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Member's Newsletter No 1 Bathurst District Historical Society Inc. MEMBER’S NEWSLETTER No 112 October – December 2017 Price $3.00 Free to Members of the Society FROM THE NEWSLETTER EDITOR Anniversary in the Bathurst Branch. To mark the occasion a large Anniversary Cake was cut by Francie As this is our October – December issue I will take the Morris, (below) and watched by Alecia Duffy, opportunity to wish one and all a very happy and Westpac Branch Manager, and Bathurst Mayor Merry Christmas and a prosperous and safe 2018. Graeme Hanger. Francie is 99-years-old and has lived As I finish this newsletter we have just moved into all her life in Bathurst. spring although the wattle seems to have been out for weeks. We have had a surge of funerals during winter which seems to happen to our older generation. We have lost Rick Rutherford, Bartholomew Lincoln, Lindsay McKellar, Joyce Reilly, Frank Paterson and Valerie Deeley. Our sincere sympathy is extended to all the various families. The Society’s Annual General Meeting took place on Thursday 18th August with no change to positions. Samantha Friend is again the forthcoming year’s President, with Alan McRae Vice President, Marion Perry is Secretary and Terry Hickson is Treasurer. The committee consists of Chris Stewart, Jeff McSpedden, Leslie Worthington, Mary Fletcher and Julie Liddell. The Bank of NSW was founded in Sydney in 1817 For those who may be interested the annual Royal with the blessing of Governor Macquarie with the Australian Historical Society Conference will take Bathurst Branch opening in 1856. A display of place at Cowra this year (you may recall they came to colonial banking items were on show including Mr. Bathurst in 2015). The RAHS Conference will take Murdock’s pistol he took with him when riding around place from 28th to the 29th October. See further details the Sofala goldfields. Mr. Murdock was Bathurst’s on page 6. first branch manager. For a number of years the Bathurst District Historical Society has had a kinship with the Bank of New South Wales and then Westpac in that the Society has put several displays into the bank’s premise in William Street. On 7th April, 2017, Westpac celebrated their 200th The display included items that belonged to bank staff 2 such as a leather chess board suitable for use in a Many other trades were showcased including cedar coach, scales, manager’s pocket watches, money from restoration and French polishing, Wiradjuri possum the colonial days, old bankbooks and glass ashtrays. skin cloak making, woodwork, lace making, photographic exhibition, lapidary and hand printing, quilting, bead-craft & wirework, candlewicking, textile art, crocheting, ethnic and Islamic embroidery and weaving and spinning. Hundreds of people took the chance to get up close to traditional arts and crafts. Another successful event the Society assisted with was the Bathurst Artisan Trades Trail held over two days – on the weekend of 13th and 14th May. The two-day event encouraged people to visit 10 different sites across Bathurst as they learnt more about traditional crafts. Old Government Cottage was the scene for the Bathurst Gardener’s Club who had their outdoor setup to teach about seed saving, cuttings and propagation, as well as pruning demonstrations. Once the public purchased their entry ticket they could attend any of the ten locations around Bathurst. The original ‘Historical Museum’ sign from No 1 George Street has been located (below). It was used some 45 years ago though we don’t know how it turned up. When it was last used the admission charges were - Adults 30 cents, Juniors 14 – 18 years were 20 cents, 3 children 8 – 13 years were 10 cents and under 8years they can no longer continue providing us with this for free. The museum was open every day – Sundays great service, due to various health issues. This was a to Friday 2 to 5pm, with 2 to 4pm in winter. Saturdays huge blow as the team have been producing House it was 10am to 12 noon. The sign was used until Reports and valuable research for nearly six years. December 1981 when the Society’s museum was They took on the enormous task of practically re- moved into the east wing of the Court House. instating the job when it had become completely moribund. The Archives are now recognized as being Member Sue Jones is continuing with the identification a valuable resource to both the Society and the wider and cataloguing of all the Society’s paintings, community, and many people have appreciated their illuminated addresses and photos. Sue is a casual at work. Cr Monica Morse spoke very movingly about Chifley Home and has done a lot of research in her the importance of the work of our Researchers to the own private time. Each painting is being researched as community, and I would like to take this opportunity to well as the artist. thank Sylvia, Don and Trish very much for all their One of our popular outings each year is the Twilight hard work, dedication and support for and of the Picnic which is the first Society. outing in the New Year. Next year our Twilight Picnic will take place on Sunday 4th February, 2018, and will be at the historical and restored Milltown Police Station. The station and lockup was designed by the colonial architect James Barnet. Commenced in 1885, the kitchen and two cells were constructed by Mr. John Dunkley, and the main house was built the following year. (Above – Sylvia & Don Kilby & President Samantha.) (Left - Policeman in his smart Don, Sylvia and Trish together with Pauline Lamont uniform worn in 1904 and started in the Society’s Archives about six years ago. worn at the Milltown Police Station.) This local police At that time, Christopher Morgan had been struggling station performed a fundamental role in the to keep up with the volume of enquiries and welcomed functioning of the railway and flour milling with open arms his ‘Tuesday Angels’. Pauline decided community. Its role as a police station came to an end early on that it wasn’t for her, and so Don, Sylvia and in the 1970s, after which the premises became Trish formed a strong team who seemed to be able to lodgings for high-ranking Bathurst Police officers. tackle just about any curly question that came their Finally in 1991 the building was sold with an acre of way. A little bit later, Peta Leseberg joined the team land. and has been a valuable member since then. In our last issue, number 111, there was a photo of a painting on page 2 which I said was Alan Morse. In fact it was P.J. Moodie, Alan Morse’s father-in-law. All newsletters posted out had the corrected details. Alan McRae, Vice President & Newsletters Editor oooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooo MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT Recently we held a farewell to our Research and Archives Team with a very well catered for morning tea to see off Sylvia and Don (Above – President Samantha Friend and Trish Kilby, along with Trish Amery.) Amer who have worked together for a number of Don quickly made the newspaper reels his baby. We years. They have decided bought him a new you-beaut scanner and away he 4 went, churning out interesting articles, ads and photos enquiries come in by email so Trish patiently worked that might relate to something Trish and Sylvia were through all the dross that also seems to plague us by working on or that could go into Sylvia’s Street email, sorting out the legitimate from the ludicrous, Folders (more on those later). Don is also Mr Fixit – and setting about dealing with them. They might mending and repairing things that have gone wrong, range from ‘Where is my grandfather buried’ to ‘Can rebuilding and redesigning, and generally keeping the you tell me who my great great aunt is’ to ‘When did ship afloat. my relative who’s name I can’t remember come to Bathurst, and no, I don’t know when he was born or Sylvia took on the task, the Herculean task of when he died’. Trish dealt with them all, with good producing House Reports. Now, for those of you who humour, patience and aplomb. There have been a few don’t know what a House Report is, it is as it sounds – times when she has been fazed but not for long! a report about a house, but not just any report. They are generally required by Council if you propose to do At the same time, we work on a building in the Conservation Area of welcomed Howard Bathurst. They are useful for architects planning to Sinclair who joined the work on heritage buildings, and for people who’ve just team only recently and bought a house, they can be very useful for finding out despite hitting the ground the history of a building. All in all, quite an important running, under Sylvia and task, and one that Sylvia took and ran with, producing Trish’s excellent tutelage well researched, valid and well regarded reports. he has shown his colours Copies of all her House Reports are now available in and will be able to the Archives, and together with Sylvia’s Street continue their valuable Folders, provide a comprehensive look at the history works and hold up the and heritage of Bathurst’s built environment. good name of the Society’s Archives. Of Sylvia and Don (left) course, Howard will not also decided to put be able to carry on alone, together Sylvia’s Street so if anyone is interested in joining him or knows Folders; Don is an old someone who might like to be part of a very dynamic ambulance man and so team, let me know! knows Bathurst better than anyone and Sylvia It gave Samantha enormous pleasure to present Don, was born here, so the Sylvia and Trish with Certificates of Appreciation tiny details that Don from the Society and to thank them all very much for doesn’t know, she does.
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