In Castlemaine Town Poem by Francis Duggan

The magpies and pee wees and blackbirds in the parkland whistle and sing
And gray shrike thrush can be heard fluting in Castlemaine Town in the spring
And the Town gardens looking much greener and lusher after recent rain
And breeding frogs in the night singing in the pond and water filled drain
To Castlemaine in Central Victoria men once flocked in search of wealth and renown
Way back at the turn of the century when it was an old gold mining Town
The miners long since life have departed the mine shafts as memories of them do remain
They took all the gold from the diggings and left their mounds of red earth by unfilled holes in Castlemaine
A very warm place in the summer in winter it can be quite cold
The old Town in Central Victoria where hardy men once mined for gold
Many of them from their hard work did not grow wealthy and they died disappointed it would seem
Whilst the lucky few found the big nuggets a boost to their social and their self esteem
An old Town in Central Victoria with a climate of varying degrees
In spring, summer and autumn the weather can be warm and the winter nights often do freeze.