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Castlemaine Historical Society Inc.

Locality: Castlemaine, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 5470 6072

Address: Goldsmith Cres 3450 Castlemaine, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.castlemainehistoricalsociety.com

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25.01.2022 GOLDFIELDS RESEARCH -Relating to Mount Alexander Forest Creek & Castlemaine Goldfields and the current Mount Alexander Shire available at the CASTLEMAINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC RESEARCH CENTRE Although return to Stage 3 Covid Restrictions has once again closed the Society, and public access to the Former Court House, postal research continues behind the scenes.... Anyone wishing to study aspects of the rich history of Mount Alexander Shire and its forerunners or research their family heritage during Covid restrictions can access the Society’s collection via a Postal Research request. The Society’s collection includes early directories, voters’ lists, index to the local newspaper, as well as indexes to a wide range of mining, school, church and other records. Localities covered by the archives include Castlemaine, Campbells Creek, Chewton, Elphinstone, Faraday, Fryerstown, Guildford, Harcourt, Maldon, Muckleford, Newstead, Taradale, Vaughan and Yapeen. Parishes covered by the archives include Bradford, Castlemaine, Campbell Town, Emberton, Fryers, Guildford, Harcourt, Hawkstone, Holcombe, Maldon, Ravenswood, Redesdale, Sandon, Strangways, Sutton Grange, Yandoit and Walmer. To access Postal Research send an email to: [email protected] Upon receipt of your email request a Postal Request form detailing the types of research available and charges applicable will be forwarded. Once returned with your postal details and fees paid research will commence. Family research can be likened to looking for a needle in a haystack at times so providing as much initial detail as you can will assist our researchers. Listing details such as names, birth date, date of death, date of marriage etc will assist in your research. See more

21.01.2022 Assistance required Are you available 2.00pm Sunday 14 April. The Society is taking part in the forthcoming National Trust and Australian Heritage Festival staging the Business, Bunfights & Brawls Exhibition. If you have experience in (or would like to gain experience) mounting exhibitions the Society would be grateful for your time and assistance to prepare and mount the exhibit components in preparation for the Festival. Please register your interest via phone (5470-6072) or email [email protected]

17.01.2022 Castlemaine Gold Diggings Map As part of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria’s History Week celebrations the Castlemaine Historical Society held the launch of the Castlemaine Gold Diggings Map at the Visitor Information Centre on Sunday October 7. President Carol Dorman opened proceedings and introduced CHSI member Clive Willman who produced the new map. Clive explained the history of the map and his reasons for updating existing maps and that it continues to be a work... in progress as additional information becomes available. It is a modern map base with the latest roads, creeks and other detail including historic and modern place names which will assist those wanting to visit the diggings. Following Clive’s talk, Aileen Walsh, Team Leader Visitors Services MASCC, was introduced and spoke of the importance of items such as the map to the Visitors Information Centre and their work in assisting visitors to the Shire. Aileen then officially launched the map which is available for purchase from The Former Court House or the Visitors Information Centre. See more

17.01.2022 Castlemaine Historical Society meeting Monday, 7 May 2018 7:30 pm 7 Goldsmith Crescent, Castlemaine Castlemaine Historical Society’s general meeting will include guest speaker, John Armstrong, Returned & Services League (RSL). ... John’s talk will be the History of Castlemaine's RSL. History of Castlemaine's Returned & Services League (RSL). The red brick building has been part of the shopping precinct since 1918. It sits on the edge of Victory Park. With 2018 being the 100 year's anniversary of the establishment of Castlemaine's RSL, learn why it was established, who were it first members and where did they originally meet.

15.01.2022 General Meeting Monday, 3 June 2019 Prostitution on the Goldfields Guest Speaker Dr. Brian Rhule The social role of women on the Victorian goldfields has been largely neglected by many historians in the past. While many turned to domestic occupations such as washerwoman, cook, seamstress or general servant, others found themselves among a class regarded by the police, the courts and others in the community as ‘common prostitutes’.... June Guest Speaker, Dr Brian Rhule, has undertaken a preliminary study of women who were convicted by the courts and imprisoned on the basis of evidence presented by the police that these women were common prostitutes. Using information obtained from prison registers and court reports, his talk includes an examination of the prior occupational, national and religious backgrounds of these women. His presentation will focus on the Central Victorian area, with an emphasis on Castlemaine, to ask the listener to decide whether the term ‘common prostitute’ was an appropriate occupational description for many women whose circumstances led them into the darkest corners of society in towns such as Castlemaine and Bendigo. The meeting commences 7.30 at The Former Court House, 7 Goldsmith Crescent, Castlemaine, with a brief business meeting and after a short break Dr. Rhule will begin his presentation approximately 8.00 pm. Supper follows the presentation. Please join us for this fascinating subject.

07.01.2022 2019 Victorian Community History Awards Congratulations to member and volunteer Clive Willman whose Castlemaine Gold Diggings Historical and Modern Place Names map (2nd Edition) was short listed for the Victorian Community Awards and received a Certificate of Commendation at a presentation ceremony held at the Pavilion-Melbourne Arts Centre Monday 14th. As well as his mapping and Society research work, Clive has managed to fit in film production. Check out "Geoscience: Beneath the Australian Alps". https://youtu.be/_S-024Cb5VE. (Don't forget to tick 'like').

06.01.2022 Celebrating Membership Peter Padreny and Liz Day represented CHSI at a Champagne Morning Tea held by the Royal Historical Society of Victoria on Tuesday 13th November. Held in the downstairs Gallery at 239 A’Beckett Street, the occasion was to celebrate fifty years or more membership of the RHSV with guests representing historical societies from all over Victoria. Framed certificates commemorating years of membership were presented to the attending Societies with CHSI notching up 53 years. To ensure that Tuesday Volunteers at The Former Court House took part in this celebration a bottle of champagne was on hand for morning tea.

02.01.2022 August General Meeting Saving the Railway This month’s Guest Speaker is one of the original directors of the Victorian Goldfields Railway (VGR), Peter Enlund, who will speak about saving the VGR. Peter will also provide an overview of the current operations and the major capital works being undertaken at Castlemaine to relocate the VGR base of operations there. The Meeting will be held in the Former Court House, 7 Goldsmith Crescent, Castlemaine commencing at 7.30. Supper will be served following the presentation. All welcome.

02.01.2022 Whilst the Covid 19 pandemic has managed to change how we operate, and close the Former Court House to the public, it has not stopped the Society from providing research to many people via our Postal Research service, nor volunteers continuing indexing and other work at home. The Society’s Research Co-ordinator has been busy answering research requests from local, interstate and overseas researchers. Research subjects have ranged from footballers, tennis clubs, miners, the ...Old Gaol to property and hotels. We may even have been busier in isolation than when open to the public. The Society is run solely by volunteers and apart from the occasionally successful grant application, receives no funding from government or council. It relies on Membership Subscriptions and research fees to finance storage, equipment, cataloging and development of indexes to the Society’s extensive archive collection so that these resources are accessible to researchers. Also, as the Committee of Management for the heritage listed Former Court House which serves as our Research Centre, the Society has responsibility for maintenance and care of this historic property. Details of the research services and charges can be obtained by sending an email to [email protected] listing names, dates or facts which may assist in checking if our holdings include information you are looking for. See more