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Chiltern Athenaeum Trust

Locality: Chiltern, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 5726 1280

Address: 57 Conness St 3683 Chiltern, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.chilternathenaeum.com.au/

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25.01.2022 Wattle Day is with us once again

25.01.2022 Clarrie Moon - His Stories of Chiltern - A couple of extracts from the book. Now available at Chiltern Athenaeum, Chiltern Post Office & Chiltern Information Centre, for $25. All proceeds go to keeping the Athenaeum open and continuing the work of preserving our wonderful history.

24.01.2022 Clarrie Moon - His Stories of Chiltern The book is selling like hot cakes. Only $25 pick up from the Chiltern Athenaeum, Chiltern Post Office or the Chiltern Information Centre. Can be posted with tracking for $35.50. Another extract from the chapter - Business Men & Prominent Personages

24.01.2022 One for the farmers - Wighton's Steam Engine (Fowler Traction Engine) at Lefoe's Bridge, cnr Reid & Church St Chiltern. Albert Wighton leaning on the front wheel & Andrew Wighton next to him. No date Athenaeum Smith Collection

24.01.2022 EXHIBITION: NURSE ON CALL Albury Wodonga Health's digital Nurse on Call exhibition has opened. The exhibition is a collaboration between Albury Wodonga Hea...lth and Albury Library Museum to celebrate 2020 the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife. If you're interested check out the link below. https://www.alburycity.nsw.gov.au///nurse-on-call/_nocache

23.01.2022 We hope everyone has been enjoying reading their Clarrie Moon book over the Christmas break. A reprint may be necessary in the New Year as there are now only 25 copies left.

23.01.2022 Reposting from 2016

22.01.2022 Great News Everyone The Athenaeum will be reopening this Friday 27th November at 10am We will now only be open on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays & Mondays - 10am to 3pm. Other times may be arranged by appointment.

22.01.2022 Chiltern Athenaeum AGM Tuesday 1st December 7.00pm at the Athenaeum. All welcome

21.01.2022 Chiltern Athenaeum Museum - Corona Virus - COVID-19 The health and safety of our volunteers and visitors are important to us. In response to the latest recommended social distancing measures, and the vulnerability of our volunteers, it has been decided that the Chiltern Athenaeum Museum will be closed from tomorrow 19th March through to 1st May. All events have been postponed until a later date to be confirmed. If you have any queries, please email, or leave a voice message o...n the phone. We will be checking these regularly. For any urgent requests, please phone Maureen on 0418 690 292. For more information, we ask that you follow the advice of the Victoria Department of Health & Human Services. Please go to www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus or follow the Victorian Department of Health & Human Services for accurate information, updates and advice about COVID-19. See more

19.01.2022 A little insight to the paintings of Chiltern’s Alfred Eustace - come and see our collection of his paintings & poetry.

18.01.2022 We have been doing lots of sorting and planning for our Neighbourhood House in the future and as renovations are almost complete, we are finding places for spec...ial things. This is a Denyer wheelchair from the mid 1950's and I am not sure if it is from this building or the old hospital in Conness Street. Anyway, it is all cleaned up and sitting in the waiting room! Many thanks to the Chiltern Athenaeum for allowing us to loan this lovely old piece of hospital history. See more

18.01.2022 My grandfathers home (Thomas Montgomery at Chiltern c 1900

18.01.2022 On this day in 1914 one of the first speeding fines was handed down at Chiltern Court. The guilty motorist was reported to have speed down Chiltern's streets at... twenty-five miles an hour, causing havoc to horses and pedestrians alike and resulting in a fine of two pounds. Unfortunately, we haven’t caught the culprit in the below image. Taken in the 1920s, the photograph instead shows one of the first Beechworth taxi drivers with two fashionable passengers. Burke Museum Collection, 2607

17.01.2022 reposting from 2016

16.01.2022 All set for the Swimming Pool Ladies Auxilary morning tea @ the Chiltern Memorial Hall. Looking forward to hearing all the stories and having a laugh.

14.01.2022 Fine specimen of taxidermy done by Chiltern's Alfred Eustace, painter, poet and taxidermist

13.01.2022 How lovely & cool would it to be sitting in the courtyard of the Grapevine Hotel. Thank you to all our visitors today. I hope you enjoyed your visit and found some new and interesting things.

12.01.2022 Road Hog! It was in the town of Chiltern that, on 12 August 1914, the first person in the North East was prosecuted under the new Motor Car Act of 1909. The Ac...t set the rules for speed limits. A man - possibly over-exited by his new form of transport - had decided to race down Conness Street, the premier street in town. He was doing 25 miles per hour (40km/h) and endangering the public. Refusing to stop, he continued on to nearby Barnawartha township, where he was finally apprehended. Mr J W W Beaven PM presided over the case, and the man was charged2 for his reckless spree. A report in The Chiltern Standard described the motorist as a motor hog. #OTD It was actually on this day 24 August in 1859 that The Chiltern Standard opened, soon after gold was discovered in the district. The name later changed to The Federal Standard. Many buildings in Chiltern are National Trust classified. The Federal Standard Printing Works still stands in Main Street in the town, and is included on the Victorian Heritage Register. It is also one of Victoria’s earliest surviving newspaper works, complete with an array of printing machinery from the 1870s through to the 1920s, which are now on display. One of the newspaper’s first proprietors was George H Mott, who published a stable of newspapers, including the Murray Gazette, Border Post and The Ovens Constitution. Stay safe and well. Image: Chiltern, Conness Street, ca 1908, State Library of Victoria Image: Chiltern Conness Street ca 1908, State Library of Victoria #nedkellycentre #chiltern #roadhog NKC

12.01.2022 INVITATION Anyone who had connections with fundraising for our Chiltern Pool from long ago, are invited to a morning tea to acknowledge the effort put in by the Chiltern community, especially the Chiltern Ladies Pool Auxilary. These ladies raised a huge amount of money through their catering for weddings, dances and community events. Where: Chiltern Memorial Hall When: 10.30am - Wednesday, 3rd March ... Due to Covid restrictions and catering purposes, it is essential to book for this event by Friday 26th February. Please phone: Chiltern Athenaeum 03 5726 1280 or Faye - 0408 058 936 See more

10.01.2022 A day out in Chiltern......

10.01.2022 Perfect weather for a swimming carnival. Date & location unknown. Part of our Smith collection - maybe Chiltern? Can anyone help?

08.01.2022 Early 1900s - interesting what a difference adding a little colour makes

08.01.2022 Planting pines at Chiltern's reservoir 1940s - from left - unknown, Ben Hicks, Jim Cooper?, Bruce Kirkwood - if anyone can add names please do - Mrs Dow's photo.

07.01.2022 EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST Do you want to learn more about your family history? Have you made a start but ended up stuck? Do you have interesting stories to shar...e? Starting March 20th, local Shirley Williamson will be along every Friday afternoon from 2pm - 4pm to offer tips on starting or resuming your search for your family. Shirley has a great passion and knows the places to go, websites to search, books to read and ideas of templates to use. Bring along any bits and pieces relating to your search and let the journey begin! Cost will be $5 and please call 03 5726 1405 to register your interest. See more

07.01.2022 Although restrictions for museums have been lifted, we have decided to keep the museum closed until at least 1st July. We don't feel comfortable putting our people and visitors at risk of catching or spreading the Covid 19 virus. Our volunteers are predominantly elderly, many with under-lying health issues, and as such considered the most vulnerable cohort in relation to Covid 19 infection. We look forward to welcoming visitors as soon as we consider it is safe to do so.

04.01.2022 The late Charlie Bogetti's memories of Chiltern Valley - not sure of the date of the paper clipping

03.01.2022 Many people from Chiltern worked on the Hume Dam.

03.01.2022 Supporting the boys on the front the best way they could back then

02.01.2022 Last November Trish Browne visited the Athenaeum and shared the story of her grandparents Bill and Johanna McGann with us - Barrie Cassidy (ex-local and of Insiders fame) has picked up the story and written it up, well worth a read - https://www.theage.com.au//how-bluey-met-jo-on-the-very-fi

01.01.2022 Reposting from November 2016 - beautiful photo

01.01.2022 Interesting article re Sir John McEwen in "The Border Mail" yesterday written by Anthony Bunn:- "Statue of North East Victorian-born prime minister John McEwen to be put up in Canberra but not all are pleased. A STATUE of the only prime minister from North East Victoria is set to be unveiled in Canberra later this year, but not everyone is happy with the recognition. Chiltern-born John McEwen, who was the caretaker leader of the country after the disappearance of prime minis...Continue reading