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Noojee rail - an engineering classic

The railway from Neerim South to Noojee swoops and soars through some of Victoria’s most attractive scenery. Yes, I know that should be in the past tense, but I’m ever the optimist. Unfortunately, burned-out trestle bridges no longer safely spanning...

The Gazette
03 Jun 2025
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Snapshot of the past

A photograph capturing Main St in Drouin, including the brick building of Henry Pease and Sons on the corner of Hope St, c1917. Henry Pease purchased the business from J. G. Hearn in 1906 and leased part of the premises from him. Mr A. Wehsek, who...

The Gazette
03 Jun 2025
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O’Marney, The Pied Piper of Hallora

The first settlers of the Hallora area were typical of the many families in Victoria which joined the “Land Rush” of the 1870s. From Clunes there were the Hickmans, the Aikmans and the Brocks. The Simpsons and the Hallyburton brothers came from...

The Gazette
27 May 2025
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Snapshot of the past

A photograph of Mounted Constable James Wellwood of Drouin c1900. James Wellwood was born in Fitzroy in 1864 and joined the Victoria Police force on March 8, 1887. Constable Wellwood worked in Fitzroy for three years before being transferred to Ben...

The Gazette
27 May 2025