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Watercolour painting of an 1850s Castlemaine goldfields township — verandah-fronted shops on a dusty road with gum trees and wattle

Feminist walking tours

Take a walk
on her
side.

Watercolour illustration of three 1850s goldfields women seen from behind, striding away together as equals in mid-Victorian dress
Coming soon, Castlemaine!

Castlemaine has plenty of history. Funny how so much of it seems to be about men.

BROADWALKS is a new feminist walking tour company uncovering the women who shaped Castlemaine and the Victorian Goldfields.

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There's more to the Goldfields than gold.

Thousands came to the Goldfields chasing fortunes.

Meanwhile, women were building businesses, creating art, organising communities, breaking rules, falling in love, raising hell and shaping the place we know today.

Broadwalks goes looking for them.

What is a
Broadwalk?

A guided walking experience built around great stories.

Expect fascinating women, beautiful streets, unexpected histories, local knowledge, humour, conversation and probably at least one story you'll immediately want to tell someone else.

The tours are grounded in careful historical research, but designed first and foremost to be a brilliant way to experience a place.

  1. 01Walk

    Experience history where it happened.

  2. 02Listen

    Meet the women missing from the usual story.

  3. 03Talk

    Ask questions. Share stories. Start conversations.

  4. 04See differently

    You'll never walk quite the same streets again.

Maine
character
energy.

Our first BROADWALKS are coming to Castlemaine, on the lands of the Dja Dja Wurrung peoples.

Acknowledgement

Dja Dja Wurrung peoples have told stories, shared knowledge and carried oral histories on these lands for time immemorial. BROADWALKS acknowledges this enduring culture of storytelling and the Dja Dja Wurrung peoples as the Traditional Owners of the lands on which we walk.

Our first walking experience will explore the women of Castlemaine and the Goldfields through the streets, buildings and places where their stories unfolded.

  • Gold diggers.
  • Artists.
  • Entrepreneurs.
  • Activists.
  • Workers.
  • Rule breakers.
  • Community builders.

Some became famous. Some should have.

Tour details coming soon

Want to walk
with us?

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