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23.01.2022 MARYBOROUGH DISTRICT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE. The British Colonies of New South Wales and Victoria were separated in 1851, as the gold rushes began. In 1855, by which time, Victoria had become chaotic, booming, and aspiring, gained some self-government. Our State Parliament House, at the top of Bourke St., Melbourne, is a child of that, and is releasing a series of short videos to make a commentated virtual tour. The Maryborough area has always had representation there, albeit... under a variety of electorate names. https://www.youtube.com/watch More info at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_House,_Melbourne and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)

23.01.2022 Three cheers to the Newstead Arts Hub. The abandoned, derelict 1874 Railway Station (on the long closed Maryborough- Maldon Junction,Castlemaine line) is now a thriving Gallery. Enjoy local history and art at the same time.

23.01.2022 If you have some browsing time, have a look at this one. Thousands of people who passed through the Maryborough District during the rushes, and hundreds who stayed, came from the coast via some time spent in the Ballarat District. I know at least a third of mine did. What about yours?

22.01.2022 Where are the museums around Maryborough? I guess you'd tick off our own, and then perhaps think Dunolly, Maldon, Talbot, perhaps Avoca, mostly in well preserved historic buildings. You'd be forgiven if you overlooked another in such a building, the wonderful Museum of Australian History and Art Gallery at the Railway Station. Another fascinating place, always with a guided tour, is this one, in West Maryborough.- Sew What Maryborough - Travelling Sewing Machine Museum - with 2366 Facebook followers, 20 times our Museum's. All the Museums are now closed, but there's plenty of Museum type information online, in Australia, and around the world. tomw.

20.01.2022 These two photos make statements and raise questions. I for one, forget past clothing was so colourful. I'm wondering how the family has kept this garment in good condition for 6 generations since 1860. I'm wondering if clothing has survived in the Maryborough District since early times? If you would like us to feature your clothing treasures, please send us pics with the relevant dates. If you request non publication of names,that will be done. Tom Woolman

19.01.2022 Right in Maryborough, along with the Worsley Cottage Museum Complex, the Central Goldfields Art Gallery, and tucked away at the Station, the Australian Museum of Art and History, we have this interesting, excellently provenanced collection, curated by Judi and Wayne who welcome visitors. If you appreciate garments, and other sewn items, you'll appreciate the machines and gadgets which women and men at home and in workplaces, used to create them.

18.01.2022 SCROLL DOWN THE MUSEUMS VICTORIA Page for the information on the MUSEUMS at HOME & SCHOOL HOLIDAYS PROGRAMS On Line. They're a pretty with-it crowd!

17.01.2022 LOOKING FOR HERITAGE OUT AND ABOUT? Fortunately, because at this time we can't go there, many places have increased their presence online.

17.01.2022 Dear Visitor, If you're in Maryborough during its opening times, don't miss this Museum which has its entrance on the actual platform of the Maryborough Railway Station. The curator has created all the amazing cabinets, paintings and exhibitions. There's something there for everyone.

17.01.2022 The great Newstead Arts Hub, located in the former Railway Station, is open this weekend, and has also launched its new website.... worth a look! https://newsteadartshub.org/ tw

16.01.2022 More great news from Galleries .. this time ... right in Maryborough.

15.01.2022 Margaret Baskerville, who created the clay model for the mould in which the statue on our War Memorial was cast, explained that she had created it so that the soldier "gazes on the enemy while he loads his gun, but he is sad. The Australian soldier was not a man fond of taking life, but he had his duty to perform. That is what I have tried to portray in his face. I have made him alert, strong and vigorous in build." While now not as immediately arresting as it was for those who had lost loved ones in the Great War, the statue, whether seen from the main square or beyond the main crossroads, is not just a memorial, but a constant, signal reminder of the supreme and great sacrifices made by our people in all wars. tw

14.01.2022 While it's still quiet on the exhibition front, here's a twist on that for creation and conservation. Let's hope Mr Hope can see his worthy organ move to an equally loving home.

13.01.2022 Of course the State Library is a giant museum, public even moreso since its recent renovation. And behind the scenes the work goes on.. If you're "into" conservation and Australian History, you could do much worse than follow it. ed.

12.01.2022 Re-creations such as Sovereign Hill and the Pioneer Settlement at Swan Hill are another dimension of preserving history. Have you ever been to either? Did you take visitors with you? Did you go to Sovereign Hill in the early days, perhaps on a school excursion? If it was from Maryborough, who drove the bus? Perhaps Bill Dellavedova, who as a youth had lived in a tent at Lower Alma, during the day working the "gold extraction using cyanide process" and at night guarding the works, which were owned by Tom Hastings, who had started work at the local mines at 13 years. Maryborough's history of gold mining was still very much alive 50 years ago. tw.

08.01.2022 I've been rather tardy giving you what we hoped for.. links to other places going online with their exhibitions, performances, discussions of preservation, etc. My apologies. Here's the kick starter. Certainly there are people in the Maryborough District whose ancestors were in Ballarat at the time of the Eureka Rebellion December 1854. (Unfortunately mine, John Howden, was already in the Old Cemetery.) Now for a kickstarter coffee. Enjoy your day!

08.01.2022 ANZAC DAY is three weeks away, and will be like none held before. Already the Internet is gearing up to provide access to no-physical -closeness on-line events. The National Archives has created a summary and copied the sketchbooks of the War Artist Rex Julius. You might like to dip into it. https://www.naa.gov.au//sketching-naval-life-war-art-rex-j

07.01.2022 The loss of the Bendigo Easter Fair this year removes what, for most of us, is our greatest opportunity to see remnants of a culture which the ancestors of many of us came into contact with - even if they were never at Chinaman's Flat in the great gold rush.. Fortunately, the Bendigo Dragon Museum can help us out. Enjoy!

07.01.2022 Melbourne Museum (always worth a visit) has launched its new Learning Lab., to again make history more availabe. That's the stuff! Type in "Learning lab" in the search box at https://museumsvictoria.com.au/melbournemuseum/

04.01.2022 Three items in the Japanese style. On the left a glass vase, japanned (thick black painted) inside, common in late Victorian times, as individual items or mantelpiece sets. Liquids damaged the paint. Probably made in the Black Country, England, perhaps by one of our ancestors. Middle, a modern geisha doll, labelled Minolta, perhaps for promotion. Right, a white procelain dish, intricately but crudely painted around the borders in the black japanned style, with finer detail in the faces and hands of the musicians. Made in China, probably before Japan invaded in 1937. Thanks to the reader who sent the pic in.

02.01.2022 Part of the Exhibition, closing this Sunday at the Central Goldfields Gallery (the Old Fire Station), Neill Street, Maryborough.

02.01.2022 These photographs of a grandmother in Japan remind me that older people are full of history. which, as their own personal enjoyment, they are willing to share for mutual benefit. The notes I made of conversations with my foster-grandmother 50 years ago about her life in Leviathan Reef and Maryborough are loved more widely now. For me, Japan was synonymous with the unspeakable cruelty of Empire-building times, but during two months of visiting that was overwhelmed by the incr...edible beauty of the countryside, and the complexities of its civilisation. No wonder it fascinated Western countries for hundreds of years. Many items were made in Europe in the Japanese style. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanning If, where you live is more than about 90 years old, it may even have floorboards with black jappaning around the edges to fill the gap between the walls and the earlier floor rugs. If you have examples of Japanned items, and you would like them published, anonymously for security, send a pic in a message and we can post them here. Tom W.

01.01.2022 Not many iron articles last this long in the ground, but this dagger, sheath, and the rings which attached it to the soldier's belt, amazingly have, enough to be restored using the latest techniques. The soldier was probably one of c.20,000 Roman soldiers slaughtered as their Empire retreated, as the Germanic tribes combined and attacked. And as we know, the rest is history. (tw)