September 2009

Contents

• September meeting and contents - page 1Introduces Judith Dunn’s talk on colonial women and John McColgan’s local recollections.
• Society news and diary - page 2Records a memorial tree for John Simons, a proposed Bundanoon road name and progress digitising photographs.
• Judith Dunn and colonial women - page 3Introduces a talk and book based on early newspaper reports about women and the Parramatta Female Factory.
• Society book stall - page 4Reports a Mittagong book stall and photographic display on the Wombeyan Caves Road and High Range.
• Moss Vale memories - page 5John McColgan recalls the picture theatre, music, a circus visit and his family’s grocery shop in the early 1930s.
• Bowral Road, Mittagong - page 6McColgan describes houses and vacant blocks as he remembered them in the 1930s, accompanied by later photographs.
• Mittagong and newspaper extracts - page 7The Bowral Road recollections conclude alongside extracts on Hill Top, a sheep-stealing case and a circus.
• Diary and supporters - page 8Lists Society events and newsletter supporters in 2009.

Issue highlights

• John McColgan remembers Moss Vale entertainment and his family’s grocery shop, and describes Mittagong’s Bowral Road in the 1930s (pp.5-7).
• The Society displays photographs relating to Wombeyan Caves Road and High Range (p.4).
• Judith Dunn’s talk explores colonial women through newspaper and institutional records (p.3).

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