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maldon victoria wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 history 2 modern times 3 sport 4 events 5 in popular culture 6 notable residents 7 gallery 8 see also 9 references 10 external links toggle the table of contents maldon victoria 7 languages cebuano deutsch فارسی français polski svenska اردو edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikivoyage wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide coordinates 36 59 30 s 144 4 0 e 36 99167 s 144 06667 e 36 99167 144 06667 from wikipedia the free encyclopedia town in victoria australia town in victoria australia maldon town view of maldon from the south west 2009 maldon coordinates 36 59 30 s 144 4 0 e 36 99167 s 144 06667 e 36 99167 144 06667 country australia state victoria lga shire of mount alexander location 141 km 88 mi from melbourne 39 km 24 mi from bendigo 19 km 12 mi from castlemaine established 1853 government state electorate bendigo west northern victoria federal division bendigo area total 45 1 km 2 17 4 sq mi elevation 358 m 1 175 ft population total 1 665 2021 census 1 density 36 92 km 2 95 62 sq mi postcode 3463 mean max temp 19 6 c 67 3 f mean min temp 7 5 c 45 5 f annual rainfall 598 9 mm 23 58 in chinese incense burner maldon is a town in victoria australia in the shire of mount alexander local government area it has been designated australia s first notable town and is notable for its 19th century appearance maintained since gold rush days at the 2021 census maldon had a population of 1 665 1 history edit prior to european colonisation the maldon district was occupied by the indigenous djadjawurrung people major thomas mitchell s victorian expedition of 1836 was the first european exploration of the maldon district it was colonised soon afterwards by pastoralists and two sheep runs were established in the area at the foot of nearby mount tarrengower in december 1853 gold was discovered at cairn curran one of the sheep runs and maldon became a part of the victorian gold rush 2 the goldfield which was named tarrangower fields after mount tarrangower now usually referred to as tarrengower immediately attracted people eager to make their fortunes at the diggings one month after gold was first discovered the chief commissioner for goldfields reported 3000 miners had arrived at the diggings a month after that a journalist for the argus reported that the road from castlemaine to maldon was lined with the shops of people hoping to make a living of their own from the miners the road follows up the course of long gully where the diggings were first opened for a couple of miles and is lined on either side by an almost continuous row of stores refreshment tents eating houses doctors tents apothecaries shops and in fact shops of every description 3 the same report noted that the goldfield s population had already grown to 18 000 though only about 1000 had taken out mining licences maldon in 1904 seen from the south west in february 1854 the victorian government arranged for the settlement to become a town which was named maldon the post office had opened on 14 march 1854 4 the town s street plan is irregular and unlike more orderly subdivisions which relied on a gridiron pattern citation needed a market hall made of brick was erected in 1859 at a cost 1 250 it continued to serve as such till 1866 when it was converted into shire offices 5 a court house was built in 1861 and a new post and telegraph office in 1870 citation needed in 1861 a government census declared the town s population to be 3341 servicing an additional 5 000 6 000 miners at the diggings at that time it was the eighth largest town in victoria and remained so for the next decade however as miners were forced to dig deeper to obtain usable specimens or as mines ran dry completely the population began to decline by 1891 maldon was reduced to 1 600 inhabitants mining of small claims continued through the 20th century together with sluicing of gullies and tailings in the 1980s several new ventures commenced including an open cut mine at union hill maldon proved to be one of victoria s richest quartz mining centres though with poorer alluvial results than others such as castlemaine or ballarat quartz mining extended southward through sandy creek to newstead along to mia mia and muckleford eastward to fentimen s and smith s reefs and even to near the peak of mount tarrangower 6 in all over seventy reefs were proven to contain gold deposits maldon was known as a poor man s diggings with many excellent yields from very small claims the maldon magistrates court closed on 1 november 1981 not having been visited by a magistrate since 1972 7 the victorian blue light youth camp was established in 1987 and ran to september 2022 8 modern times edit historic streetscape at maldon today maldon s population is more or less stable at around 1 500 people the town was declared australia s first notable town in 1966 by the national trust of victoria who explained that the township displays overall historical and architectural importance particularly in its gold town buildings the significance lies in the variety of building styles and the area of mining is of interest with one mine still open to the public maldon boasts that it is largely unchanged since the 1850s and has attracted considerable interest from tourists for its 19th century atmosphere maldon is now sustained by its appeal as a retreat and retirement venue for artists and writers as well as by the tourist trade the town holds several annual fairs including a winter fair easter fair art show and folk festival notable landmarks include the beehive chimney mount tarrengower and the fire tower lake cairn curran and the maldon railway station maldon has its own newspaper the tarrangower times which was first published in 1858 and is the oldest continuously published newspaper in victoria the maldon museum and archives association displays a large collection of local artifacts and also operates a family history research centre the museum is located in the former maldon shire hall located in the shire gardens on high street the maldon vintage machinery museum houses stationary engines farming implements mining exhibits fire pumps and objects with links to thompsons foundry castlemaine 9 the minimum security female prison hm prison tarrengower is located to the near north of the township in the locality of nuggety sport edit the memorial park at maldon golfers play at the course of the maldon golf club on golf links road 10 there is also a croquet club 11 and a lawn bowls club 12 maldon football and netball club the town has an australian rules football and netball club that has competed in the maryborough castlemaine district football league since 1952 prior to 1952 maldon competed in the castlemaine district football league from 1889 to 1951 winning 16 premierships in 1894 1896 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1904 1905 1906 1908 1914 1920 1923 1933 and 1939 events edit the town has an annual easter fair which includes events such as billy cart racing dancing in the street the great aussie scone bake torchlight parade parade and the lighting of the mount tarrangower tower 13 the maldon folk festival has been held annually since 1974 and now is always held the weekend before the melbourne cup 14 in popular culture edit much of the 2007 film romulus my father set in the 1950s and starring eric bana was shot on location in maldon 15 romulus my father went on to win the australian film institute award for best film maldon is also the location of the popular tv series the murder thriller scrublands released in 2023 and starring luke arnold bella heathcote jay ryan zane ciarman notable residents edit bill woodfull former australian cricket team captain born in maldon on 27 august 1897 joseph jenkins the welsh swagman maintained maldon s gutters and drains for one pound per week from 1885 to 1894 billy robinson 1914 stawell gift winner 1915 carlton vfl premiership player henry handel richardson the australian author spent some of her childhood in maldon 1880 1886 when her mother was postmistress there and wrote about the town in her memoir myself when young 1948 frank arthur nankivell artist louis boldini architect howard leslie elliott new zealand baptist minister sectarian agitator and editor kevin moloney and janetta stones kevin janetta tourists on travel tv series travel guides 2017 present 16 gallery edit 1900 mcarthur s bakery shop old produce store and shops maldon post office 1863 welsh congregational church welsh swagman plaque at railway station historic railway engine maldon hotel kangaroo hotel main street maldon maldon brickwork rock of ages lookout on mount mooral maldon s athenaeum library maldon beehive mine chimney in 2018 mount tarrengower tower maldon post office in 2018 home of hh richardson 1880 86 maldon primary school in 2018 in use since 1874 maldon to castlemaine steam train in 2018 bushells coffee house on templeton st bushells tea advertisement painted on a shop next door is the freemasons hall see also edit hm prison tarrengower victorian goldfields railway references edit 1 2 australian bureau of statistics 28 june 2022 maldon state suburb 2021 census quickstats retrieved 10 march 2025 rhule brian t maldon a new history 1853 1928 bendigo 2019 pp 12ff the tarrangower diggings report dated 27 february 1854 in the argus 7 march 1854 at trove premier postal history post office list retrieved 11 april 2008 cox philip stacey wesley 1973 historic towns of australia sydney lansdowne press p 130 isbn 0701801840 muckleford forest ccmaps au retrieved 5 september 2023 special report no 4 court closures in victoria pdf auditor general of victoria 1986 p 78 retrieved 12 april 2020 blue light youth camp closure tarrengower times 16 september 2022 retrieved 18 october 2022 maldon vintage machinery museum maldon fire memorabilia display at sites google com accessed 13 may 2012 golf select maldon retrieved 11 may 2009 club page maldon croquet club croquet victoria croquetvic asn au retrieved 26 september 2021 maldon bowling club barefoot bowls maldon function room for hire barefoot bowls retrieved 26 september 2021 maldon s 131st easter fair 2008 pdf maldon inc archived from the original pdf on 20 july 2008 maldon folk festival archived from the original on 16 june 2009 retrieved 23 april 2009 silver james 17 december 2005 maldon featured in film bendigo advertiser retrieved on 16 june 2011 lim ming haw 13 february 2018 maldon gold miner s cottage renovated by travel guides tv series couple for modern living realestate com au archived from the original on 13 february 2018 retrieved 29 march 2021 williams a j a concise history of maldon and the tarrangower diggings reader s digest book of historic australian towns 1982 isbn 0 909486 93 x maldon gold field victoria geol survey 1904 w m bradford discusses geology and history of the gold field external links edit community website 1923 castlemaine dfa premiers maldon fc team photo media related to maldon victoria at wikimedia commons v t e localities in the mount alexander shire town campbells creek carisbrook castlemaine chewton elphinstone fryerstown guildford harcourt lockwood south maldon malmsbury mckenzie hill metcalfe newstead ravenswood redesdale taradale yapeen locality barfold baringhup baringhup west barkers creek bradford campbelltown chewton bushlands drummond north eastville eddington faraday franklinford glenluce golden point gower green gully greenhill harcourt north irishtown joyces creek langley metcalfe east moolort moonlight flat muckleford muckleford south myrtle creek neereman nuggetty ravenswood south sandon shelbourne strangways strathlea sutton grange tarilta tarrengower vaughan walmer welshmans reef werona yandoit hills territory divided with another lga authority control databases international viaf fast worldcat national united states israel other yale lux retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title maldon _victoria oldid 1378328018 categories towns in victoria state australian gold rushes mining towns in victoria state hidden categories use dmy dates from october 2026 use australian english from august 2019 all wikipedia articles written in australian english pages using gadget wikiminiatlas australian statistical geography standard 2021 id same as wikidata articles with 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