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Author, Laurie Moore, gave a presentation featuring Haddon maps and minerals, and said he hoped the work will give the community \u201ca sense of place.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re on the back of Ballarat but part of Golden Plains Shire. Most people feel we\u2019re on the nether-end of the empire, as it were,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of people here really don\u2019t feel it\u2019s more than a place where they live, so by putting together the history, it might give them a sense that they\u2019re part of a real community.\u201d<\/p>\n
A Haddon resident for nearly 30 years, Moore said creating the book gave him a renewed appreciation for the township.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s in a new age. People here seem to want the attention and amenities. We\u2019ve got the new schools, sporting clubs. We\u2019ve really come from nothing now since the 1930s,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe progenitor of Haddon was the breaking-up of a squatting run followed by the discovery of gold. Then the miners wanted land, with 240 houses at its peak\u2026 after that, farming produced a new population.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MORE than forty people gathered at Haddon Memorial Park on Saturday to celebrate the town\u2019s one-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary. The event was coordinated between members of the Haddon Community Learning Centre, the Cemetery Trust and the Woady Yaloak Historical Society. Cath Thomas from the learning centre served as one of the event coordinators and said it marked […]<\/p>\n