June 2010

Contents

• Fiftieth-anniversary meeting - page 1Announces the Society’s anniversary luncheon and introduces this issue’s local-history features.
• Newspaper extracts and Tallong boatbuilder - page 2A 1912 report describes a vessel built near Tallong, alongside historical newspaper extracts and Society notices.
• Oldbury and Harper’s Mansion - page 3Introduces an Oldbury artwork auction, Ann Beaumont’s Harper’s Mansion research and the Joe Ford book sale.
• Library and Max Rogers - page 4Carolyn Dougherty lists books on the Macquaries; a profile describes research officer Max Rogers’s printing and newspaper career.
• Early towns and New Berrima cement works - page 5Leonie Knapman reports on a U3A course and a tour of the cement plant, with an outline of its early history.
• Berrima’s highway service stations - page 6Philip Morton follows Fred Simons’s roadside kiosk, petrol pumps and later premises, illustrated with historical photographs.
• Conservation, archives and William Stopford - page 7Society conservation and archives reports accompany a 1928 newspaper obituary of Bowral resident William Edward Stopford.
• Diary and supporters - page 8Lists Society events and newsletter supporters in 2010.

Issue highlights

• Philip Morton describes Berrima’s highway-era petrol pumps, Fred Simons’s kiosk and later service station (p.6).
• A 1912 newspaper extract describes a boat built near Tallong and transported to Sydney (p.2).
• Leonie Knapman reports on an early-towns course and a visit to New Berrima’s cement works (p.5).
• A 1928 Southern Mail obituary recalls Bowral resident William Edward Stopford; conservation and archives reports appear alongside it (p.7).

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