A Century of Golf on the Goldfields
$15.00From the formation in 1899 to 1999, gives many extracts from the Castlemaine Mail, lists of winners of various trophies, championships, life members, office bearers and the financial members for 1999.
A Rich Tapestry: John Turville and his Australian Descendants
$20.00The book concentrates on John Turville of Melton Mowbray amd his Australian descendants. He arrived in Adelaide at the end of 1854, marrying in Castlemaine in 1856 and living at the Moonlight Flat diggings.. Other cousins migrated in the 1800’s and they formed other branches in Victoria and NSW.
As if it were Yesterday
$20.00More than a book of memories, this collection of moments by 33 resident members of U3A Castlemaine is a valuable social history of the last 70 years. These stories left out of official accounts of segments of history, remembered as if they were yesterday.
Castlemaine Cemetery – A Walk with Glimpses of the Past
$15.00Cemeteries, are considered by some as morbid places, while others consider them fascinating. They reveal tangible and readily accessible glimpses into the past. Goldfield cemeteries are no exception to this. They are one of the few remaining links to the turbulent and exciting times when thousands rushed to Victoria and the Mount Alexander Goldfields to make their fortune. They are also one of the few places where rich and poor from all stratas of society are found together. Cemeteries provide valuable information about our past and to some extent the society from which those memorialized have come.
Castlemaine Gold Diggings: Historic and Modern Place Names (Map)
$15.00The Map is printed on an A2 sheet and covers the mines of the Castlemaine Gold Diggings. The mines are shown in red. The scale is 1: 33,330.
Castlemaine Petitions
$10.00The two 1850’s petitions made by the people of Mount Alexander to the Governor of Victoria, reproduced on the following pages are interesting sources of names for those tracing their family history in the Castlemaine district. They also form a fascinating aspect of Australian goldfield history.
From Antarctica to the Gold Rush – in the wake of the Erebus
$30.00Commander Alexander Smith RN, served his country with fearless resolution for 17 years on the quarterdeck, encountering many adventures on the high seas – an intrepid voyager in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Under the command of Captain James Clark Ross, he became a heroic polar explorer in the north Atlantic and was chosen for the epic 1839-1843 British Antarctic Expedition aboard the Erebus in the pivotal rank of First Mate.
Guildford
$15.00Guildford – some early history. The township of Guildford, Victoria is situated on the banks of the Loddon River, on the Midland Highway, 12 kilometres from the City of Castlemaine, in a southerly direction , and 25 kilometres north from the town of Daylesford. It is surrounded by low hills, and is delightfully situated. Editor M C Rilen 1970 edition. R A Bradfield 1988 edition
Historic Castlemaine 1993 Bruce Burton’s Sketches
$15.00Bruce Burton’s Sketches of Historic Castlemaine shows 12 black and white sketches of notable buildings and houses. Size: 26cm x 37cm
Historic Houses – Glimpses of Old Castlemaine
$15.00Castlemaine is fortunate in its relatively intact Victorian and Edwardian streetscapes, both in the shopping precinct and in the original grid of streets surveyed in 1852.
Membership Double
$50.00
Membership Single
$35.00
Records of the Castlemaine Pioneers
$40.00Every chapter in this book is a true and colourful picture of the uproarious days when Australia was like a great golden magnet. It consists of the recollections of pioneers on the central goldfields of Victoria, assembled from the 1880s onwards.
Reminiscences of Fryerstown
$20.00Perhaps nothing in Australia’s history can compare with the discovery of gold, for its impact on the population was tremendous. Men were enticed to leave their homes and employment, and travel the hazardous routes to the newly discovered goldfields in the hope of making a quick fortune.
Sarah’s Search– A Silk Odyssey
$25.00In 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.
Souvenir of Castlemaine and District
$20.00The original “Souvenir of Castlemaine and District” collection was published by Verey & Co in 1904. It was printed by the Periodicals Publishing Company, 21 Elizabeth Street in Melbourne. As the cover suggests, the original contained “26 Photographic Views” – taken around the district by Adolphus Verey. However – this little book contains 22 images.