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Tilly’s Tea Room’s

There have been reports of ghostly goings-on in this arcade:...
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Beck’s Imperial Hotel

Beck’s was owned by Alec Beck whose daughter Mabel was...
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Camp Reserve

FOOTBALL GRAND FINAL “I remember very clearly the day Castlemaine...
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Brian Nunan Gallery

“We’d lived in Fern Tree Gully for 30 years, but...
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The Foundry

Max remembers Castlemaine as a working town which was run...
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The Castlemaine Woollen Mills

- Retold by Jean Penrose Jean tells us that she...
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Midland Hotel

“The Midland used to be a boarding house – there...
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St. Mary’s Hall Story

Keith Kane was on the ticket box at the 50/50...
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Burke and Wills Monument

“Photographic evidence suggests that hoons (or lairs, at least) hung...
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Harry’s Tractor

There was a time when Vincent St was a thin...
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Theatre Royal

In the early days the Theatre Royal was accessed by...
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Buda House

The lovely Leviny sisters (and their dogs Taffy and Raffy)...
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Goldsmiths Crescent

“The first sitting of the Supreme Court of Victoria on...
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Anticline

A million years out of the sun, they found it...
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The Old Target

When we first came here I watched a little dog...
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Jean’s Memories

Jean’s father worked at Thompson’s foundry and her two brothers...
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Schools

At Winter’s Flat School, there was an annual fundraising event....
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Old Market Building

The market building was a thriving market. Jo Russo came...
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Railway Hotel

We were walking on the edge of the road, on...
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Early Days at Castlemaine Train Station

As told by Robyn Spicer In the early 1900s my...
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Harris’ Corner

The corner of Barkers St and Lyttleton was a popular...
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HSW Lawson’s

Local solicitors, HSW Lawson on Lyttleton st.: Jean’s father worked...
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The Cri

“Di used to drink at the Cri, she would get...
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Ford’s Dairy

When the milkman comes he delivers milk to over 30...
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The Colour Patch and other cafe’s

THE COLOUR PATCH “Who can forget the Colour Patch? You...
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Memories of School

There was an Aboriginal girl at my school. We became...
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Other Stories

There was a barber called Mr Bogey who specialised in...
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Castlemaine High School (now IGA)

When she started school Jean was brought a second hand...
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Castlemaine Library

In 1997, a stuffed koala was borrowed from Parks Victoria,...
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Crinoline Bridge

A woman turned up at our house, knocking at our...
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Victory Park

We would drink in Victory Park, in the concrete tunnel...
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The Pie Shop

The pie shop was started by Keith Mcshanag. Keith was...
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Langdon’s Garage

As a boy of sixteen, Max and his mate used...
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