From the archives: April 18
A look back at some of our front covers over the years.
Let’s take a look back at Mostyn Street Castlemaine
September 24 1861
This photograph has a view to the ENE along early Mostyn Street and was taken by Castlemaine photographer John Wheeler.
From the archives
20 years ago
March 18, 2005
Mount Alexander mayor David Gittus has written an open letter to Federal Roads Minister Jim Lloyd on behalf of the Calder corridor councils urging him to heed calls by the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria and honour its commitment to the long-standing highway duplication project.
Let’s take a look back C.O.Ely’s Confectionery shop
This photograph (courtesy Bruce Turner) features both the members of the Castlemaine Fire Brigade parading to the Camp Reserve on Sunday November 19, 1961, and in the right middle ground, on the northwest corner of Barker and Templeton Streets, C.
From the archives January 17
20 years ago
January 21, 2005
Planning issues look set to dominate the agenda of Mount Alexander Council meetings again in 2005, with a sometimes fiery briefing session on Tuesday a portend of things to come.
Let’s take a look back at William Davies – Boot maker
This is the same building approximately 170 years later showing that little seems to have changed in the intervening period. However after the business closed.
Crime and compassion on the goldfields
Bendigo resident and keen historian Lynne Cooper has had an incredible response to her long awaited book, The Mystery Medal - A Tale of Crime and Compassion Castlemaine Goldfields 1889.
Castlemaine cannons
In the ‘Let’s Take a Look Back’ section in the Castlemaine Mail on November 29, 2024, two large cannons were featured as part of a photograph of the gardens taken in the 1890s.
Let’s take a look back at the first Winters Flat Primary School
This early photograph is from the Castlemaine Historical Society collection and features the first Winters Flat Primary School.
Let’s take a look back at Castlemaine Botanical Gardens
This photograph with a view to the south towards Walker Street, was taken by an unknown photographer in 1894.
Let’s take a look back Jack Harcus’s Electrical Shop Circa
The building on the right of this black and white image at 62 Lyttleton Street, housed the retail electrical business of John William Simpson Harcus, better known in Castlemaine as Jack Harcus.
Let’s take a look back at Pyrenees Highway – McKenzie Hill
1974
This image courtesy Ray Stevenson and G.