Castlemaine Stories AllArtsEducationHistoricalHumourRomanceSob StoriesStoriesSupernaturalGoldsmiths Crescent“The first sitting of the Supreme Court of Victoria on...Read MoreSchoolsAt Winter’s Flat School, there was an annual fundraising event....Read MoreCastlemaine LibraryIn 1997, a stuffed koala was borrowed from Parks Victoria,...Read MoreEarly Days at Castlemaine Train StationAs told by Robyn Spicer In the early 1900s my...Read MoreBurke and Wills Monument“Photographic evidence suggests that hoons (or lairs, at least) hung...Read MoreTilly’s Tea Room’sThere have been reports of ghostly goings-on in this arcade:...Read MoreSt. Mary’s Hall StoryKeith Kane was on the ticket box at the 50/50...Read MoreCastlemaine High School (now IGA)When she started school Jean was brought a second hand...Read MoreThe Colour Patch and other cafe’sTHE COLOUR PATCH “Who can forget the Colour Patch? You...Read MoreOld Market BuildingThe market building was a thriving market. Jo Russo came...Read MoreJean’s MemoriesJean’s father worked at Thompson’s foundry and her two brothers...Read MoreThe FoundryMax remembers Castlemaine as a working town which was run...Read MoreAnticlineA million years out of the sun, they found it...Read MoreMemories of SchoolThere was an Aboriginal girl at my school. We became...Read MoreThe Pie ShopThe pie shop was started by Keith Mcshanag. Keith was...Read MoreBeck’s Imperial HotelBeck’s was owned by Alec Beck whose daughter Mabel was...Read MoreRailway HotelWe were walking on the edge of the road, on...Read MoreCamp ReserveFOOTBALL GRAND FINAL “I remember very clearly the day Castlemaine...Read MoreThe Old TargetWhen we first came here I watched a little dog...Read MoreBuda HouseThe lovely Leviny sisters (and their dogs Taffy and Raffy)...Read MoreOther StoriesThere was a barber called Mr Bogey who specialised in...Read MoreMidland Hotel“The Midland used to be a boarding house – there...Read MoreHarris’ CornerThe corner of Barkers St and Lyttleton was a popular...Read MoreFord’s DairyWhen the milkman comes he delivers milk to over 30...Read MoreThe Cri“Di used to drink at the Cri, she would get...Read MoreVictory ParkWe would drink in Victory Park, in the concrete tunnel...Read MoreHSW Lawson’sLocal solicitors, HSW Lawson on Lyttleton st.: Jean’s father worked...Read MoreLangdon’s GarageAs a boy of sixteen, Max and his mate used...Read MoreThe Castlemaine Woollen Mills- Retold by Jean Penrose Jean tells us that she...Read MoreBrian Nunan Gallery“We’d lived in Fern Tree Gully for 30 years, but...Read MoreTheatre RoyalIn the early days the Theatre Royal was accessed by...Read MoreCrinoline BridgeA woman turned up at our house, knocking at our...Read MoreHarry’s TractorThere was a time when Vincent St was a thin...Read More
