Local Profiles

With no children or grandchildren of her own, one of Marieanne’s greatest joys for the past few years has been going to the local intergenerational playgroup, which connects parents, children and seniors.

Born in Kangaroo Flat to German immigrants, Marieanne and her brother and sister learnt how to survive with very little money, recycling things wherever possible.

The second installment of Michael's interview.

As soon as he'd completed high school in Benalla, Michael headed straight to the big smoke to study.

Finding himself a space to build a studio in the Meat Market in North Melbourne changed Richard's trajectory and connected him with a like-minded community.

Arriving in Australia at the age of 23, Richard Morrell, an English-born motorbike enthusiast, borrowed a friend's bike and made the journey from Melbourne to Castlemaine.

Hi David, you were born and raised in Moolort.

Throughout my whole life art and science have had this beautiful symbiotic relationship, yet most of my schooling and societal pressures try to get you to conform to one or the other.

"I like honesty. I like people to be real and I like my art to be real. Freedom of speech is important to me."

"I'm forever grateful that my parents put that focus on my education because it meant that I had remedial teaching all the way through school. I didn't learn to read or write until I was eight or nine years old."

"One of the first things I did when I moved here was join the brigade and I've been with them ever since. I used to drive the truck a lot."

"I use 10km around Castlemaine for my memory palaces. A memory palace is basically a simplified songline. Our brains are set up to associate information with place. As I go to each location, I have every country in the world mapped, and then I add layer after layer of information, using that location and creating a story with it."