Let’s take a look back at … Castlemaine Coach Factory
Then:
W. R. Williams Coach Builders (pictured) operated as a business for at least 68 years, from Forest Street.
He originally came to Castlemaine to fulfil...
Front pages from the archives: Castlemaine’s vanilla slice rides high
Check out these front pages of the Castlemaine Mail from over the past 20 years
Restoration of historic sexton’s office and gun powder storage magazine comes up a treat
Debra Tranter always expected restoring the historic sexton's office and gun powder storage magazine at Castlemaine Cemetery would be rewarding....
Lost headstone heads home to Castlemaine Cemetery
A headstone from the late 1800s has been returned to its original resting place at the Castlemaine Cemetery at Campbells Creek.
The link to our...
My Strangways: Joan Sartori knows a thing or two about local history
Well Joan you're just out of Newstead, at Strangways I know. How long have you lived there?I've lived there for 59 years, ever since...
Then and now: Let’s take a look back at Castlemaine Primary School
This photograph was taken in 1884 after the present day building was completed in 1875. This structure replaced the earlier National School building that had operated on site since 1855.
New light shed on old Strangways
Eve LambIt's said the gold was once so abundant out Strangways way, beyond Newstead, you could lift it by the shovelful.So the story goes...
Keeping the legacy alive
The state government is helping the Castlemaine RSL keep the legacy of veterans alive for future generations with a $1617 grant to conserve and...
Castlemaine work on display
A bronze commemorative sculpture of General Sir John Monash made right here in Castlemaine now stands at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.
The figure...
Forgotten Rebels
La Trobe historian and author Associate Professor Clare Wright and Hollywood producer and writer Anne Kenney stopped over in Castlemaine on Tuesday last week...
Repair order for neglected site
Urgent repair orders have been issued for heritage-listed Macedon House in Gisborne.
Heritage Victoria served the notice late last month stating, "owners had allowed the...
Tale of an unsung hero
As Anzac Day nears, historian Ian Braybrook has been busy striving to ensure one of Castlemaine's unsung war heroes does not become lost to...