February 2011

Contents

• Society information and meetings - page 1Society details and meeting notices printed in February 2011.
• Society and museum news - page 2Reports volunteers, collection work and management matters.
• Berrima internment heritage listing - page 3Reports the state heritage listing of the internment group and museum activities.
• John Price’s 1798 journal - page 4Philip Morton introduces the Wilson and Price journeys and a later reconstruction of their routes.
• The 1798 journeys and later research - page 5Reproduces journal extracts and discusses R. H. Cambage’s 1919 interpretation and a Sutton Forest plaque.
• Museum’s holiday period - page 6Describes the museum’s holiday displays and dairy-industry objects.
• Sir Donald Bradman - page 7Recalls Bradman’s life and the district connections of his family.
• Diary and Society information - page 8Meeting dates and postal details printed in February 2011; details may have since changed.

Issue highlights

• Philip Morton discusses John Price’s journal of the 1798 Wilson expeditions, reproduces extracts and describes R. H. Cambage’s later reconstruction of their routes (pp.4-5).
• The issue reports the state heritage listing of Berrima’s internment group and museum collection (p.3).
• Museum news and a remembrance of Sir Donald Bradman appear on pages 6-7.

Original Society source