June 2009

Contents

• June luncheon and contents - page 1Introduces a Sutton Forest luncheon, John Simons’s commemorative service and local newspaper extracts.
• Events and 1895 land advertisements - page 2Society notices accompany a Moss Vale advertisement offering land at Waite’s Creek and Argyle and Elizabeth streets.
• John Simons commemorative service - page 3Begins Allan Beavis’s account of the scientist, musician and historian’s early life and education.
• John Simons’s scientific and family life - page 4Continues the memorial account through research, broadcasting, teaching and family recollections.
• John Simons’s historical research - page 5Concludes the tribute with his research into Berrima’s German internees and the resulting museum exhibition.
• Museum and volunteer news - page 6Bob Williams reports on the museum and a visit to the internment exhibition; volunteers gather at Mittagong.
• District land for sale in 1895 - page 7A reprinted agent’s list offers farms across Sutton Forest, Exeter, Burrawang, Yarrunga, Manchester Square and other localities; further extracts cover cricket and other news.
• Diary and supporters - page 8Lists Society events and newsletter supporters in 2009.

Issue highlights

• An 1895 agent’s advertisement lists district farms offered for sale, including four at Manchester Square and land around Exeter and Sutton Forest (p.7).
• A second advertisement offers Moss Vale allotments at Argyle and Elizabeth streets and land beside Waite’s Creek (p.2).
• The issue reproduces a commemoration of historian John Simons (pp.3-5).

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