Archive for the ‘Local history’ Category
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A sleeper awakens
Sunday, August 23rd, 2009
On this day in 1860 the ill-fated expedition of Burke and Wills arrived in Lancefield.
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Spouting for gold
Monday, July 27th, 2009
Despite its nondescript name, The Blowhole distinguishes itself from others around the country.
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The ruinous past
Sunday, June 28th, 2009
Mining companies didn’t concern themselves with notions of rehabilitating the landscape once they’d finished roughing it up.
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Pure gold
Sunday, May 3rd, 2009
It’s easy to picture miners falling into one those deep stone gutters in a drunken stupor and spending the night there, huddled against the chill.
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Ratbags and stirrers
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
An Irishman was the leader of Australia’s most famous armed civilian insurrection.
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What’s in a name?
Sunday, January 11th, 2009
For city folk to talk about spending a romantic weekend in Wombat… well, it just wouldn’t cut it.