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Henry Handel Richardson and the house by the lake
A novelist who wrote under a man's name spent eighteen months of her childhood in Chiltern. The house she lived in is still standing on Victoria Street.
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Chiltern Journal
History · Page 2
Earlier entries tagged "History".
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A winter Saturday with the Chiltern Swans
Through the cold months the town empties out on a Saturday and gathers at one ground. Country football and netball, the Chiltern Swans, and the red and the white.
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The winter truffle, and the dogs that find it
Under the oak trees of the north-east, in the coldest weeks of the year, a rare crop is being lifted from the ground. The winter truffle, and the dogs that find it.
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Christmas in July: a mid-winter feast, and where it came from
In the cold middle of the year, a good part of the country sits down to a second Christmas. Where the mid-winter feast came from, and why it makes sense in July.
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The Australian meat pie: a short history of a winter habit
The Australian meat pie came out with the British, fed the goldfields, and never left. A short history of a cold-weather habit, and the plain pie at our door.
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The King's two birthdays: a short history of the long weekend
Why Australia toasts a November-born King in June, why the date is a Monday and not a birthday at all, and how a habit older than the country became the long weekend at our door.
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