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This is a concise and easily absorbed account of the events and people that established the heart of Central Victoria.It describes the people who were the first white settlers in the Loddon-Campaspe districts. It details their trials and activities, including their relationship with the local Aboriginal people.It links the settlements on the continent's east and south coasts and covers events in Tasmania.There are numerous photographs - many a...

Community radio was new to country Victoria when 3CCC began in Castlemaine. It actually broadcast from Harcourt, 8 km from the town, from a studio built in a disused railway building. Most of the locals had heard vague reports of a couple of community stations in Melbourne, but not always good reports. FM radio was unknown, therefore 3CCC had to work hard to gain acceptance. Within a few short years it became one of the most notable and respec...

In 1874 a woman established an enterprise high on the eastern slopes of Mount Alexander in Central Victoria. Its purpose was to grow thousands of mulberry trees, to feed silkworms, produce silk, and train women in the silk industry. This is a must read account of the efforts of one pioneer woman to establish a silk industry in Australia. It moves from Corowa on the Murray River, to Kings Domain in Melbourne and Mount Alexander in Central Victo...

Ian Braybrook was a radio broadcaster in Central Victoria for many years. His childhood and early teen years are far removed from the "glamour" of that job.Ian's family was desperately poor and the early death of his father had a far-reaching effect on his life. By the age of thirteen, when he got his fi rst job, he had lived in twenty homes and changed schools ten times.His story moves from Daylesford, Trentham and Blackwood districts in the ...