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19 July, 2026
St Arnaud 100 Years Ago: Lost in the bush and football scores
Some news in St Arnaud in 1926.
100 Years Ago
July 1926
Football: St Arnaud travelled to Litchfield where they played on a wet and sticky ground due to heavy rain the previous day. Sores- ¼ time Litchfield 1-2 St Arnaud nil, ½ time Litch 1-2 St A 3-2, ¾ time Litch 4-2 St A 5-2 and final ¼ Litch 7-6 beat St A 6-4. St Arnaud did not score in the first quarter and Litchfield were unable to score in the second quarter. Best players for St Arnaud Lloyd, Edelsten, Moore, Walton and for Litchfield Beschen, Mahoney, Newell and Taylor.Birchip 8-12 defeated Cope Cope 5-10 and Donald 9-6 defeated Watchem whose score was missing in the paper. Kooreh 5-6 defeated St Arnaud Rovers 2-9 at King George Park. Score ¼ time K 1-1 St A R 0-1, ½ time K 1-3 St A R 1-4, 13 ¾ time K 4-2 St A R 1-4, final ¼ K 4-7 St A R 2-4. Goals kicked for Kooreh by R Moore 2, W Moore 1, Cahill 2 and for St Arnaud Rovers Williams and Goltz one each. Redbank 5-11 beat Landsborough 3-4.
Death: Mr Llewellyn Bawden died at his residence “Cambourne” in Dundas st, St Arnaud age 94 leaving his wife Elizabeth and seven children (another four predeceased him). He was born in Cornwell and went to America when he was age eight and nine years later went with his two elder brothers to California gold digging, later he moved to Australia and worked as a miner at Ballarat until 1870. He married Elizabeth Hall 62 years ago and they had five children at Ross’ Creek before moving to Dooboobetic where they farmed until retiring to St Arnaud in 1917.
Lost in the Bush: On Saturday night at the Town Hall pictures a message was flashed across the screen calling for volunteers to search for a woman lost in the bush near Carapooee. Miss Grant a governess at Mr L McLean’s residence had gone for a walk and had not returned at teatime. Mr McLean drove his car about looking for her and when unable to find her contacted the police. A large number of men searched throughout the night in freezing temperatures without success. About five o’clock in the morning Alex Gunn was driving along a road near Emu Railway Station when he met the manager of McGowan’s property at Carapooee and was told Miss Grant had arrived at his home at 10 o’clock and was given a bed for the night, not realising a search party had been called. Miss Grant had walked around for five hours in darkness unable to find her way home, which was four miles away. In the next ‘Mercury’ published Miss Grant’s father thanked all those who had searched for his daughter and apologised for the trouble his daughter had caused.
Building Demolished.: Recently Mr F Bennett of Queen’s Avenue purchased a two-story wooden building adjoining the Town Hall and demolished it. He has sold the site to Mr A Brady who intends to make additions to the Town Hall Hotel, which includes a four-table billiard Parlor on the ground floor and fourteen bedrooms upstairs extending over the right of way plus extra bathrooms.
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