Contents

• July meeting and contents - page 1Introduces a visit to Christ Church, Bong Bong, and articles on the Society’s anniversary, Bowral hospital and Wingello.
• Museum curator Bob Williams - page 2A committee profile traces Bob Williams’s career, move to Colo Vale and museum service.
• Book sale and Bong Bong visit - page 3Reports the sale of books from Joe Ford’s collection and announces a church and cemetery tour.
• Fiftieth-anniversary luncheon - page 4Records the Society’s Mittagong celebration and begins Royal Australian Historical Society president Ian Jack’s address.
• Society anniversary addresses - page 5Ian Jack and Mayor Duncan Gair reflect on the Society’s founding, collections and research centre.
• Bowral and District Hospital - page 6Philip Morton outlines the former Berrima District Cottage Hospital’s establishment, buildings and later development.
• Wingello newspaper extracts - page 7Carol Nolan assembles 1894-96 reports on timber mills, eucalyptus oil, roads, a lost child, school conditions and cricket.
• Diary and supporters - page 8Lists the Society’s historical meeting dates and newsletter supporters.