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March 2013 Newsletter Founded 1960 BERRIMA DISTRICT HISTORICAL & FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY INC PO Box 131 M ittagong NSW 2575 Telephone / Fax 0248 722 169 NEWSLETTER Website: w w w .berrimadistricthistoricalsociety.org.au Email: bdhsarchiv [email protected] No 448 March 2013 ABN 29 362 616 937 PA TRON: M ayor of Wingecarribee Shire: Councillor Juliet Arkwright President: M r Bruce M OORE 4872 3762 [email protected] Snr Vice President: M rs Linda EM ERY 4883 4271 [email protected] J nr Vice President: M rs Leonie KNAPMAN 4871 1804 H on Secretary: M r Philip M ORTON 4883 7862 [email protected] H on Treasurer: M rs Patricia DORIS 4872 3313 A rchivist: M rs Linda EM ERY 4883 4271 C urator – Museum: M r Bob WILLIAMS 4889 4405 Editor M s Lav inia FORD 4869 4038 lav [email protected] R esearch Officer M r M ax ROGERS 4861 3526 [email protected] A RCHIVES: Cnr Old Hume Highw ay and Bow ral Road, MITTAGONG. OPEN: M ondays, Tuesdays 10am -4pm and Saturdays 10am -1pm. Closed Public Holidays. Library collection contains reference books, journals and new s let ters of ot her s oc ieties. MUSEUM: M arket Place, BERRIMA. Tel: 02 4877 1130 Email: [email protected] OPEN: Saturdays, Sundays, NSW Public and School Holidays (except Good Friday, Christmas Day and Boxing Day) 10.00 am to 4.00 pm. M EM BE R S H I P : Any person w anting to join the Society may do so at any stage during the year by completing a form and paying the appropriate fee. Joining Fee $10.00 – Single $20.00 – Family $33.00. A FFILIATIONS: Royal Australian Historical Society, NSW A s sociation of Family History Societies, M useums Australia Inc & Regional Chapter. Inside this month … GENERAL MONTHLY MEETING Diary Dates 2 M A RCH MEETING: Th u rsday 28 March 2013 at 2pm Fitzroy Falls 4 V E NUE: Henrietta Rose Room, Old Bowral Town Hall (Bowral Library) Matron Thompson acquisition 6 Bendooley Street, Bowral Artist’s interpretation 7 GUEST SPEAKER: Roxanne Seaward Local Studies Librarian, Roxanne Seaward, will provide us And more … with a talk about the local studies collection, followed by a tour of the Local Studies Room, located upstairs in the old Bowral Town Hall. A FTE RNOON TEA: To be served following the speaker - Members – please bring a plate or a donation. A P RIL MEETING: Th u rsday 25 April 2013 No Meeting due to Anzac Day for you. At our last working ‘bee’ in Our Tours Officer Ros Dale has Diary dates January we gave the archives a spring organised a self-drive tour to three clean and it’s never looked tidier. My historic properties near Berrima for task was to wash the windows and Friday 12 April, commencing at MARCH although that sounds boring (a word 09.30am. The properties are St we’re never allowed to use in our Patrick’s Church at Sutton Forest, 14 Management Committee Meeting family) there was always something Black Horse Farm and Eling Forest 28 General Monthly Meeting interesting to look at. Winery. Linda Emery will provide historical commentary and a APRIL This reminds me, in Canada there is a sumptuous morning tea will be favourite joke: 12 To u r - self-drive of Sutton Forest provided. Cost is $10. As the tour will 12 School holidays commence Why do they give Newfoundland finish at Eling Forest, anyone wishing 11 Management Committee Meeting window cleaners only a half-hour to enjoy lunch there is welcome to do 25 A NZA C D A Y – No General lunch break? so. Please phone the Archives to book Monthly Meeting Because it takes too long to retrain for the tour. 29 School holidays conclude them. MAY New members 9 Management Committee Meeting Management 12 Mother’s Day 23 General Monthly Meeting committee news We lcome to: Mr Rodney Cavalier, Bowral Mrs Fay Co oke, Moss Vale S e cretary’s summa ry o f me e tin g s Mrs Mary Co ndon, Bundanoon From the D e cember 2012 & Ja n u a ry 2 0 1 3 : Mr Lawrence Franklin, Bowral President’s desk Speakers have been organised for Mr Andrew K ennard, Castle Hill Bruce Moore meetings during 2013 and details are Kim Ha milton, Tahmoor listed on our website. As the April Mr Alan Ho lland, Sutherland Ms Sandy M ackenzie, Bundanoon General Meeting falls on Anzac Day, no meeting will be held that month. Mr Robert M cLaren, Moss Vale In January, I attended the Mayoral Ms Bev M organ, Aspley, Qld opening of Bowral Library’s ‘new’ Our website has been upgraded Ms Judith P aterson, Sippy Downs, Qld archive which now contains old rate recently with a fresh appearance and Mrs Wendy S immonds, Burradoo books, records of infectious diseases new features — take a look! Mrs Cheryl S tokes, Ulladulla etc. The Archive is situated above the old Town Hall, next door to the Library RE P ORTS and is efficiently run by Roxanne A rchives: A new digital scanner has Newsletter Seaward. We are lucky enough to been purchased with grant funds secure Roxanne as our next guest received from Wingecarribee Shire speaker and guide for our March Council. The Committee was advised Newsletter Deadline is 2 5 th of every meeting which will be held on month. It may be necessary to hold th that the NSW Government is Thursday the 28 at 2pm (see ad in providing funds to the State Library for submissions after this date till the this newsletter.) the digitising of regional newspapers following month. We got off to a flying start in February, including The Scrutineer and Bowral beginning with both the Museum sub- Free Press up to 1948. Research fees committee and Management M u se u m: Committee meetings offering new ideas and suggestions which will keep A Museums & Galleries grant of Research fees for non-members: us busy all year. There will be at least $915.00 was received towards the 3 major books published by members cost of installing new efficient $15.00 per hour or part thereof for this year. So watch this space! lighting for museum displays. telephone and postal enquiries. Wingecarribee Shire Council’s Mark Our meeting on Feb. 28th was again a $5.00 per hour or part thereof for Pepping has indicated in favour of enquirers who attend the archives hit as Max Rogers (researcher) and the proposed heritage walk along Linda Emery (archivist) gave us a and carry out their own research. the river at Berrima. A Working fascinating power point production of Group will be set up by our Museum their infamous “Max & Linda Show”. Sub-committee to involve other local Snippets of information were gleaned groups and proceed with the matter. Archives opening from the audience who recognized hours some familiar faces and places. Their WS Council advised that the old segment of Where Are They Now Moss Vale water pump will not be moved to Berrima. drew some intriguing results. Opening hours are as follows: New volunteers and new members After the Dawn Service on Anzac have also appeared out of the ether Day at Berrima, the museum will be Monday 10:00 am – 4:00 pm and we hope they are made to feel open to serve tea, coffee and light Tuesday 10:00 am – 4:00 pm refreshments as usual. most welcome. There is always a job Saturday 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Berrima District Historical & Family History Society Inc page 2 Newsletter No. 448 March 2013 March meeting at Bowral Library Self-drive tour to historic properties The March General Meeting will be conducted in the Th e Society is conducting a self-drive tour to three historic Bowral Library’s Henrietta Rose Room, Old Bowral p roperties near Berrima, scheduled for Friday 12 April. Town Hall on Thursday, 28 March at 2:00pm. The tour will commence at 09:30am at St Patrick’s Catholic Church, Sutton Forest and then move on to Black Horse Farm where a sumptuous morning tea will be provided. After that will be an inspection of Eling Forest homestead at the winery. Linda Emery will provide a commentary on the historical significance of each of the properties. Tour cost is $10. Please phone the Archives to book and to make car-share arrangements. As the tour will finish at Eling Forest Winery, you are most welcome to stay and enjoy lunc h there. Local Studies Librarian Roxanne Seaward will provide us with a talk about the collection, followed by a tour of the Local Studies Room, located upstairs in the old Bowral Town Hall. This is an opportunity for members to become familiar with the extensive local historical holdings available at the library. Afternoon tea will be provided. Members who require transport and any visitors who would like to attend need to contact us at the Archives St Patrick’s Church at Sutton Forest prior to the day. The Local Studies Room was previously housed within the main Bowral Library however as part of its refurbishment in 2008, it was decided to relocate the collection into the historic Town Hall building (shown below). The new facility is for history researchers or those wanting to find out particulars of the Highlands or matters such as council records. The Local Studies Room is open two afternoons a week, Tuesday and Thursday from 2pm to 4pm. Oral History in the Digital Age Th e Black Horse Inn lodgings (above) and stables were b u ilt in 1832 and restored by Cecile Dalton in the 1980s.
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