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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
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Inflation was no problem for pioneers

Inflation of our currency does not mean quite the same thing as blowing it up, though the effects might seem similar, and we are told now that inflation is simply the process by which our money becomes worth less every year, and that isn’t news to...

The Gazette
20 May 2025
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Snapshot of the past

A photograph of the original Warragul Exhibition Hall in Howitt St c1960. Following on from its early history as Dan Moore’s garage, detailed in last week’s Gazette, plans for an exhibition shed of 120 feet by 45 feet were submitted to the Rural City...

The Gazette
20 May 2025