The Goldfields Re-Imagined
Chewton academic and author Marjorie Theobald is set to launch her highly anticipated new book The Goldfields Re-Imagined: Militant Miners, Miscreants and Poor Mary...
Council to abstain from the ‘big’ issues
At Tuesday's Mount Alexander Shire Council meeting, councillors voted unanimously in favour of adopting a policy which will allow the council to abstain from taking a position on international, federal and state issues and matters bound for a referendum.
Call for action on Wattle Gully
Community members concerned about the ongoing vandalism and desecration of the historic Wattle Gully gold mine at Chewton were pleased to have the opportunity to meet with Bendigo West MP Maree Edwards to discuss the issue last week.
Climate activists appear in court
Castlemaine climate activists Bernard Tonkin, Laura Levantan and Dean Bridgfoot appeared at Bendigo Magistrates Court on February 7 to defend their trespass charges.
Shooters on target
Members of the Castlemaine Rifle Club contested the third stage of the club's '300 metre Championship' on Saturday February 17.
Celebrating safer speed limits
News that the speed limit from Chewton through to Castlemaine will be lowered to 50km/hr by the end of February was met with applause from local residents on Monday.
Wild weather wreaks havoc
The combination of extreme heat, wind, storms, smoke haze, power outages and continual emergency warnings on the Vic Emergency App had residents in Mount Alexander on high alert on Tuesday.
WATCH: Castlemainey-ish remake of Jurassic Park
For the past two years, John Roebuck and a team of locals, have been making a shot-for-shot, zero dollar budget remake of Jurassic Park in and around Castlemaine.
Are you related to George Dawkins Lane?
An investigation is currently underway to find any living descendants of Dr George Dawkins Lane, who died in Castlemaine June 4, 1861 aged 67.
Billboard decision upheld
The community were celebrating this week following news VCAT had upheld Mount Alexander Shire Council's decision to knock back the proposed double-sided billboard outside the Pistol Club in Duke Street.
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,