January 2010

Contents

• January notices and contents - page 1Introduces reports on John Simons, the Fitz Roy ironworks model and Society life members.
• Society and museum news - page 2Records 2010 meeting plans, collection digitisation and the closing Childhood Treasures exhibition.
• John Simons memorial - page 3Describes the museum memorial for historian John Simons and his research on Berrima’s interned mariners.
• Fitz Roy ironworks model - page 4Reports the unveiling of George Thirkell’s scale model of the Mittagong furnace works, illustrated with photographs.
• Life members - page 5Recognises Leonie Knapman, Max Rogers and Linda Emery for their Society service.
• Bundanoon tour and The Wolf - page 6Announces a Bundanoon tour and reviews a book on the German wartime raider Wolf.
• Society officers and Mereworth - page 7Lists 2010 officers, announces a Gray family gathering and reprints a 1989 account of a visit to Mereworth.
• Diary and supporters - page 8Lists Society events and newsletter supporters in 2010.

Issue highlights

• George Thirkell’s scale model of Mittagong’s Fitz Roy furnace works is unveiled at the Society museum (p.4).
• The issue commemorates historian John Simons and recognises three Society life members (pp.3, 5).
• A 1989 Society visit to Mereworth is revisited (p.7).

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