November 2010

Contents

• Society information and annual meeting - page 1Society details and annual meeting notices printed in November 2010.
• Diary and annual meeting - page 2Meeting notices and holiday arrangements printed in 2010.
• Society Christmas function - page 3Notice of the Society’s 2010 gathering.
• Society fiftieth-anniversary book - page 4Reports the launch of the Society’s history and includes excerpts from Lesley Muir’s address.
• Berrima heritage tour - page 5Reports a tour of Holy Trinity, The Gunyah, Harper’s Mansion and Greenstead.
• District ambulance history - page 6Philip Morton traces the Berrima District Ambulance Service, its Bowral stations and community fundraising.
• Lorrae Desmond interview - page 7Begins an interview with the Mittagong-born entertainer; it continues on pages 12-13.
• President’s annual report - page 8Reviews Society activities and its fiftieth anniversary.
• Society annual reports - page 9Continues annual reports on correspondence, finance and collections.
• Museum and publicity reports - page 10Reports museum acquisitions, exhibitions and local history publicity.
• Newsletter and conservation reports - page 11Reports newsletter distribution and conservation work on archival collections.
• Lorrae Desmond interview continued - page 12Continues the interview about performing and entertaining service personnel.
• Lorrae Desmond interview concluded - page 13Continues the interview about performance, television and later work.
• Diary and Society information - page 14Meeting dates and postal details printed in November 2010; details may have since changed.

Issue highlights

• Philip Morton traces the Berrima District Ambulance Service from its 1929 Bowral station and community fundraising to its later regional administration (p.6).
• A Berrima heritage tour visits Holy Trinity, The Gunyah, Harper’s Mansion and Greenstead (p.5).
• The anniversary issue reports the Society’s fiftieth-anniversary book launch and annual activities, and includes an interview with Mittagong-born Lorrae Desmond (pp.4, 7-13).

Original Society source