18. Walhalla History

Event Details

This event is running from 25 October 2020 until 31 October 2030. It is next occurring on October 31, 2030 10:00 am

Walhalla is full of history

The first people making history here were the Traditional Custodians of Country – the people of the Kurnai Nation.

This episode focuses on the people who made history in 1888 during Walhalla’s Great Fire – the heroes and victims. Walhalla had a population of 40,000 people at one stage and two newspapers. Having local journalists created a lot of content for history.

The people make Walhalla

Listen to the Podcast to meet,

Walhalla’s chemist, dentist and dressmaker.

The mining manager, lawyer and grocer.

Where is Walhalla, Victoria

Walhalla is a Gippsland gold mining town, virtually a ghost town, with a population around 20 people in the Great Dividing Range accessible from Moe Victoria. You can drive a regular car there the roads are sealed.

Make the most of the Walhalla Episode by

REFERENCES

1888 ‘THE FIRE AT WALHALLA.’, The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 – 1957), 27 November, p. 8. , viewed 01 Oct 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article6910600
1888 ‘GREAT FIRE AT WALHALLA.’, The Moe Register and Narracan Shire Advocate (Vic. : 1888 – 1889), 1 December, p. 4. , viewed 01 Oct 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article256432978
1888 ‘DISASTROUS FIRE AT WALHALLA.’, Traralgon Record (Traralgon, Vic. : 1886 – 1932), 27 November, p. 2. (morning.), viewed 01 Oct 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64426099
1888 ‘GREAT FIRE AT WALHALLA.’, Bairnsdale Advertiser and Tambo and Omeo Chronicle (Vic. : 1882 – 1918), 27 November, p. 3. (morning.), viewed 01 Oct 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article84811233
1888 ‘DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT WALHALLA.’, The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 – 1946), 1 December, p. 53. , viewed 01 Oct 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article142433271
1888 ‘SERIOUS FIRE IN WALHALLA (V).’, Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 – 1907), 1 December, p. 19. , viewed 01 Oct 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71105163
1889 ‘THE Maffra Spectator.’, The Maffra Spectator (Vic. : 1882 – 1920), 18 November, p. 3. , viewed 01 Oct 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66914351
1895 ‘WALHALLA.’, The Gippsland Farmers’ Journal (Traralgon, Vic. : 1893 – 1896; 1914 – 1918), 6 September, p. 2. , viewed 03 Oct 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article227341165
1891 ‘WALHALLA.’, Warragul Guardian and Buln Buln and Narracan Shire Advocate (Warragul, Vic. : 1879 – 1894), 29 September, p. 3. (BI-WEEKLY.), viewed 03 Oct 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article70004046
1891 ‘WALHALLA.’, The Gippsland Farmers’ Journal and Traralgon, Heyfield and Rosedale News (Vic. : 1887 – 1893), 26 June, p. 2. , viewed 03 Oct 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article227359014
1888 ‘ALL[?]’, The Gippsland Farmers’ Journal and Traralgon, Heyfield and Rosedale News (Vic. : 1887 – 1893), 21 December, p. 2. , viewed 02 Oct 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article227349034
1869 ‘WALHALLA WARDEN’S COURT.’, Gippsland Times (Vic. : 1861 – 1954), 24 August, p. 3. (Morning.), viewed 03 Oct 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article61343790
1889 ‘RIFLE SHOOTING.’, Traralgon Record (Traralgon, Vic. : 1886 – 1932), 19 November, p. 2. (morning), viewed 01 Oct 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59202157
1887 ‘THE V.R.A. ANNUAL RIFLE MATCHES.’, The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 – 1957), 23 November, p. 11. , viewed 01 Oct 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7909470
1896 ‘The Fire Brigade Demonstration.’, Warragul Guardian (Warragul, Vic. : 1895 – 1900), 24 March, p. 2. (Bi-weekly.), viewed 01 Oct 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article67437245
1917 ‘OBITUARY.’, Bairnsdale Advertiser and Tambo and Omeo Chronicle (Vic. : 1882 – 1918), 20 January, p. 3. (MORNING.), viewed 01 Oct 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74062591
1896 ‘COUNTRY TOUR OF FITZROY CRICKET CLUB MEMBERS.’, Fitzroy City Press (Vic. : 1881 – 1920), 17 April, p. 3. , viewed 01 Oct 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65661030
1915 ‘No title’, Walhalla Chronicle and Moondarra Advertiser (Vic. : 1914 – 1915), 19 March, p. 2. , viewed 01 Oct 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154607318
1890 ‘WALHALLA.’, Narracan Shire Advocate (Vic. : 1889 – 1893, 1899 – 1918), 11 October, p. 2. , viewed 01 Oct 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article256316483
1917 ‘Advertising’, Every Week (Bairnsdale, Vic. : 1914 – 1918), 8 February, p. 2. , viewed 01 Oct 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article153444066
1895 ‘WALHALLA.’, The Gippsland Farmers’ Journal (Traralgon, Vic. : 1893 – 1896; 1914 – 1918), 15 November, p. 2. , viewed 01 Oct 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article227342044
1897 ‘WALHALLA.’, Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 – 1954), 20 November, p. 17. (SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE WEEKLY TIMES), viewed 01 Oct 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221139150
1888 ‘THE WALHALLA CONFLAGRATION.’, Gippsland Times (Vic. : 1861 – 1954), 28 November, p. 3. (Morning.), viewed 01 Oct 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article62242531
1882 ‘Family Notices’, The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 – 1957), 4 April, p. 1. , viewed 01 Oct 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11536853
Cornell, Frederick 1885,  Walhalla. Church of England. etc
Cornell, Frederick 1887, [View of Walhalla showing Church of England

 

 

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