Bibles contain hidden family treasure
Castlemaine resident Leanne Cole is urging community members to take a second look at that dusty old Bible before donating it to your local Op Shop as many contain hidden family treasure.
Old photo sparks new walking guide
"The Coliban Main Channel: A Walking Guide" contains over 200 pages of walking notes, maps, historical and contemporary photographs as well as numerous excerpts from newspaper reports of the time,
Let’s take a look back at the Castlemaine Goods Shed
This image from the Verey collection features the Castlemaine railway goods shed at a time when rolling stock accidentally damaged part of the south wall.
Front pages from the archives: “Arson suspected”
The Castlemaine Mail looks back at pages from our archives in this monthly column.
Let’s take a look back at Clarendon Hotel in Kennedy Street
Kennedy Street Castlemaine
Circa 1854-1863This fuzzy image with a view to the East was taken from Gaol hill and is an enlargement of a photograph...
Let’s take a look back at the Castlemaine Hotel
This first fabulous photograph is of the original Castlemaine Hotel, a weatherboard cottage, at 76 Lyttleton Street.
Meeting to shed light on Goldfields UNESCO bid
Would you like to learn more about the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation Victorian Goldfields World Heritage Bid?
Let’s take a look back at the 1919 train derailment
This image was taken by Jack Barry, one of the first on the scene shortly after the accident in 1919.
Let’s take a look back at Muir’s Bakery Yapeen
This would have been quite a busy road in its time as it was the original Castlemaine-Guildford Road before the road was redirected in the mid 1960s.
Let’s take a look back at the Walker St rail crossing
This very early scene has a view to the south west with the Walker Street railway crossing in the foreground.
Push to preserve historic Wattle Gully Gold Mine
There has been an outpouring of community concern since our story last month on the desecration occurring at the historic Chewton mine.
Historic artefacts returned ‘home’
Mount Alexander Shire Council was honoured to recently be presented with an historic silver jug and salver (tray) from the Froomes family.