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 454 September 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 S EPTEMBER MEETING:Th u rsday 26 September 2013 at 2pm Colo Vale Street Names 3 V E NUE: Society Research Centre, Old Council Chambers Building, Bellmore Falls 6 Bowral Road, Mittagong GUEST SPEAKER: D e smond Kennard And more … Museums of the Mulwaree Shire A FTE RNOON TEA: To be served following the speaker - Members – please bring a plate or a donation. OCTOBER MEETING: Th u rsday 24 October 2013 at 2pm V E NUE: Society Research Centre, Old Council Chambers Building, Bowral Road, Mittagong GUEST SPEAKER: Ro s Dale A FTE RNOON TEA: To be served following the speaker - Members – please bring a plate or a donation. volcanic basalt soil on which to grow Diary dates vegetables and graze dairy herds. For the record… Today, there are still potatoes grown there to supply a hungry market. SEPTEMBER Some of the details provided in the 1 Father’s Day This year Bowral and Moss Vale “Museum News” column in last residents are celebrating their 150 12 Management Committee Meeting month’s newsletter regarding the years of township establishment. quarry trolley were incorrect. 19 Mittagong Tour Throughout the year there have been 20 School holidays commence mini-celebrations ranging from village It was stated that the trolley being 26 General Monthly Meeting walks to kite flying. Leighton Gardens painted by Gil Wheaton came from a is getting a major make over for the quarry at Mt Gibraltar. Situated OCTOBER occasion. outside the museum, this trolley Tulip Time actually is the chassis and wheels of a At the end of September and into coal skip recovered from the western 1 M EMBERSHIP FEES DUE October, Tulip Time brings busloads 8 School holidays conclude side of Mount Alexander during of tourists to town to admire the excavations for the Hume By-pass. In 10 Management Committee Meeting display of flowers in Corbett Gardens. this vicinity anthracite coal mines were 24 General Monthly Meeting On the 28th September the Heritage established, firstly to supply the Fitz Roy iron works in the 1870s via a Steam Train arrives from Central NOVEMBER steep tramway using horses, but soon Office Bearer Nominations due Station allowing locals to dream and recount the old days of travel, before it abandoned as the coal was Notices of Motion due unsuitable. Mining took place again returns later in the day. 14 Management Committee Meeting during the 1940s in the vicinity and 28 AGM & Monthly Meeting Ah, the smell of a coal-fired engine the trolley would date from that time. emitting plumes of steam! It reminds me of my Aunty Lena. At one time I applied for a job as a From the Historian. President’s Desk I couldn’t see any future in it!! Bruce Moore Horses birthday, Wattle day, Tulip Final Reminder Festival, Floriade ... you get the Mittagong historic tour picture. It’s well and truly springtime in Society membership the Southern Highlands! On Thursday 19 September the Flowers, blossoms and buds are Society is conducting a self-drive tour Membership renewals are due by bursting at the seams showing off October 1 and a renewal form is their colours to the world. And who to three historic sites. People can meet at 9:15am on the day at the enclosed in this month’s newsletter. can blame them? Archives to carpool. The increase in temperature after those unsettling westerly winds does The tour will start at 9:30am sharp at Fitzroy Inn, Ferguson Cres, Annual Reports of course herald spring. It leaves one Mittagong. We will then proceed to feeling exhilarated, refreshed and lively after winter and definitely gives Rowe’s Hill Cemetery, Old South Road, Lower Mittagong. Here parking A reminder to Officers – it’s almost that one a ‘spring in the step’ you could time again - annual reports for say. is limited but space is available nearby within the gates of the Marist inclusion in the November newsletter The downside to the spring list is often Bros. on Old South Road opposite will be due at the end of next month. hay fever, sinusitis, allergies … but Bong Bong Road. Thank you. throwing the tissues to one side… Here Society member Carol Nolan will Celebrations in the Highlands relate stories of some of the people continue. Last year saw the recorded on headstones. BERRIMA DISTRICT sesquicentenary of settlement in the MUSEUM Yarrawa Brush, which includes Last stop is at the Marist Bros. Robertson, Burrawang, Wildes monastery and winery. We will have a Market Place, Berrima BYO picnic in the grounds prior to the Near the bridge Meadow, Avoca and Kangaloon. tour and the Cellar Door will be open. Land-hungry first settlers from the OPENING HOURS Illawarra took up acreage in that Co st is $7. Please note that only 40 places will be available and 10 am – 4 pm. particular area. Mostly these settlers Weekends, Public Holidays and were English and Irish migrants (my b o oking is essential. To book, please call or email the Archives. NSW Public School Holidays. family included) who saw the Closed Good Friday, Christmas Day opportunity of using the super rich and Boxing Day.. Berrima District Historical & Family History Society Inc page 2 Newsletter No. 454 September 2013 September guest speaker A look at Colo Vale street names Desmond Kennard Researched and compiled by Marie Chalker Desmond is Museum Advisor for Goulburn Mulwaree Street names are allocated by local Shire or Council, with responsibility for four museums: St Clair Municipal councils. Requests for naming of streets Museum, Goulburn Roundhouse, Goulburn Historic may be submitted by any persons or organisations Waterworks and Goulburn War Memorial Museum wishing to have particular streets or roadways known and Tower. He is also responsible for the museum by particular names. activities of Marulan and District Historical Society. The names submitted must be of a significant nature, His talk at our September meeting will focus on these eg, historical, geographical, Aboriginal, botanical, or museums situated in a neighbouring local Shire area. named after some event, building or persons who have performed some act of significance in the Desmond is a specialist in the planning, development community, or an animal. and management of universities and museums, and since 1973 he has held senior posts in several major Once council has determined such a name it is Australian museums. He has extensive experience in advertised in the local press to see if any person in concept development and strategy implementation for the community has any objections to the name being tourist attractions and museums, with responsibility used. If there are any objections to the chosen name for their revival and the creation of exhibitions. council then has to reconsider and go through the process again until it comes up with a name suitable He has also had a close association with several local for allotment. Also, duplication of street names in government authorities including Wingecarribee Shire areas is to be avoided. Council then notifies the state Council, Junee Shire Council, Towong Shire Council Geographical Names Board of its decision, the board and the former Heidelberg Council in Victoria. then has to examine the name for its suitability. Once During his tenure in 1988 as Director of the Australian the chosen name has been cleared by the Names Bicentennial Exhibition, Desmond worked closely with Board it is notified in the Government Gazette. the then Prime Minister, Bob Hawke, Federal and As an example, following is an exercise on the names State Government Departments, and over 50 local of the streets and roadways to be found in the village government authorities, in every Australian State and and locality of Colo Vale as shown in a plan held by Territory. Wingecarribee Shire Council. In a private capacity he has also served on several Colo Road: from an Aboriginal word meaning Koala local government committees concerned with local (native bear)1.