Tag: Chewton
Record female numbers
Thirty years after Castlemaine Goldfields Football Club saw its first women’s team lace up their boots, the club is celebrating a record 166 female...
New speed limit in place
The controversial new 50 km/h speed limit along the 6.4 kilometre stretch of the Pyrenees Highway is now officially in effect.
Monster celebration this Saturday
Take a trip back into our goldfields past at the annual 1851 Diggers’ Monster Meeting celebration at Chewton this Saturday.
The commemorative event will take...
Homecoming gig
Seven-piece Naarm-based free psych sonicists, Star/Time, are performing live at The Red Hill Hotel in Chewton this Friday with special guests, local heroes Video...
Zemiro makes tracks in the Goldfields
Great Australian Walks With Julia Zemiro is a new SBS series that will see the television presenter embark on 10 of Australia’s most epic...
Debut film to screen
The debut film of Tehran-born, Australia-raised writer and director and Chewton resident, Noora Niasari, will be screening at Castlemaine's Theatre Royal this Friday as...
Songs of people and place
Valley Road winds through rolling basalt hills from Glenhope towards Chewton, connecting two friends, Rebecca Jane Howell and Marty Mckenna, who have been singing...
Restoration begins for old church
Mount Alexander Shire Council has begun work to repair and restore the former Wesleyan Church in Chewton.
The building located at 205 Main Road, was...
Walk for reconciliation
Chewton Primary School led a community 'Walk for Reconciliation' along the Leanganook Walking Track at Chewton last Friday.
Inspired by 'The Long Walk', students shared...
Mine shaft rescues
Two dogs have been rescued from mine shafts by local CFA brigades and a specialist unit in the space of week.
In the most recent...
Ghosts of Chewton’s past
The ghosts of Chewton's past are about to be brought back to life when local historian Ken McKimmie leads a public history walk this...
Don’t trash our bushland
Chewton residents are outraged after a significant quantity of rubbish was discovered illegally dumped in bushland in the Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park.
Among locals...
