Contents

• September meeting and contents - page 1Introduces Leonie Knapman’s convict-history talk and features on district dairying and museum collections.
• Society notices and anniversary - page 2Records plans for the Society’s fiftieth-anniversary book launch, Tulip Time exhibition and volunteer activities.
• Leonie Knapman - page 3Introduces a talk about the varied origins of transported convicts and profiles the Society member and local tourism advocate.
• Dairying and milk transport - page 4Philip Morton describes farm butter-making, local creameries, railway transport and early chilled milk supplies from Bowral.
• Nattai and Bowral dairy factories - page 5Traces the Fresh Food and Ice Company’s Nattai depot and Bowral factory, the Berrima Dairy Company and the local co-operative.
• Bowral and Moss Vale dairy factories - page 6Follows the co-operative’s Bowral operation and Dairy Farmers’ Moss Vale factory, milk collection and later transport changes.
• Museum collections and Berrima tour - page 7Reports a donated collection from Wanganderry and outlines a tour of Berrima buildings, including The Gunyah and Greenwood.
• Diary and supporters - page 8Lists Society events and newsletter supporters in 2010.
• Membership and volunteering - page 9A 2010 membership-renewal and volunteer-register insert records the Society’s contemporary activities.

Issue highlights

• Leonie Knapman is profiled for her local tourism, Joadja research and Society work, and introduces a talk on the diverse origins of convicts (p.3).
• Philip Morton’s dairy-industry tribute to Joe Ford describes farm butter-making, railway transport, cream separators and Bowral milk shipments to Sydney (p.4).
• The article follows the Fresh Food and Ice Company’s Nattai depot and later Bowral factory, and the emergence of farmer-owned butter operations (p.5).
• The account describes the Berrima Co-operative Rural Society, its Bowral factory and acquisition of local milk processing, and the Dairy Farmers factory at Moss Vale (pp.5-6).
• A proposed Berrima car tour introduces Holy Trinity Church, Harper’s Mansion and the historic cottages The Gunyah and Greenwood (p.7).

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