July 2009

Contents

• July meeting and contents - page 1Introduces Ken Methold’s presentation on collecting oral history and the issue’s historical extracts.
• Society notices and orphan school - page 2Lists Society events and reproduces an account of the Female Orphan School at Rydalmere.
• Memories of Bowral - page 3Reprints a poem recalling Bowral’s streets, businesses, people and horse-drawn transport.
• Winter luncheon at Summerlees - page 4Reports the Society’s Sutton Forest gathering and Elizabeth Burness’s presentation on domestic history.
• Tourism event at the museum - page 5Gloria Williams describes a local tourism gathering at Berrima District Museum.
• Samuel Marsden in New Zealand - page 6Reprints Judith Ralph’s account of a historical tour and its discussion of Marsden’s missionary activity.
• Historical newspaper extracts - page 7Reports on the death and funeral of a Chinese Bowral resident, the obituary of Thomas Troy and a satirical railway story.
• Diary and supporters - page 8Lists Society events and newsletter supporters in 2009.

Issue highlights

• A poem remembers Bowral’s streets, shops and horse-drawn transport (p.3).
• Reprinted 1896 reports describe the death and funeral of a Chinese Bowral resident, with differing spellings and details (p.7).
• The issue reports a Society gathering at Summerlees and a museum tourism event (pp.4-5).

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