Although the year of 1862 is taken as the foundation year of Saint Andrews Presbyterian Church Clunes there were services held in Clunes earlier. An effort was made in 1859

The hero of this story is Richard Ford, arguably one of the town’s most well known and revered artists. He was born in 1875 the second son of a Cornish

Background History Until 1851, Clunes enjoyed peaceful aboriginal and pastoral occupation. A Scot, Donald Cameron, had his homestead in the Clunes valley and the existence of gold was soon suspected.

Words by Anthony Sawrey, reprinted from The Local, April 11, 2022. Research assisted by Allison Thorpe, Clunes Museum. On the river flats along the Creswick Creek in the area known