General News
11 April, 2024
The Addy Looks Back — April
During April... 10 years ago 2014 In early April 10 years ago, supporters and members of the Rail Revival Alliance rallied at the Newstead Railway Station in a bid for the rail link between Bendigo, Castlemaine, Maryborough, Ballarat and Geelong to...
During April...
10 years ago
2014
In early April 10 years ago, supporters and members of the Rail Revival Alliance rallied at the Newstead Railway Station in a bid for the rail link between Bendigo, Castlemaine, Maryborough, Ballarat and Geelong to be reopened.
A Central Goldfields Shire councillor called for all residential rates across the municipality to be set at the same level.
A new, $900,000 project to use biosolids from the Maryborough Wastewater Treatment Plant as fertiliser on local farming land got underway.
Tasers were rolled out to all 24-hour police stations in Victoria this time 10 years ago, including here in Maryborough.
20 years ago
2004
Looking back 20 years ago, Bovalino Fine Furniture and Timbers and Maryborough Flour Mill Gallery were listed for sale — closing a chapter on an iconic Maryborough building.
Maryborough would host its first Anzac Day service without Alan Bartlett bugling the The Last Post, something he had done each year, with the exception of one, since 1950 following his death.
The Department of Sustainability and Environment relocated hundreds of catfish from Lake Victoria as the lake was drained and cleaned.
50 years ago
1974
The Central Victorian Car Club staged the third heat of the Victorian Rally Championship here in Maryborough, with over 100 cars taking place.
A public meeting was held in Carisbrook to discuss the proposal to build a sports complex there — now the Tullaroop Leisure Centre.