Category: Buildings
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On National Radio: Cardrona hits the big time
In a 25 minute segment on National Radio, interviews with three Cardrona personalities are shared with listeners. Tim Scurr, talking about life in the valley. Jim Patterson (via an archived interview with him), long time publican at the Cardrona Hotel. And Roger Gordon who was one of many to put energy into restoring the hotel.…
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Hope, hardship and hotels
Cardrona cannot boast of a dastardly figure such as Bully Hayes in its past but, like all mining districts, attracted its share of vagabonds and “ne’er do wells”. Charles Colclough was the patron of the Royal Mail Hotel and Post Office Store. He was also a joint leaseholder with James Gibson and together they ran…
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Cardrona Families
A brief introduction to families who lived in the valley and influenced the history of Cardrona. Anderson Eric Anderson from the Mt Barker family of Daniel Thomas (Tom) and Jean Elizabeth Anderson, had a Cardrona connection back through to pioneers John and Rebecca Pearce. He reinstated this connection by marrying Cardrona girl Jean Waters, daughter…
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Gallery: The gold rush
After the discovery of gold in the Cardrona Valley, hundreds of people flocked to the valley to try their luck. There are very few photos of this era and the gold mining activities which followed it, but below we share a few.
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Gallery: Cardrona’s buildings
Some of Cardrona’s buildings date back to the time of early settlers arriving in the valley, and many of them have outlasted two generations of Cardrona residents. Below is a selection of photos featuring Cardrona buildings.