Many locals have heard about the Three Lost Children. The Three Lost Children’s Memorial Reserve was created in their memory. And a scholarship established by two of the children’s father is awarded at Daylesford Primary to this day.
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“Mad” Ted Wardle ran a small store and grog shop in Connells Gully but he had grander plans than being a shopkeeper. Many of his schemes came to nothing and name of Lakeside Drive in Hepburn is a legacy of one of his failed ventures.
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The Jackson family established an engineering works in Vincent Street and ran the Star Picture Theatre which stood directly opposite the Museum. Jackson’s Lookout, located in Hepburn Regional Park, was built in 1954 by the Hepburn Progress Association’s Entertainment Committee in honour of Jack Jackson’s many contributions to the community.
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Connells Gully Rd is named after a local character, Tom Connell, who was recognised for discovering one of the Daylesford goldfields. Tom lived in Connell’s Gully and later died there in a tragic and untimely manner.
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The Daylesford Historical Society hosted a special event at the Daylesford Museum on Tuesday, March 18 at which Larry Edwards, an expert local textile conservator, gave a detailed talk on the intricate process of restoring and preserving the historic Trewhella wedding dress.
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The first sharks appeared about 470 million years ago in the vast inland sea over what is now Australia, a thought that will be sobering to those of us who regularly swim in Lake Daylesford.
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The history of the Daylesford Agricultural Show will be the focus of a new exhibition opening at the Daylesford Museum this Saturday (October 19).
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Historic Anderson’s Mill in Smeaton will be open to the public for a National Trust Heritage Weekend on May 11 and 12. Standing today much as it did when it was constructed in the 1860s, the five-storey bluestone building and its magnificent iron water wheel are still in place.
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In this final of a four part series, Arie Baelde recounts attempts by Assistant Protector Parker to Christianise and civilise local Aboriginal people. But death and disease continued to decimate the population until a decision was made to remove them to Coranderrk.
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In this third of a four part series, Arie Baelde demonstrates that all were not equal under the law in colonial Australia. Aboriginal testimony was inadmissible in court making prosecutions for acts of violence against Indigenous peoples next to impossible.
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In the first of a four part series, Arie Baelde examines the early post-colonial history of the conflict between Dja Dja Wurrung and Wadurrung peoples and local European settlers. Diaries and documents written at the time show that there were strong differences of opinion among settlers about ethical treatment of Indigenous people.
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The local community has once again taken the initiative to conserve the significant heritage of Cornish Hill. The recent request from a group of 21 local Cornish Hill residents has prompted Hepburn Shire Council to undertake a heritage assessment of the precinct. The move is seen as important to safeguard local heritage for past, present and future generations.
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