April 2011

Contents

• Society information and meetings - page 1Society details and meeting notices printed in April 2011.
• Management news and maps workshop - page 2Reports Society plans and an upcoming workshop on maps and land titles.
• Prisoners in Arcady visual presentation - page 3Introduces Lyn Hall’s presentation using photographs of the Berrima internment camp.
• German mariners at Berrima - page 4Summarises camp life and the heritage-listed internment collection.
• Internment photographs and president’s report - page 5Continues the camp account with photographs and reports Society activities.
• Moss Vale Show 125th anniversary - page 6Describes a historical display of photographs, certificates and newspaper clippings at the 2011 show.
• Bowral local studies collection - page 7Reports the opening of a larger local studies room and outlines its historical resources.
• Diary and Society information - page 8Meeting dates and postal details printed in April 2011; details may have since changed.

Issue highlights

• The Society reports its historical display at the 125th Moss Vale Show, including photographs, show certificates and newspaper clippings (p.6).
• An illustrated account of the Berrima internment camp draws on John Simons’s research and the museum collection (pp.3-5).
• A report introduces Bowral Library’s local studies room and its historical council and newspaper resources (p.7).

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