Open a drawer in the Clunes Museum and you'll discover a treasure trove of long-forgotten stories. Soon, they will be much easier to find.
abc.net.au/news/clunes-museum-digitising-microfilm-newspaper-collection/102455532Open a drawer in the local museum where gold was first discovered in Victoria and you'll find a treasure trove of long-forgotten stories.
Miners came to find their fortune, spending their days doing dangerous work at the gold mine and their nights drinking, or at one of the town's brothels.The articles tell the stories of frequent fights and multiple murders, including one man killing another with a fire poker during a drunken dispute.Clunes Museum secretary Peter Spark is researching the history of the 88 pubs that have operated in Clunes.
He says one of his ancestors left town and joined the war after he was fined multiple times for being drunk and disorderly in the town in the 1910s. By the 1890s, gold in Clunes was running out, leading to significant decreases in population and wealth.Many of the miners followed the gold rush to Western Australia, leaving behind their wives and children in Clunes.
Australian Museums and Galleries Association Victoria executive director Ashley Robertson says digitisation is uncovering thousands of items and stories in local volunteer-held collections across Victoria.
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