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PO Box 17 WENTWORTH FALLS 2782 •HOBBY'S REACH' 99 Blaxland Road WENTWORTH FALLS Vol.9 No.3 Sept., Oct. 1998 MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE President Coral Ewan 47841831 Clyde Francis 47591n.i Vice President Roberta Johnstone 4757 2024 Valerie Paddod< 47572332 Treasurer David Dodd Bruce Adam 4757 4125 Secretary Shirley Jones 4757'22.70 Michael Finlay 47571584 SUB-COMMITTEE CO-OADINA TORS Researd'l Gwen snvey 4782 1292 Tarella Coral Ewan 47841831 · Book 8ales Helen Kershaw 4757 3283 Hobby's Outreach Roberti Johnstone 4757 2024 Bldg Maintenance · Clyde Francis 47591n4 Garden Bob Henson 4757 '2£75 Hobby's Reach Helpers Valerie Craven 4757 3433 Garden • Native Noreen Skellam 47571845 ' CALENDAR OF EVENTS - SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER 1998 Saturday 5 Sept Meeting - Speaker: Alan Smith Subject: Clean and Decent - Pt 2 See page 2 for details Monday 7 Sept Research activity day Friday 11 Sept Research activity day Monday 14 Sept Excursion - Medlow Bath - Hydro Majestic . See page 2 for details ·. Tuesday 15 Sept Research activity Day Monday 21 Sept Hobby's Reach Helpers - Working day, cleaning etc. 1Oam to noon Tuesday 22 Sept Research activity day Saturday 26 Sept Spring Festival - Open Day - Tarella '-..__/ Sunday 27 Sept Spring Festival - Open Day - Tarella . See page 2 for details Tuesday 29 Sept Research activity day Saturday 3 Oct Spring Festival - Open Day - Tarella No General Meeting Sunday 4 Oct Spring Festival - Open Day - Tarella Monday 5 Oct Spring Festival - Open Day - Tarella See page 2 for details Tuesday 6 Oct Research activity day Monday 12 Oct Excursion - Lithgow See page 2 for details Tuesday 13 Oct Research activity day Monday 19 Oct Hobby's Reach Helpers - Working day, cleaning, etc. 10am to noon Tuesday 20 Oct Research activity day Saturday 24 Oct Research activity day Tuesday 27 Oct Research activity day Tuesday 3 Nov Research activity day Saturday 7 Nov Meeting - Speaker: Andy McQueen SUbject: Grose Valley History See page 3 for details Continued on page 2 COMING EVENTS Sept 5 - General Meeting Clean and Decent - Part 2 Alan Smith, a member of the Society, will continue with his excellent account of the history of sanitation. On this occasion, the focus will be on the water, sewerage and drainage process in Sydney and the Blue Mountains. Hardly a riveting subject you might suppose, but in Alan's hands we are assured of an ·entertaining and enlightening morning. Meetings commence at 10.30am but members are welcome to gather for tea or coffee from 1O .OOam onwards. A light lunch of soup and rolls is available, at a modest price, after the meeting. Sept 14 - Excursion Medlow Bath and the Hydro Majestic DATE: Monday, Sept 14 . TIME: 10.00am MEET AT: Hydro Majestic Car Park DURATION: Usual day trip GRADE: Mostly street walking - bring picnic lunch and drinks Open Days - 26. 27 Sept. 3.4,5 Oct "Tarella" and the Research Centre will be open to the public on these days. ·· As these openings represent our major fund raising effort, it is hoped that members will consider giving some time to manning gates, gardens, rooms in "Tarella", the Research Centre or to helping in the kitchen. ' Please ring Valerie Paddock (4757 2332) to discuss roster times. It is estimated that we need a total of 14 people on duty at all times. In addition to the usual Open Day attractions, our neighbours, Hugh and Janet Bickford have kindly offered to open their garden, Bolberry House, for the benefit of the Society. Admission will be $1 and access is through the gate on the lower right hand side of our garden. A photographic exhibition will be set up in the Research Centre during the Open Days. It will be titled "Men Who Shaped the Mountains", and is sure to be another triumph for Gwen and the Research team. The new Cottage Shop will be open for business and donations of books would be greatly appreciated. Helen Kershaw is in charge and may be contacted on 4757 3283. Oct 12 - Excursion Lithgow DATE: Monday, Oct 12 TIME: 10.00am MEET AT: Parking area - Mt Victoria Station DURATION: Usual day trip GRADE: Walking - bring picnic lunch and drinks 2 Nov 7th - General Meeting Grose Valley History Andy McQueen, author and Society member, will base his talk on the extensive research he undertook for his book "Back from the Brink: Blue Gum Forest and the Grose Wilderness". This is available in the Library and is for sale in the Cottage Shop. Ian Beveridge has written an excellent review of it in "Hobby's Outreach" Vol.8 No.5 page 4. TALKING AND WALKING JULY MEETING Our guest speaker at this meeting was Ollie Leckbandt who might best be described as an historical investigative reporter! For many years he has visited sites, drawn maps and conclusions, turned over sods, collected bits and pieces and written two books in an effort to produce an accurate picture of the stockades built for the convict road builders. At our meeting we reaped the benefit of all this work. Building a road in modern times is difficult enough, as we know from watching the slow progress of our own highway. How much more difficult it must have been with nothing but wilderness ahead, convict labour to be guarded, housed and fed and troops to be provided for. Ollie Leckbandt brought this miracle to life for us as we followed the route of Mitchell's Road on its way to Bathurst. We first heard of the problems of choosing a route, particularly in the MountVictoria area, with maps to show the options. Then Ollie spoke of the convict labour and the stockades to house them, covering the sites at Mount Victoria, Bowen's Hollow, Hassan's Walls, Farmer's Creek and Mt Walker which he has thoroughly examined and searched for relics of the original inhabitants. There were often as many as 400 convicts at work, all of whom had to be housed securely, clothed, fed, disciplined, nursed, and sometimes buried. The iron gangs were locked into stockades made from 12 feet high stakes and not permitted to work more than two and a half miles from this area in any direction, while the trustees were in temporary huts and often worked fairly long distances away. There was housing for engineers, surveyors and road inspectors, military barracks for the troops guarding the gangs, quarries and timber yards. Often local farmers provided, or were forced to provide provisions from their crops and flocks. An ex-soldier actually set up a post office and eventually, there was also a courthouse and hospital in the area. There was sometimes trouble with those in charge - Mitchell actually poached workers from the Wiseman's Ferry roadworks, not a popular move! Many of the sites are now under water from dams or have been destroyed by bulldozers working on road improvements or drainage. All of which makes the work of people like Ollie, who is so anxious to preserve our history, so valuable, and we thank him for allowing us to share a little of his obsession. JULY EXCURSION - Richmond Off to Richmond, one of the five towns founded {1810) by Governor Macquarie, for a tour packed with historical sites. First a glimpse of Cox's Hobartville, then to the town where we started, appropriately enough, at the Information Centre housed in Bowman's Cottage (1815). Here we admired the old stables with their original bricks and shingles and were able to purchase copies of 3 the Department of Planning's guide book "Richmond and Windsor Walks". Highly recommended if you do not have Jack or Gwen at your elbow! St Peter's Church and Cemetery (laid out in 1811) are both nearby, and here we found the grave of our own Thomas Hobby (died in 1837, aged 57), in company with other pioneers like George Bowman's parents, and Margaret Catchpole and William Cox Snr. A cracking pace enabled us to see the site of the Black Horse Inn, Macquarie House with its tall palms and"friendly" toilet (two and a half holes}, Josieville, the Manse of the Uniting Church, the Masonic Lodge building and the School of Arts, Price's House, Rutherglen and Richmond Park. Somehow we found time for lunch by Pugh's Lagoon, a pretty billabong. The grand old Toxana House was a highlight (restored in 1978 by the Council), then on to the interesting facade and foyer of the 1950s Regent Theatre, then to Benson House (1840s) and the Hawkesbury-Richmond Campus of the University of Western Sydney, formerly the Hawkesbury Agricultural College (est. 1891 ). Lots to admire among the century old original college buildings, including Yarramundi House, built as the Principal's ·residence and now a restaurant. Mount Pleasant was our last stop. Half hearted rain now falling, but we had been fortunate most of the day. At this very old property, parts of which date back to 1806, we were given royal treatment by the occupants who allowed us a close look at its buildings and grounds. Apart from Gwen and Jack's vast knowledge, we were fortunate to have several members with us who had lived and worked in Richmond, so there was a fair amount of reminiscing, particularly about the old railway which ran down a main street! All together a most successful tour with the general agreement that we need to return soon to see all the treasures we missed. AUGUST MEETING The Society's Research Group Co-ordinator, Gwen Silvey, enhanced her reputation as a first class historian once again.
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