Other events happening around the Goldfields:

Maldon’s Government Reserve: More than a Camp for Cops and Crooks
Established as the Police Commissioner’s camp by 1854, the area housed the first government buildings of Maldon, a township surveyed on the Tarrangower diggings in the same year. In February 1854 the camp at Tarrangower was described as ‘miserable’.
As quartz reefs were tapped and mined for gold, a more permanent population settled at Maldon and conditions slowly improved at the camp, with many of the early government buildings remaining in evidence today.
On this walk through history a host of characters will tell you tall tales and true about the places on site that evidence the life and times of Maldon from the 1850s to the 1960s.
www.nationaltrust.org.au/ahf_event/maldons-government-reserve-more-than-a-camp-for-cops-and-crooks/
Sunday 27 April, 2pm-4pm
Sunday 18 May, 11am-1pm (Day 3 of The Alchemy of Gold)

Plein-air Paintings of the Maldon Goldfields
www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1359197
Maldon Artist Network Gallery
27 Main St, Maldon Vic 3463

Mountains v Mullock Heaps. An Eat-Talk-Walk at Buda!
Sat May 3, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Buda Historic Home and Garden 42 Hunter St, Castlemaine, VIC, Australia
Dig in to a delicious hot soup lunch as Buda’s Curators unearth the life and gardens of Goldfields legend, Ernest Leviny, plus in-house exhibition that continues throughout the National Trust Heritage Festival. $25 – $30
budacastlemaine.org/event/mountains-v-mullock/

Uncle Rick’s On Country Tour
Saturday 3 May. Join Uncle Rick for this unique tour out on Djaara Country in the Castlemaine region where you will visit significant trees and sites that Uncle Rick has specifically selected. A Welcome To Country and Smoking Ceremony is part of this tour as a cleansing to ensure you walk with good spirit.

44 Mostyn Street Castlemaine, Victoria 3450
 – Castlemaine Market Building
10:00am-2:00pm
Entry fees: Adults $ 180, Concession $ 150
Pre-booking required: https://events.humanitix.com/copy-of-uncle-rick-s-on-country-tour-saturday-april-5th

The Art of Gold – Golden jewellery on loan from the National Gallery of Australia
27 Jun 2024 – 28 Jun 2026
The 12 gold jewellery items on display are on long term loan from the National Gallery of Australia with support from the Australian Government as part of Sharing the National Collection.
The provenance of the twelve golden treasures on display relate to Maryborough and surrounds. Nine of the artworks date from the mid-19th century goldrush in Central Victoria and are known as goldfields jewellery. Including earrings, brooches and a locket, these items of jewellery were commissioned by miners, as a mark of their own success and to reflect colonial pride and advancement.
Also on display is a necklace and two rings by Rowena Gough. Gough was born in Maryborough in 1958 and is one of the most accomplished contemporary jewellers in Australia.
A changing exhibition of associated displays and public programs accompanies The Art of Gold providing the opportunity to explore the multiple stories of gold from a variety of perspectives.

Old Fire Station
1 Neill Street Maryborough, Victoria.
Free entry. Thursday to Sunday, 10am to 4pm.
Phone: (03) 5461 6600
Email: cgsc.art@cgoldshire.vic.gov.au