WHEN the tide turned against Chiltern — as it did for all Victorian gold rush towns after the supply of both gold and miners was exhausted — local Pharmacist, Hilda Dow simply turned the lock on her pharmacy and never reopened. It was 1968, and Chiltern had been bleeding residents for decades.
“She left the shop exactly as it had been for years,” said Maree Hughes, a National Trust volunteer and Chiltern resident for some 40 years.
