frog-croak expert extraordinaire. Today regular guest Nicole Chvastek joins EC and Slats in their now-regular discussion of current events. And you, dear listener, are invited to interact by texting in your opinions and questions. Last Friday Ann and Elizabeth had the pleasure of the company of Marie Bell: volunteer,…
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Dr Lynda Achren, a library volunteer who coordinated the library vignette history project, speaking at the launch on Saturday. Mrs Beale. Who was Mrs Beale? You will be able to answer this question if you were part of the very large group who helped celebrate the launch of the Library History Vignettes on Saturday 24…
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Winner Peter Gerolemou. The club enjoyed a visit from local member Maree Edwards last Friday to celebrate our Small Towns grant of $28,800 for a kitchen upgrade. We were able to discuss our plans for the upgrade and how this will improve the club and benefit the wider Maldon community. We look forward to Maree…
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