Early Scenes Revisited From Bacchus Marsh Nostalgia
A nostalgic piece by a resident of 1855 recalls a Bacchus Marsh visit via rail to Maddingley and Werribee landmarks. The writer describes vanished buildings, old schools, and shifts in hotels, mills, and shops, noting memory of classmates and local figures while lamenting changes and praising the district’s progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auld
Bradshaw
Sam Slick
Smilly
Sam Crisp
Werribea
Darbyshire’s
McDonald's
Burston
Smith’s
Daniels
Fourwheel Island Forest
Coram
Toomey
Shinnick
Brown
Scott
Edward
Cook
Robbie Grant
Callanen
Lodge
Iron School
Clark
Hitler
Mansfield
Deveraux
W. Grant
White
Bacchus Marsh
Maddingley
ABC
Tom Cullen
Simon Morrison
McNicols
White's
Granta
Devereauxs
Callanans
Martin
Empire's Call Kills Four Local Soldiers in World War I
William Johnston of Bacchus Marsh is killed in Action in Belgium leaving a widow and six children. Private Hugh Bottle, of Bacchus Marsh, reportedly killed in Belgium, formerly with Bacchus Marsh Concentrated Milk Company. Private Thos Monks of Ballan, 23, killed in Action in France. another son at the Front reportedly missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Johnston
Belgium
Bacchus Marsh
Paul Johnston
Hugh Bottle
Joseph Bottle
Thos. Monks
Ballan
France
Joe” Monks
Red Cross Fund Acknowledgments and Diary of Donations
The Hon. Sec. Miss Beatrice W. Anderson acknowledges monthly collections from Miss Dickie Miss Dugdale and others with amounts listed and donations from Mrs. M Cameron and surplus items sent. A French soldier Sergeant Andre Soriac sent a sonnet postcard and a poetry booklet to Miss Anderson at Hospital La Malgrange dated Oct 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Anderson
Miss Dickie
Miss Dugdale
Ene
J. Morton
P.H
M. Cameron
Sacks
Ethel Dugdale
G. Dickie
E. G. Morris
T. G. Pearce
J. Cowan
Anderson
Andre Soriac
Beatrice W. Anderson
France
A. Soriac
la Malgrange
Dist
Perpetua and more at Royal Pictures this weekend
The feature is The Arrival of Perpetua with Vivian Martin in the title role. A rich orphan girl flees an absent minded guardian and a spinster guardian’s house while suitors lose interest upon learning she is not wealthy. An additional Monday New Year show will present The Butterfly on the Wheel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKay's
McLeod's
J. McDonald
J. Kerr
Coram
Connell
Grant
Maddingley School
Alford
Morrison
Maddingley
Alford's
Vallence's
Werribee
John Goodman
John Ward
Kennedy
Perpetua
Vivian Martin
Moody Guardian
Anakte Picnic Race Club Trials and Handicaps
Race card notes multiple events at Anakte including Trial Stakes five furlongs with listed horses and times and Anakte Handicap one mile with eight runners. Handicap Trot spans one and a half miles with a lineup of horses and bhd weights, with J Kelly named as handicapper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ginger Loo
Lady Cumulus
Mary Steel
Sadie
Stray Arrow
Annaswood
Jemieson
Lady Haut
Border King
Digilista
J. Kelly
Bacchus Marsh Market Farewell Sale Prices Light Attendance
Messrs McPhail Anderson and Co held their last sale of the year on Tuesday the 19th with fine weather. Attendance was small and cattle yarding light. Heifers in milk reached £10 5, backward dairy cows £10, fat cows £12 10, forward cows £10 10, 2 year old heifers £7 14. Pigs sold well with a metropolitan buyer taking the bulk at full rates. chopping pigs £5 15, heavy bacon £5, pork weights £3, light pork 46s to 53s, slips 37s 6d, suckers 20s 6d. Sheep and lambs sold very well. fat ewes £1 3, fat lambs £1 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Tree Lover Pleads Against Lane Tree Destruction
A Balliang and Staughton Vale reader laments loss of shade as tree removal on lanes proceeds near the Bacchus Marsh road project. He questions Shire approval, noting abundant dead timber and firewood, and seeks inquiry by the local Progress Association. The Bacchus Marsh Shire Council reportedly has not sanctioned the tree destruction, with related roads possibly in Corio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balliang
Staughton Vale
Bacchus Marsh
Corio
Local Progress Association
Rifle shooting competitions and results noted
Rifle shooting events planned for Saturday 23rd with F B Manning's trophy and Saturday 30th with the Club trophy. Results of the Club trophy last Saturday show W Robinson 45, 39, 16 totaling 100 OC, L Crisp 44 44 8 totaling 96 and H Marchant 37 45 7 totaling 89.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. RB. Manning
W. Robinson
OC. L. Crisp
H. Marchant
Pyke's Creek Reservoir Supply Figures
Waller Commission provides figures for Pyke's Creek Reservoir. Full supply shows 76 feet height and 14,860 acre feet. Present supply reads 73 feet 2 inches and 14,830 acre feet. Last weekly return shows 14,850 acre feet with no output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waller
Taft
Lin
Melton Reservoir Water Figures Include Acreage and Level
Readable notes show Melton Reservoir with 80 feet elevation, 217,000 acre feet total, 80 Lt 17,000 acre feet, Teft 16,350 acre feet. Details resemble a hydrological summary or civil project ledger with key storage metrics.
Staughton Vale Picnic Race Meet Prep Under Weather Cavour
A heavy thunderstorm struck Tuesday night just after a spell of fair harvest weather. Rain was light but saved ripe crops from wind damage seen Wednesday morning. Locals anticipate a large Boxing Day crowd for the Picnic Race meeting with entries ready and the track in good order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nnco
Also Mentioned on This Page
V. Wits
B.A
MacKay
Lyle
Higgins
Sulky
Jimmy Cockatoo
Johny Mungy
Maddingleeens
Harry
Sermeant Roberts
Constable Quinn
Billy Brooks
Billy Aspinall
Harvey Pike
Tom Patterson
Border Inn
Bartholomew's
E. G. Jones
Young
Crook
James
Thomas
Watson
McLean
McLeod
Porter
Kitson
Jimmy Knox
W. B. Marsh
RB. Bence
Paterson, Tailor and Outfitter
J. Carroll
Peter Robinson
Marsh
Taubman
J. Simpson
Humphry Nash
David Dyer
Bocault
Smillis
Breen
James Innis Murray
J. Lawton
Forsyth
Anderson & Co
Melbourne
Pearce Bros
Thomas Pearce
Court House
Smith and Purday's
Saddlery
Mr. Dunn
Sandy Murdoch
Phil Davis
John Hamilton
Ballarat
Mechanics’ Institute
Queen OF the
Giving
Part I
Somerset
Mr. Alex. Wotherspoon
Eina Henderson
Herbert Slattery
J. F. McLachlan
Mrr
Norman Leslie
Rip van Winkle
Annonn
Messrs. Wotherspoon and
Slattery
Part
N.B
Adaults
F. G. Hiscock
Hall OF
RED Cross Fund
Bacchus Marsh and District
Royal Pictures
Anakte Picnic Race Club
Bacchus Marsh Market
the Express
Pyke's Creek Reservoir
Melton Reservoir
Our Own
Corres
Pondent
Bacchus Marsh Observation Station
W. Grant Morton
Bacchus
Xmas
M. Olivers
Men's Mercury
A. Oliver
Commonwealth
Factim
Co-operative Milk Factory
Phearceh Bros
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