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Lost Castlemaine: Images from the early years is a collection of sketches and stories of lost buildlings and places. By Marieanne Heard & Marjorie Theobald.
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LOST CASTLEMAINE: Images from the early years.
By Marieanne Heard & Marjorie Theobald.
While Castlemaine is noted for the heritage treasures that grace its streets today, many of its significant yesteryear structures have been lost to the ravages of time or misadventure. But now local writer-researcher Marjorie Theobald and artist Marieanne Heard have joined creative forces to produce a new book on Castlemaine’s lost built history, from imposing buildings to some of its more transient edifices – bringing them back to the public eye and mind. Entitled Lost Castlemaine: Images from the early years, the book details an impressive variety of structures ranging from the Triumphal Arch constructed for the visit of Alfred Duke of Edinburgh in 1867, to the Chinese Joss House on Ten Foot Hill, from lost pubs and entertainment houses to tents and shanties and even the McMillan and Padley’s Shillibeer Omnibus Hearse. But besides the structures, the text also works in the often colourful stories of the characters that peopled them.
Theobald Publications, 2019 – Castlemaine (Vic.)
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