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What is heritage?

Maldon Train Station

Maldon Train Station

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Castlemaine Botanical Gardens

Castlemaine Botanical Gardens

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A building with a painted-on Bushells Sign in Maldon

Bushells Building, Maldon

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Red Hill Hotel in Chewton

Red Hill Hotel, Chewton

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Aerial view of Castlemaine's town centre

Castlemaine town centre

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Guildford Post Office

Guildford Post Office

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Acknowledgement of Country

Mount Alexander Shire Council acknowledges that the Traditional Custodians of this land, the Dja Dja Wurrung and Taungurung peoples, proudly survive. We acknowledge their continued practise of custom and their close cultural, spiritual, physical, social, historical and economic relationship with the land and waters that make up their Country, which includes Mount Alexander Shire. 

Contact Us

27 Lyttleton Street
Castlemaine, Victoria 3450
Djaara Country 
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T (03) 5471 1700
E info@mountalexander.vic.gov.au

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