History

  • Families with goldfields link reconnect

    Families with goldfields link reconnect

    Bendigo resident and keen historian Lynne Cooper is delighted to report that she has tracked down the descendants of former Castlemaine Goldfields police sergeant, Daniel Nowlan.

  • Bid to unearth goldfields relic

    Bid to unearth goldfields relic

    Bendigo resident and keen historian Lynne Cooper is in the final throes of completing a fascinating new biography on the…

  • Artist moved to mark history

    Artist moved to mark history

    Inspired by our report on the campaign to rename Hutton Street in Kyneton due to its namesake’s links to an…

  • Sign of the times – Churches slated for sale

    Sign of the times – Churches slated for sale

    A ‘sign of the times’ is the way the looming sale of two historic Uniting Churches is being described by…

  • Memories of war

    Memories of war

    Jim Foreman was just 17 years old when he shipped out to sea. Now aged 94, it’s taken the WWII…

  • Journey back to our past

    Journey back to our past

    Take a journey back to our mechanical past at the Mount Alexander Vintage Engine Club’s 24th Annual Vintage Engine Rally…

  • Bridge on Froomes decision time looms

    Bridge on Froomes decision time looms

    The future of Castlemaine’s Froomes Road Bridge is expected to become clearer after next month’s Mount Alexander Shire Council meeting….

  • Hospital reno soon

    The Old Kyneton Hospital is a step closer to seeing new life pour through its doors as the first part…

  • Gaze-grabber! Retro carriage now ready to roll

    Gaze-grabber! Retro carriage now ready to roll

    With it’s bold retro livery and carefully crafted timbers, VGR’s newly restored heritage refrigerator car is certain to turn heads…

  • Balcony restoration for grand old icon

    As scaffolding was erected alongside Castlemaine’s gracious old Midland Hotel in recent days it could not help but draw attention….

  • Woodend Bowling Club celebrates 130 years

    Woodend Bowling Club celebrates 130 years

    On Christmas Day this year, Woodend Bowling Club will celebrate 130 years since the very first green was opened –…

  • Maldon pioneer settlement sold

    Maldon pioneer settlement sold

    Maldon’s former ‘Porcupine Township’ Pioneer Settlement has sold to a Victorian buyer for an undisclosed sum. The unique 15-acre property…