May 2011

Contents

• Society information and meetings - page 1Society details and meeting notices printed in May 2011.
• Kenmore museum and Society notices - page 2Reports the proposed closure of the Kenmore Hospital Museum and Society events.
• Kenmore talk and Mittagong visitor display - page 3Introduces a Kenmore Hospital presentation and reports a local visitor information day.
• The Prince Albert Inn - page 4Traces the Braemar inn, Rush’s boarding house, later ownership and restoration.
• Early settlement at Sutton Forest - page 5Philip Morton discusses colonial settlement, farming, schools, churches and transport changes.
• Crowe collection and Berrima Bridge Nurseries - page 6Laurel Cheetham describes the Crowes’ nursery, irrigation and garden-design records.
• Maps workshop and mystery photograph - page 7Introduces an online maps and land-title workshop and seeks help identifying a photograph.
• Diary and Society information - page 8Meeting dates and postal details printed in May 2011; details may have since changed.

Issue highlights

• A history of Braemar’s Prince Albert Inn follows its 1846 licence, Rush family boarding house, later ownership and restoration (p.4).
• Philip Morton outlines early Sutton Forest settlement, agriculture, schooling and changing transport routes (p.5).
• Laurel Cheetham describes the Crowes’ Berrima Bridge Nurseries and their garden plans held in the Caroline Simpson collection (p.6).

Original Society source