Happy Easter from Maldon.
It’s almost Easter for the year 2019 and the Maldon Easter Fair will begin on Thursday evening with the Great Aussie Scone Bake.
We hope you have a safe and happy Easter and that you enjoy the 142nd Maldon Easter Fair this weekend.
Vimeo Video courtesy of Archivist Media Films Commercial video production. Documentary film making. Fine art photography. Melbourne, Australia
The wonderful Victorian Goldfields Railway will be operating extra services during the School Holidays.
School Holiday Specials!
From 6th April until the 21st of April, the Victorian Goldfields Railway will be running steam hauled services every Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. Take advantage of the savings available with special family tickets.
The team at the railway will help to keep the kids entertained throughout their journey with puzzles, games, clowns, balloons and face-painting.
Find out more at the Victorian Goldfields Railway website at: https://vgr.com.au
V8 Sports Car
This car is a beauty. With “V8” stamped on the hubcaps this open top sports car caught the attention of several people at Main Street Maldon today.
Does anyone know anything more about it? We’d love to know.
Vintage Truck
Don’s vintage truck spotted on Main Street at Maldon. Note the beer tap on the radiator.
Historic Open Gutters of Maldon
Joseph Jenkins, a Welshman, stayed at Maldon for ten years tending to the gutters which are now a historic feature of our town.
The three Australian faces of Joseph Jenkins: Swagman, rural labourer and man of letters.
“The story of Joseph Jenkins is one of the more curious tales of our history. A meticulous diarist, he comes to Australia from his homeland of Wales in 1868, and spends 25 years here as a swagman, street-sweeper, miner, farmhand and poet.”
Joseph obtained regular employment in 1884 as a cleaner of streets and drains in the town of Maldon, a few miles north from Castlemaine.
He remained here working until he reached the age of 76 and became homesick for Wales. Having saved the fare, he departed Maldon by rail on 23 November 1894, and embarked on the ss Ophir which docked at Tilbury docks on 5 January 1895.
Joseph Jenkins Plaque at Maldon Railway Station
In 1994 a water drinking fountain and a plaque were erected at Maldon railway station to recognise the centenary of Joseph Jenkins’s departure and his unique record of the life of a rural worker in Victoria.
