February 2, 2024
MND Superchallenge ends in final hurrah
SEVENTY-FIVE bowlers rolled up on Australia Day for the Never Give Up Group’s ninth and final MND Superchallenge at Heathcote Bowling Club. They came from...
January 27, 2024
From the pages of the McIvor Times
FIRE, fashion and a milestone birthday, along with a grumble about the poor quality of council contractors, feature in this journey into the past. In...
January 20, 2024
Wowsers versus wine: The booze battle for Heathcote
FOR many people modern-day Heathcote is synonymous with wine. Viticulture is central to the region’s economy and prosperity, with cellar doors attracting tourists and award-winning...
January 12, 2024
The colourful character who helped build Heathcote
JAMES Crowle was a prominent nineteenth century Heathcote identity and his exploits featured regularly in the pages of the McIvor Times and its predecessors. Born...
January 6, 2024
Heathcote remembered part two
IN NOVEMBER 1913 the McIvor Times published a short history of the Heathcote district. This second extract mentions an 1853 robbery which netted thieves 2223...
December 31, 2023
A look back at 2023
January All about sport THE new year started with a roar as power-boat enthusiasts gathered for the Eppalock Gold Cup. In a day jam-packed with speed and...
December 30, 2023
Heathcote remembered part one
IN NOVEMBER 1913 the McIvor Times published a short history of the Heathcote district. This first extract covers early European settlement with its vast pastoral...
December 23, 2023
From the pages of the McIvor Times
FIRE, politics and the march of progress feature in this journey into the past. In 1873, one local family lost their house just before Christmas,...
December 9, 2023
The man who put Heathcote on the map
WHEN newly appointed district surveyor Philip Chauncy arrived in Heathcote in late September 1853, the McIvor diggings were less than a year old. William Bulling’s...
December 2, 2023
From the pages of the McIvor Times
SNAKES, alleged liquor licensing lawbreakers and the future of the Heathcote post office feature in this journey into the past. Changes to licensing laws in...
November 25, 2023
Saving Heathcote’s oldest building
HEATHCOTE’S oldest building has been fully-restored and is now home to critically-acclaimed restaurant Chauncy. But when Jasper Hill Winery proprietors Ron and Elva Laughton purchased...
November 18, 2023
The legacy of a lovable rogue
HENRY Rood Palling was one of Heathcote’s more prominent nineteenth century citizens and his larger-than-life persona inspired the naming of the present-day Palling Bros...
November 10, 2023
Heathcote Show art and craft competition results
Senior categories GARDEN AND FARM PRODUCE Trophy (donated in memory of the late Mr & Mrs F. Rowell): B. Mathieson, Blue ribbon, best exhibit: C....
November 10, 2023
Crowds flock to Heathcote Show
ORGANISERS have declared the 2023 Heathcote Show a resounding success after more than one-thousand two-hundred and fifty people came through the gates on Melbourne...
November 4, 2023
Looking back on the Heathcote Show
THE first Heathcote Spring Show took place on 15 November 1882. Its supporters, including the McIvor Times, hoped that competing for show honours would help...
September 30, 2023
From the pages of the McIvor Times
IN this month’s journey into the district’s past, 150-year-old warnings about snakes echo recent posts about reptilian dangers on local Facebook groups, and a...
September 15, 2023
It’s almost showtime!
AFTER three years of cancellations, the Heathcote Show is back on Tuesday 7 November and organisers say it’s shaping up to be bigger and...
September 9, 2023
Heathcote’s grand pastoral run
The Mount Camel Estate IN the 1840s, the wider Heathcote district was home to several large pastoral runs including what was then known as Mount...
September 2, 2023
Last train to Heathcote
Golden age of rail THE Melbourne and Hobson’s Bay Railway Company launched Australia’s first passenger railway in September 1854 with a four-kilometre track running from...
August 26, 2023
From the pages of the McIvor Times
A BROWSE through the McIvor Times over the past 150 years reveals an eclectic range of stories. From a search for a gun, to a...
August 18, 2023
Netball player marks double century of games
TARA Condon has just celebrated her two-hundredth game with Heathcote Football Netball Club with the current A Reserve player first taking to the court...
August 18, 2023
New scoreboard brightens up gamedays
LOCAL netballers have a new electronic scoreboard courtesy of a grant from the Community Bank Heathcote & District. Following the more than $5500 donation, volunteers...
August 18, 2023
Meet the starman looking at the sky
NORM Matyson wants to share his passion for astronomy with everyone. From time-to-time he sets up one of his telescopes at Heathcote on a Friday...
August 18, 2023
Dementia villa on the home stretch
COSTERFIELD House, the Heathcote Dementia Alliance’s prototype care villa, is almost complete. HDA founder and president Sandra Slatter said there were only a few finishing...
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