page_title: Maldon, Victoria
section_title: Modern times
hierarchical_section_title: Maldon, Victoria / Modern times
caption_attribution_description: Historic streetscape at Maldon, Victoria.
context_page_description: Maldon is a town in Victoria, Australia, in the Shire of Mount Alexander local government area. It has been designated "Australia's first notable town" and is notable for its 19th-century appearance, maintained since gold-rush days. At the 2016 census, Maldon had a population of 1,513.
context_section_description: Today, Maldon's population is more or less stable at around 1,000 people.  The town was declared "Australia's first notable town" in 1966 by the National Trust of Victoria, who explained that:
  The township displays overall historical and architectural importance, particularly in its gold town buildings. The significance lies in the variety of building styles, and the area of mining is of interest with one mine still open to the public. Maldon boasts that it is largely unchanged since the 1850s, and has attracted considerable interest from tourists for its 19th-century atmosphere.
  Maldon is now sustained by its appeal as a retreat and retirement venue for artists and writers, as well as by the tourist trade.  The town holds several annual fairs, including a Winter Fair, Easter Fair, Art Show, and Folk Festival. Notable landmarks include the Beehive Chimney, Mount Tarrengower and the fire tower, Lake Cairn Curran, and the Maldon railway station.
  Maldon has its own newspaper, the Tarrangower Times, which was first published in 1858 and is the oldest continuously published newspaper in Victoria.  The Maldon Museum and Archives Association displays a large collection of local artifacts and also operates a family-history research centre.  The Museum is located in the former Maldon Shire Hall located in the Shire Gardens on High Street.  The Maldon Vintage Machinery Museum houses stationary engines, farming implements, mining exhibits, fire pumps, and objects with links to Thompsons Foundry, Castlemaine.
  The minimum-security female prison HM Prison Tarrengower is located to the near north of the township in the locality of Nuggety.
caption: Historic streetscape at Maldon
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