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Kalimna Park April management burn

Posted on 8 June, 2020 by fobif

The following is an excerpt from the Friends of Kalimna Park June newsletter: ‘Friends of Kalimna Park and other environmentalists had discussions with Forest Fire Management Vic (FFMV) leading up to the recent Planned Burn in the Park. Our focus … Continue reading →

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Walking together project update

Posted on 8 June, 2020 by fobif

The following is part of the latest newsletter from Harley Douglas, Dja Dja Wurrung co ordinator of the Walking Together project. All of this is worth reading, and we recommend that readers take the survey referred to at the end: … Continue reading →

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Great lockdown reading 1: Castlemaine in the ‘golden’ age

Posted on 11 May, 2020 by fobif

Looking for something to sharpen up a dull day? Try Marjorie Theobald’s recently released The accidental town: Castlemaine 1851-61. The business of this book is to show how a town and a community emerged from the mad scramble for gold … Continue reading →

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Great lockdown reading 2: the dark side of the golden age

Posted on 11 May, 2020 by fobif

The accidental town doesn’t deal directly with the environmental consequences of the gold rush, but the context of environmental destruction is made clear, and the consequences soberly summed up in a sentence like this: ‘The Pennyweight Flat cemetery is a … Continue reading →

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Great lockdown reading 3: Castlemaine’s first environmental conflict

Posted on 11 May, 2020 by fobif

One of the heroes in Marjorie Theobald’s narrative is Gold Commissioner Captain John Bull. The author builds on her previous research on one of the problems he faced: ‘As concern for the environment as we understand it today did not … Continue reading →

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