Chewton, Victoria Chewton Domain Society, a community group established to manage the properties. The society also produces a monthly community newsletter. For several years, Chewton was host to a folk music festival over the Australia Day long weekend. In 2007, the festival relocated to nearby Newstead. The former railway station at Chewton closed to all traffic on 16 June 1976. Chewton, Victoria Chewton is a town in central Victoria, Australia in the Shire of Mount Alexander local government area, 116 kilometres north west of the state capital, Melbourne. At the 2006 census, Chewton had a population of 403. Prior to European settlement,
War Widows' Guild of Australia NSW events are held each year: the ANZAC Field of Remembrance, the Annual General Meeting, the War Widows’ Walk and Picnic, and the members’ Christmas Party. The War Widows’ Guild of Australia NSW Ltd is part of an Australia-wide network of state based Guilds in Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia and the Australian Capital Territory. Each State Guild is a member of the national organisation, War Widows’ Guild of Australia Inc. War Widows' Guild of Australia NSW The War Widows' Guild of Australia NSW Ltd is a not for profit membership-based organization whose mission is to promote and protect