LOCAL HISTORY
Genealogy
Castlemaine Cemetery
Location:
Castlemaine General Cemetery, Cemetery
Road, Campbells Creek VIC 3451
Contacts:
Secretary/Treasurer - Ian Hockley
(03) 5472 1425
24 Wilkie Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450
Castlemaine Historical Society
Inc
Location:
Former Court House (1852), 7 Goldsmith
Cres, PO Box 655, Castlemaine VIC 3450
Postal:
PO Box 655, Castlemaine VIC 3450
Telephone:
(03) 5470 6072 Operates Tuesdays
(9.00am -3.00pm), Otherwise Message Bank
Email:
chsi@castlemainehistoricalsociety.com
Internet:
www.castlemainehistoricalsociety.com
Contacts:
Executive Officer & Archivist -
Alleyne
Hockley
(03) 5472 1425
Research Officer - Hilary Griffith
(03) 5474 3011
President - Ray Pattle
(03) 5473 4273
Castlemaine Public Library
Location:
212 Barker Street, (entrance - Mechanics
Lane), Castlemaine VIC 3450
Telephone:
(03) 5472 1458 Phone/FAX
(03) 5472 4865 FAX
Email:
patl@ncgrl.vic.gov.au
Internet:
www.ncgrl.vic.gov.au
Historical Sites
Buda Historic Home and
Gardens Inc
Location:
42 Hunter Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450
Telephone:
(03) 5472 1032 Phone/FAX
Email:
admin@budacastlemaine.org
Internet:
www.budacastlemaine.org
Contacts:
Secretary - Pat Grumont
(03) 5472 1526
President - Tom Comerford
(03) 5470 6230
3 Saint Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450
Castlemaine Historical Society
Inc
Location:
Former Court House (1852), 7 Goldsmith
Cres, PO Box 655, Castlemaine VIC 3450
Postal:
PO Box 655, Castlemaine VIC 3450
Telephone:
(03) 5470 6072 Operates Tuesdays
(9.00am -3.00pm), Otherwise Message Bank
Email:
chsi@castlemainehistoricalsociety.com
Internet:
www.castlemainehistoricalsociety.com
Contacts:
Executive Officer & Archivist -
Alleyne Hockley
(03) 5472 1425
Research Officer - Hilary Griffith
(03) 5474 3011
President - Ray Pattle
(03) 5473 4273
Diving Bell
Location:
Market Building, 44 Mostyn Street,
Castlemaine VIC 3450
Contacts:
Castlemaine Visitor Information Centre
(03) 5470 6200
Faulder Watson Hall
Location:
206-208 Barker St, Castlemaine VIC 3450
Contacts:
Secretary Pioneers and Old Residents -
Frank Caesar-Gordon
(03) 5472 2565
93 Hargraves Street, Castlemaine VIC
3450
Hall Bookings - Stuart Real Estate
(03) 5472 2588
(03) 5472 5232 FAX
sales@stuartrealestate.com.au
www.stuartrealestate.com.au
28 Lyttleton Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450
Forest Creek Historic Gold
Diggings Site
Location:
Site: Pyrenees Highway, Castlemaine VIC
3450
Contacts:
Part of Castlemaine Diggings National
Heritage Park
(03) 5472 5272
(03) 5472 4237 FAX
13 1963 Parks Victoria Information
www.parkweb.vic.gov.au
Parks Victoria Information Centre 13 1963,
PO Box 101, Castlemaine VIC 3450
Castlemaine Visitor Information Centre
(03) 5470 6200 to book tours
(03) 5471 1746 FAX
Mostyn Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450
Friends of the Mount
Alexander Diggings (FOMAD)
Internet:
www.castlemaine.net.au/~fomad
Contacts:
Secretary - David Bannear
(03) 5470 5572
President - Doug McConville
(03) 5470 6332
PO Box 125, Castlemaine VIC 3450
Herons Reef Gold Diggings
Location:
Fryers Road, Fryerstown VIC 3451
Contacts:
Parks Victoria
(03) 5472 5272 Castlemaine Office
13 1963 General Parks Victoria
Information Centre 24 hour service
(03) 5472 4237 FAX
www.parkvic.vic.gov.au
Maldon Heritage Advisory
Committee
Contacts:
Refer to Mount Alexander Shire Council
(03) 5471 1700
25 Lyttleton Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450
PO Box 185, Castlemaine VIC 3450
Mount Alexander Shire
Heritage Advisor
Location:
Shire Offices, 25 Lyttleton Street,
Castlemaine VIC 3450
Postal:
PO Box 185, Castlemaine VIC 3450
Telephone:
(03) 5471 1700 for appointments
Email:
mtalex@mountalexander.vic.gov.au
Internet:
www.mountalexander.vic.gov.au
Mt Alexander Diggings
Postal:
Secretary, PO Box 125, Castlemaine VIC
3450
Contacts:
President - Friends of Mt Alexander
Diggings
(FOMAD) - Doug McConville
(03) 540 6332
Visitor Information Centre
(03) 5470 6200
Market Building, Mostyn Street,
Castlemaine VIC 3450
Old Castlemaine Gaol (limited
access)
Location:
Bowden St, Castlemaine VIC 3450
Telephone:
(03) 5470 5311
Internet:
www.oldcastlemainegaol.com.au
Porcupine Township
Location:
Cnr. Bendigo & Allans Roads, Maldon
VIC
3463
Postal:
PO Box 81, Maldon VIC 3463
Email:
jfa14635@bigpond.net.au
Internet:
www.porcupinetownship.net.au
Contacts:
Christina Mitz
(03) 5475 1000
(03) 5475 1001 FAX
Victorian Goldfields Railway
Location:
15 Hornsby Street, Maldon VIC 3463
Telephone:
(03) 5475 1451 Office
(03) 5475 2966 Station - time table
information
(03) 5470 6658 Marketing Office
Internet:
www.vgr.com.au
Historical Societies
Castlemaine Historical Society
Inc
Location:
Former Court House (1852), 7 Goldsmith
Cres, PO Box 655, Castlemaine VIC 3450
Postal:
PO Box 655, Castlemaine VIC 3450
Telephone:
(03) 5470 6072 Operates Tuesdays
(9.00am -3.00pm), Otherwise Message Bank
Email:
chsi@castlemainehistoricalsociety.com
Internet:
www.castlemainehistoricalsociety.com
Contacts:
Executive Officer & Archivist -
Alleyne
Hockley
(03) 5472 1425
Research Officer - Hilary Griffith
(03) 5474 3011
President - Ray Pattle
(03) 5473 4273
Chewton Domain Society Inc
(People and Places Exhibition)
Location:
Town Hall, Pyrenees Hwy, Chewton VIC 3451
Postal:
PO Box 85, Chewton VIC 3451
Telephone:
(03) 5470 6131
Contacts:
Secretary - Bettie Exon
(03) 5472 3892
chewton@gcom.net.au
www.chewton.net
PO Box 85, Chewton VIC 3451
Membership Sec. - Edna Preece
150 Main Road (opposite Town Hall),
Chewton VIC 3451
PO Box 85, Chewton VIC 3451
President - Helen McGeachin
(03) 5472 3990
Vice President - Marion Landy
(03) 5472 2954
0438 722 954
Guildford Progress
Association and Historical
Committee
Location:
Guildford Public Hall, Guildford VIC 3451
Postal:
C/- PO Guildford, Guildford VIC 3451
Contacts:
Secretary - Melissa Conn
President - Shirley Edward
Vice President - Frank Passalaqua
(03) 5473 4250
Harcourt Valley Heritage and
Tourist Centre Inc
Location:
ANA Hall, High Street, Harcourt VIC 3453
Postal:
PO Box 56, Harcourt VIC 3453
Contacts:
Secretary (Tourism) - Joan Lienhop
(03) 5474 2321
President (Heritage) - George Milford
(03) 5474 2426
Maldon Museum and Archive
Association Inc
Location:
Shire Gardens, Cnr Fountain and High
Street, Maldon VIC 3463
Postal:
PO Box 235, Maldon VIC 3463
Telephone:
(03) 5475 1633
Contacts:
Secretary - Elizabeth Allan
(03) 5475 2618 Enquiries
allan@hotkey.net.au
Malmsbury Historical Society
Postal:
PO Box 113, Malmsbury VIC 3446
Contacts:
President - Ian Thomas
(03) 5423 9188
0417 036 194 Mobile
ianthomas@myoffice.net.au
PO Box 113, Malmsbury VIC 3446
Secretary - Susan Walter
(03) 5423 9383
Email: J_swalter@bigpond.com
National Trust of Australia
(Mount Alexander Branch)
Postal:
PO Box 957, Castlemaine VIC 3450
Email:
adco@bigpond.net.au
Internet:
nattrust.com.au
bluestorm.biz/nationaltrust
Contacts:
President - David Cunningham
(03) 5472 4478
39 Bull Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450
Secretary - Peter Brain
(03) 5470 6603
peter.brain@nieir.com.au
Newstead and District
Historical Society (NDHS)
Location:
Old Court House, Canrobert Street,
Newstead VIC 3462
Postal:
C/O Post Office, Newstead VIC 3462
Internet:
home.vicnet.au/~newdhs/
Contacts:
Secretary - Dawn Angliss
(03) 5476 2006
Janet Trudgeon
(03) 5476 2437
President - Derek Reid
(03) 5476 2274
Newstead Historical Society
Location:
Old Court House, Canrobert Street,
Newstead VIC 3462
Postal:
Canrobert Street, Newstead VIC 3462
Internet:
home.vicnet.net.au/~newdhs/
Contacts:
Dawn Angliss
(03) 5476 2006
11 Canrobert Street, Newstead VIC 3462
President - Derek Reid
(03) 5476 2274
Old Castlemaine Schoolboys
Association (Established 1912)
Contacts:
Secretary - Peter Thompson
(03) 5472 2202 Annual Reunion 2nd
Saturday October
123 Mostyn Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450
President - Allan Paull
Taradale Historical Group Inc
Location:
Mechanics Institute, Taradale VIC 3447
Postal:
PO Taradale, Taradale VIC 3447
Contacts:
Secretary - Shirley Miller
(03) 5473 3315
3447 Calder Highway, Taradale VIC 3447
Museums
Castlemaine Art Gallery and
Historical Museum
Location:
14 Lyttleton St, Castlemaine VIC 3450
Postal:
PO Box 248, Castlemaine VIC 3450
Telephone:
(03) 5472 2292
(03) 5470 6184
Email:
info@castlemainegallery.com
Internet:
www.castlemainegallery.com
Contacts:
Director - Peter Perry
info@castlemainegallery.com
President Gallery Committee - Sandy Dunne
Vice President - Phee Broadway
Castlemaine Hot Rod Centre
Ltd.
Contacts:
Executive Committee - Larry O'Toole
(03) 5472 3653 BH
Guildford Tool Museum
Location:
Cnr Davis Street and Midland Highway,
Guildford VIC 3451
Postal:
C/- PO, Guildford VIC 3451
Contacts:
Tony Derrett
(03) 5473 4402
derrett@gcom.au
www.toolmuseum.com
Hadfield's Hot Rods
Location:
Pyrenees Highway, Chewton VIC 3451
Telephone:
(03) 5472 3868
Contacts:
Proprietor - Rod Hadfield
(03) 5472 3868
Harcourt Valley Heritage and
Tourist Centre Inc
Location:
ANA Hall, High Street, Harcourt VIC 3453
Postal:
PO Box 56, Harcourt VIC 3453
Contacts:
Secretary (Tourism) - Joan Lienhop
(03) 5474 2321
President (Heritage) - George Milford
(03) 5474 2426
Maldon Athenaeum Library
Location:
97 High Street, Maldon VIC 3463
Postal:
PO Box 219, Maldon VIC 3463
Contacts:
President - Joy Leneaux-Gale
(03) 5475 1326
PO Box 149, Maldon VIC 3463
Secretary - Marni Mellor
(03) 5475 1516
51 Templeton Street, Maldon VIC 3463
Maldon Motor Museum
Location:
Laity's Garage (Opposite Maldon Post
Office), 46 High Street, (Open Weekends),
Maldon VIC 3463
Telephone:
(03) 5475 1266
Contacts:
Proprietor - Lloyd Hughes
(03) 5475 1266
Maldon Museum and Archive
Association Inc
Location:
Shire Gardens, Cnr Fountain and High
Street, Maldon VIC 3463
Postal:
PO Box 235, Maldon VIC 3463
Telephone:
(03) 5475 1633
Contacts:
Secretary - Elizabeth Allan
(03) 5475 2618 Enquiries
allan@hotkey.net.au