Passionfruit Delight from Dunolly February 1

1949 

Mrs Milne from The Manse in Dunolly sent in the recipe to The Argus for Passionfruit Delight.

3 passionfruit,

½ oz gelatine,

½ oz cornflour,

1 pint milk,

1 teaspoon butter,

cochineal, 2 oz sugar,

2 whites of eggs

Mix gelatine, sugar and cornflour together, boil milk then pour over gelatine/sugar/cornflour, stirring all the time. Return to saucepan then bring to the boil, let simmer for 5 mins, take off heat, mix in cochineal and butter, let cool then just before it sets add in passionfruit pulp, fold in stiffly beaten egg whites, pour into mould just rinsed with cold water, put in fridge til set, serve decorated with chopped jelly.

Suspected arson in Rheola January 31

1897

The house of Mr Evan Evans, coach proprietor and vigneron, was burnt down at Old Berlin, Rheola.
The wife of Mr Evans was arrested the following day on suspicion of having started the fire. The house was insured for 100 pounds.

Dunolly full of lawlessness on January 30

1857

It is reported that Dunolly has robberies occurring nightly, brothels and gambling dens are openly operating everywhere even on Sundays, that the police are hard pressed to contain the lawlessness.

Wheat was everywhere in Dunolly on January 29

1949
4.5 million bushels of wheat were transported to Dunolly by Victorian Railways.

January 28 in Dunolly was electrifying.

1938

The SEC (State Electricity Commission) told the Shire of Bet Bet it would make available a transmitted supply from March 31.
The new fibrolite water main was connected to the Dunolly Reservoir but both reservoirs are practically empty and the water shortage is causing concern.

Zebina B. Lane pupped at Moliagul January 27

1856 

Zebina Lane, the eldest of five children, was born at Moliagul to Zebina and Dorcas Lane.
At age 15 Zebina was managing a mine in St Arnaud, then travelled extensively with mining work before entering politics.
Read more about another local home grown lad who made good HERE.

Dunolly RSL elections on January 26

1940

The Dunolly Branch of the RSL elected Mr Roxburgh as President, Messers Gabbe, Emmett and Kick as Vice-Presidents, and Mr Hosier as secretary.

Nuggets on Broadway on January 25

1884

A small girl picked up an ounce nugget of gold in the main thoroughfare of Dunolly (Broadway) amongst some quartz tailings recently spread on the footpath.

Happy end for lost drover near Dunolly on January 24

1936

After an all night search for Thomas Noonan, 81 yrs of Timor West, was found exhausted near Dunolly. He had been droving stock for the Carisbrook market when some escaped and he became lost looking for them.

Share sales not quite through the roof on January 23

1880

The Sydenham Company Mine at Dunolly was paying 4s 3d per share in sales.