A Tour of Rio Vista
As part of the Chaffey Festival 2024 events, historian Bob Walton along side Jaimie Duncan from Mildura Arts Centre, conducted a tour of the stately home Rio Vista on the Saturday morning. Established from the early days of the Mildura settlement, Rio Vista has seen a number of transformations over the years. Bob knows the […]
Tom McCullough’s Story
When it come to the history of the arts in Sunraysia, one name stands out, Tom McCullough, now retired and living down on the Mornington Peninsula. With the construction of the Art Gallery and Theater plus the launch of Sculpture-Scape under his tenure, Tom has lasting memories of his time as Arts Director in Mildura […]
Dareton – Coomealla’s 100 Years
Coomealla was first surveyed by the NSW Government around 1920 following the success of similar land developments in nearby areas of Victoria and was soon opened up for growers both new and experienced alike. One Hundred years later, the people of Dareton – Coomealla are celebrating by holding a weekend of activities across the Anzac […]
About the Tech with Geoff Brown
A few weeks ago we published a video clip from 1993 which featured Chaffey Secondary College, formally Mildura Tech School. In order to confirm some of the detail posted alongside the footage, Geoff Brown surfaced as an authority on the topic, having published a history booklet on the Tech for it’s jubilee celebrations. As you’ll […]
The History of the Settlers Club
When it comes to Hotels Mildura is unusual, having only two established pubs. Alongside them are three Members Clubs which have had a colorful history since they were founded in the late 1800’s. Today we find out about The Settlers Club from recent owner, renovator and historian Steve Timmis. We’ll hear how the club was […]
Cr Bruce Weir OAM
Our guest on the podcast this week served the community all of his working life. Bruce Weir started work at a young age delivering milk to homes in pails and went on to own and operate the largest dairy in town. Bruce became a councilor, serving as Mayor several times and was awarded an OAM […]
Bob Kovac – A Long Career
Local man Bob Kovac has spent his entire working life in Sunraysia, making sure that TV and other communications continue to work across the district. In this podcast we catch up with Bob for a chat and go back to where his long career started. We hear how television program at STV 8 was put […]
Mildura Brass Band
At every parade you’ve ever been to, you can be sure that there’s always a Brass Band adding to the atmosphere of the day. Sunraysia has been no exception and in this episode we discover all there is to know about the Mildura Brass Band from our special guest and long serving bandsman, Geoff Steedman. […]
Project Hibal
During the early part of the Cold War, information concerning nuclear testing was top secret. From the early 1960’s, a team working out of the Mildura Airport & Weather Complex, commenced a balloon launching and retrieval program that ran for over ten years. They supplied US authorities with unique data collected from the edge of […]
Netherby Sheep Station
Beyond the irrigation settlements of Sunraysia, north of the Murray and alongside the Darling, land was opened up and developed for a variety of purposes. In today’s epiosde we speak with Terry Hill who was raised on a sheep station called Netherby, that was developed by his grandfather and it’s still in Terry’s hands today.