Tarrangower Times

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Discover the Heart of Australia: Small Towns, Big Stories. Maldon, Victoria

Tucked away in the rolling hills of Central Victoria, Maldon is a living slice of Australian history - a place where the gold rush era still echoes through cobbled laneways and heritage shopfronts. But this is not sleepy museum town. Maldon is full of colour, culture, community and country charm.

Publisher details

Established in 1858.

The Tarrangower Times community newspaper reports on news and events in Maldon (Australia’s first notable town), Newstead, Baringhup, Castlemaine, Walmer, Muckleford and surrounding areas.

Subscriptions to the digital edition are available online.

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Articles

Good prospects

Michelle Dorian, Tarrangower Times
History & heritage
In this historically gold-rich region, with its fascinating and varied natural surroundings, recreational prospecting seems like a fantastic activity for the whole family, doesn’t it?

Behind the scenes: The volunteers who keep Maldon football and netball running

Tarrangower Times
Football Netball
With both Maldon’s football and netball teams enjoying a bye last weekend, it offers a rare chance to look beyond the scoreboard and shine a light on the enormous amount of work that goes into getting teams onto the field each Saturday. Much of it is done quietly, without fuss, by volunteers whose names rarely appear in print.

Maldon and Castlemaine strike a golden chord

Tarrangower Times
Event
Maldon will become part of a rare regional musical journey on Saturday 11 July, when the Keys of Gold Classical Music Festival brings one of its most atmospheric concerts to Holy Trinity Church. The afternoon concert, Celestial Sounds, will be performed from 4pm to 5pm and features acclaimed cellist Yelian He with internationally celebrated organist Thomas Heywood.

A cut for community cricket

Contributor, Tarrangower Times
Community
Newstead Cricket Club’s latest fundraiser involves a clever combination of resources, skills and time, all working together to support the community club. Committee member Adam Sewell says that locals have teamed up to create some highly desirable prizes for an upcoming online raffle: firewood.

Puppy farm withdrawn after online campaign

An application was lodged on Tuesday 14 April to Mount Alexander Shire Council (MASC), for the establishment of a ‘Domestic dog breeding centre and rural worker’s accommodation’ in Elphinstone. The MASC’s online Public Planning Register shows that a determination was made relating to the matter on Wednesday 3 June and the decision shows as: ‘Withdrawn’.

Dogs to the rescue

Michelle Dorian, Tarrangower Times
Community
Some of us, in the aftermath of the Covid crisis, were subjected to a deep dive into the music tastes of preteens, which included a song about the lockdown experience called 'I'm Good?' by the Hilltop Hoods ... It's a neat echo of the experience of many people whose canine family member joined them through an adoption program or from the pound, shelter or foster system.

Compost invention

Viv Markham, Tarrangower Times
Community
It seems that compost is a subject that is exercising the minds of many across the shire, and Maldon resident Oliver Messenger is one of them. He has invented a composting system that has been granted an Australian patent with an international patent in the works.

Angie’s scorched earth ceramics

Contributor, Tarrangower Times
Arts
Nancy Whittaker. Angie Robinson has work on permanent display in the MANet Art Gallery. I needed to find out more about her beautiful ceramic pots ... to find out exactly what saggar firing was after seeing her beautiful pots...

Why mealtimes matter: A new volunteer role making a big difference

Contributor, Tarrangower Times
Aging
As part of National Volunteer Week, Dhelkaya Health is preparing to launch a new volunteering role in residential aged care. The new role is called Meal Mate ... "eating can remind them of times when meals were shared with family and friends."

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