Maryborough, Victoria
Encyclopedia
Education
Maryborough has three schools:- Highview Christian Community College
- Maryborough Education Centre Years Prep–12
- St Augustine's Primary School Grades Prep–6
Music
Maryborough has a number of community bands including The Maryborough City Brass Band, the Central Goldfields Concert Band, the Maryborough and District Pipe Band and the well-known Maryborough Traditional Jazz Ensemble.Recent years has seen an outbreak of local alternative bands and performers gain a dedicated following. Some examples of this rock trend include Storm Front and recent Battle Of The Bands
Battle of the Bands
Battle of Bands is a contest in which two or more bands compete for the title of "best band". The winner is determined by a panel of judges, the general response of the audience, or a combination. The winning band usually receives a prize in addition to bragging rights. Traditionally, battles of...
winners Hidden Vision.
Media
The Maryborough Advertiser is the local newspaper in the Central Goldfields region.Maryborough News is a relatively new service, publishing the latest news, events and information to the Central Goldfields region free of charge. Circulation is now rivalling that of the town's newspaper.
In early February 2007 transmission of Goldfields FM 99.1 commenced.
Maryborough receives all the major free-to-air television stations (ABC, Prime, WIN, TEN and SBS), as well as all new digital channels (ABC2, ABC3, ABC News 24, SBS2, One HD, GO!, 7Two, eleven, 7Mate and gem). Prime and WIN are simply the regional affiliates of Channels Seven and Nine, and re-broadcast their network signals. There are slight differences however, as both Prime and WIN broadcast their own local news bulletins from the Bendigo or Ballarat stations. Both stations also make sure to watermark everything that airs with their own logos — at a larger scale than the Seven and Nine logos. Pay Television, such as Austar and Foxtel is also available to the residents of Maryborough.
Sport
The town has an Australian Rules football team competing in the major Bendigo Football LeagueBendigo Football League
The Bendigo Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in the Bendigo region of Victoria, Australia.Formed in 1880, it is one of the oldest football leagues in Australia, and among its members are some of the oldest football clubs in Australia, including the Castlemaine...
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and another two other teams, Maryborough Rovers and Royal Park, competing in the minor Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League
Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League
The Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League is an Australian rules football league based in central Victoria. This is a minor league with clubs coming from towns near the regional centres of Maryborough, and Castlemaine.-History:...
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Maryborough Harness Racing
Harness racing
Harness racing is a form of horse racing in which the horses race at a specific gait . They usually pull a two-wheeled cart called a sulky, although racing under saddle is also conducted in Europe.-Breeds:...
Club conducts regular meetings at its racetrack located at nearby Carisbrook.
Golfers play at the course of the Maryborough Golf Club on Park Road.
There are three cricket clubs in Maryborough. The Colts Phelans Cricket Club, the M.K.M. Cricket Club, and the Maryborough Cricket all compete in the Maryborough District Cricket Association.
In basketball, the Maryborough Blazers compete in the Country Basketball League North East league, with a team in both the Men & Women's competitions.
Notable people
Maryborough has produced a number of Australian Rules footballers since the 19th century. The town currently has three senior listed AFL players; Troy ChaplinTroy Chaplin
Troy David Chaplin is an Australian rules football player currently playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club.Chaplin played for the Maryborough Football Club and was drafted by Port Adelaide at Pick 15 from North Ballarat Rebels in the 2003 AFL Draft.The then 20-year-old left footer debuted in...
playing for Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide Football Club
The Port Adelaide Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Alberton, South Australia, which plays in the Australian Football League and the South Australian National Football League...
, Jed Adcock
Jed Adcock
Jed Adcock is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. He currently plays for the Brisbane Lions Football Club in Brisbane, Australia....
playing for the Brisbane Lions
Brisbane Lions
The Brisbane Lions is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Brisbane, Queensland. The club was formed from the merger of the Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Lions in 1996...
and Stewart Crameri
Stewart Crameri
Stewart Crameri is an Australian rules footballer for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League .Crameri was selected by Essendon with the forty-third pick in the 2009 AFL Rookie Draft...
who currently plays for Essendon Bombers.
Maryborough's finest footballer would be former Carlton
Carlton Football Club
The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...
premiership player and captain John Nicholls
John Nicholls
John Nicholls is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton Football Club in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.-Carlton career:...
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Alfred Richard Outtrim
Alfred Richard Outtrim
Alfred Richard Outtrim was a long serving Victorian politician who gained a reputation as a competent government minister a promoter of women's suffrage and regional development....
one of Maryborough's first residents served as local MP from 1895 to 1920.
See also
- Maryborough AirportMaryborough Airport (Victoria)Maryborough Airport is located at Maryborough, Victoria, Australia. The airport is about 2 hours northwest of Melbourne by road and is home to Central Victorian Aviation Services and WT Rootes Pty Ltd....
- RACV Energy BreakthroughRACV Energy BreakthroughThe RACV Energy Breakthrough is a joint initiative of the Country Education Project, the Shire of Central Goldfields and the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria ....
Maryborough is also home to Paul Nugent a Computer Technician with his own business Maryborough PCs. At 52 Paul can proudly say that his father Laurence James Nugent fought for Australia in the second world war and was a P.O.W at the Changi prisoner of War camp. Laurence had a brother living at Ballarat (now deceased) and a sister at Brunswick in Victoria.
Working on the Burma railway Laurence received an injury from a bayonet and had major problems integrating into normal society on his return to Australia. Sheila Nugent was the first female in Victoria to had heart bypass surgery. Pauls mother died when he was just 26 Years old
Further reading
- Maryborough as a Railway Centre Turton, K.W. Australian Railway Historical Society BulletinAustralian Railway HistoryAustralian Railway History , is the premier magazine covering railway history in Australia...
, September, 1962