Snapshot of the past
On the right the houses were removed to make way for the construction of the Youth Club now the newly renovated site of the Shire’s Warragul Customer Service Centre.
In the distance can be seen the home of Mr C H Round which he named Athens. The house built in 1890 is still there but his property on the corner of Smith and Clifford Streets was subdivided many years ago.
Round was one of our most successful pioneers and he is well known for his water colour sketches he painted in 1876 when Warragul was first settled.
He was a real-estate agent who painted the images of the homes of our first settlers. When Warragul was first surveyed in 1879 by John Lardner, Smith Street was only made to Albert Street with Victoria Street being the main North South road.
Charles Round advocated for the road to be extended through private property to join with Victoria Street at the top of the hill.
As a sign of his success in business when he left Warragul in 1905, he auctioned more than 20 properties including homes and business premises. C H Round was involved in many organisations including the Anglican Church, the Athenaeum and the Warragul Horticultural Society.
Photograph courtesy of the Warragul and District Historical Society.
The society’s museum at the Old Shire Hall in Warragul displays a range of historical photographs. The museum is open on Thursdays 10am to 2pm and the second and fourth Sundays 2pm to 4pm.
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If you were hoping to hop on to Facebook and catch up on the morning news on Thursday, you wouldn’t have found it.
Facebook made the decision to remove all Australian news content to push back against the proposed News Media Bargaining Code legislation last week.
This meant news sites like the Herald Sun, The Age and even us here at The Gazette saw their pages disappear, along with their followers.
We asked the community in Warragul whether they relied on Facebook for their news, how they felt about the decision and whether a click of a button to remove all news in an instant was a scary amount of power for one person and company to have. Here are the responses.
Mitch Weadley - Warragul
“It doesn’t really affect me much, other than the press conferences from Dan, that’s (Facebook) where I watched them. I haven’t really thought about it too much though, I usually go on websites for news. It’s probably a nuisance for a lot of people, a lot more hoops to jump through to show someone something.”
“No, I don’t often go on there for news, most stuff I see I don’t believe anyway. Mostly get secondhand info from my parents and friends who I trust. I watched most things live on the ABC but I think that’s a bit weird they’ve done this, I don’t like it really. I think there will be more fake news out there and people trying to claim something that’s not true.”
“Now I have to put in a bit more research, there will be other outlets I have to turn to. It will make it a bit more difficult. I think it’s an overreaction for sure. I wouldn’t say that I’m scared about it, I think it’s out of our control really. I don’t think it’s necessary to affect local charities and what people rely daily on.”