Kyabram police station in Albion St.
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Locating the station
Where was the first Kyabram town police station situated?
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Well, one report claimed it was in Albion St on the corner of Smith and William Sts.
Kyabram Historical Society librarian Eileen Sullivan knows nothing about Smith and Willams Sts, but said the first police station in the Kyabram area was opened at Henley township (about 5km south-east of Kyabram on Cooma Rd) in 1883.
Because of the growth of Kyabram due to the railway going through in 1888, the Henley lock-up was transferred two years earlier to Albion St in Kyabram on September 1886, and then sold in 1917.
A report said it was near Smith and William Sts in Albion Sts was not the case according to Eileen.
Kyabram’s first police station in Albion St is believed to be situated where the white picket fence is on the right side of the photo just up from Stewart and Graham store on the south-west corner of Allan and Albion Sts.
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‘‘All we know is that it was roughly opposite to where M and S Accounting is today, and we know nothing about Smith and Williams Sts,’’ Eileen said.
After the sale of the Albion St police station, the next station was built in Tulloh St by G H Bishop and completed in 1910.
This station was demolished in 1962 and the neighbouring court house was used as Ky’s police station for 11 months.
The new police station in Tulloh St was opened in May 1962 and served the community until the new station was built and opened in 2006.
Small rainfall
Yes, it did rain, but nothing to get excited about.
While there were some handy falls across the district, Kyabram received only 1.6mm over three days last weekend.
That brings the yearly total for Kyabram to just 75.6mm, well below the average of 173mm.
Centre for sale
Former Kyabram and Richmond footballer Kayne Pettier is selling off a medical centre in the Mitchell area of Melbourne he purchased with a mate over a few beers in 2021.
The asking price is $1.8 million plus if you're interested.
In a report in the Property Confidential column a recent Friday Herald Sun, Kayne said one of the most memorable moments in his 113 games career with Richmond happened in his first AFL game by booting a goal within a minute of taking to the field against Sydney at Marvel Stadium.
A trip back in time
Fancy a rail trip back in time?
Well, here’s your chance.
Steam locomotive R711 and vintage diesel locomotive S301 are set to make trips to Echuca in the approaching King’s Birthday weekend.
Steamrail Victoria is conducting a series of trips between Melbourne, Bendigo and Echuca from Friday, June 6 to Monday, June 9.
If you’re interested, tickets and the timetable are available at steamrail.com.au/tours
A true fighter
Kyabram’s Christine Anderson is a fighter determined not to let Parkinson’s disease interrupt her life too much.
She was one of the guest speakers at Echuca Moama District Parkinson’s Support Group and Kyabram’s Parkison’s Peer Support Group combined recent successful seminar.
Former Kyabamite Sue Solly was also a speaker at the seminar, telling of her experience with husband Bill, a former Kyabram Football Club president, who also has the disease.
Christine Anderson speaks at a recent Parkinson's seminar in Echuca.
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Kyabram Parkinson’s Peer Group facilitator, Christine, put a new twist on having the disease.
She said it was the worst thing to happen to her, but it could also be the best thing, because it had made her concentrate on things that are important.
Flying over Lake Eyre
Kyabram tour operator Rob Asplin has already made three aerial trips to witness a near-full Lake Eyre.
Rob, who conducts the travel business Adventours, said another 11 trips had been booked out leading up to September.
He said on the last trip there last week, his tour gang saw hundreds of pelicans who are now making their way to the iconic outback lake.
‘‘Lake Eyre is filling and it’s a wonderful sight,’’ Rob said.
Hotels win big
A couple of district pubs have got some priceless publicity in the recent Australian Hotels Association for Excellence awards.
The Lockington Hotel was named Bush Pub of the Year and Echuca’s American Hotel claimed the Best Outdoor Experience regional award.
For more information, visit https://www.ahaviceawards.com.au
Birds in the sky
Those helicopters which have been swooping the district skies of late have been on a mission.
They have been sent by Powercor to scan the distances between power lines and vegetation so it can be cut back to eliminate fire threats.
Global attention on tracks
Amateur archaeologists have made a discovery of ancient animal tracks on the Broken River which is getting global attention.
The tracks have been detected in mud on the Broken River near Barjang about 40km south of Benalla.
The discovery pushes back the earliest discovery of four-footed reptile-like animals, known as amniotes, according to researchers, and which challenges the widely accepted timeline of when four-footed animals first roamed the earth.
Craig Eury and John Eason of Jamieson have made the discovery of the animal tracks, described by Professor John Young from Flinders University of South Ausralia as ‘‘a gold medal for Australian palaeontology”.
For the original article on the discovery go to tinurt.com/49rwvr2h
New post office
Deniliquin is to receive a new post office.
It will be a state-of-the-art acquisition to be built on the corner of Macauley and Ochtertyre Sts, outside of the Deniliquin CBD and on one of the town’s main arterial roads.
The project is expected to start early next year and be completed by 2027.
Square dinkum
G’day
I remember my school days well.
A teacher once pointed a ruler at me and said, ‘‘At the end of this ruler is an idiot.”
I shot back ‘‘Which end?’’
I thought two weeks of detention was a bit excessive.
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