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11 January, 2024
The Addy Looks Back — January 2024
During January... 10 YEARS AGO 2014 The Central Goldfields region endured an almost week-long heatwave with temperatures over 40 degrees. Police retrieved a body, found inside a car, from a water-filled mine on the outskirts of Avoca with Homicide...
During January...
10 YEARS AGO
2014
The Central Goldfields region endured an almost week-long heatwave with temperatures over 40 degrees.
Police retrieved a body, found inside a car, from a water-filled mine on the outskirts of Avoca with Homicide Squad detectives arresting a Maryborough man following the discovery.
Maryborough train driver Wayne “Junior” Thomas celebrated 44 years on the railways with Pacific National, following in the footsteps of his father.
Eleven-year-old Maryborough boy Douglas Stork picked up first prize in Canberra’s CRAKK Show for his custom-made scooter.
2004
The 100-year-old Judith Martin Education Centre was demolished to make way for the Maryborough District Health Service’s new nursing home.
Five-year-old Larnie Ham made history at Talbot Primary School, becoming the school’s first severely hearing impaired student.
Maryborough businessman and harness racing stalwart Leo Crameri was named the Central Goldfields Shire’s 2004 Citizen of the Year, recognised for his efforts in developing the Crameri family business and service to the Maryborough Trotting Club.
1974
In January of 1974, The Advertiser asked where the town’s new industries were —a question many residents continue to ask today.
Investigators were on the hunt for a firebug, who started 12 fires in the district within the space of a week.
Carisbrook’s Ian Boucher, Jamie Herd and Gary Pickering spent 11 days and nights in relays on a trampoline at the Carisbrook Town Hall. The trio set a world trampoline record of 265 hours at the Carisbrook Town Hall, all for a fundraiser to help build new clubrooms for the Carisbrook Football Netball Club.