November 2011

Contents

• Society information and annual meeting - page 1Society details and annual meeting notices printed in November 2011.
• Diary and constitution - page 2Reports the adoption of a Society constitution and holiday arrangements.
• Avoca war history and George Vincent - page 3Introduces Ron Mumford’s Echoes of War in Avoca and the donated nameplate of Mittagong music teacher George Vincent.
• President’s annual report - page 4Reviews the year’s Society activities, grants and volunteers.
• Archivist and publicity reports - page 5Describes research enquiries, archival work and local history publicity.
• Museum and publicity reports - page 6Records museum exhibitions, objects and volunteers during 2011.
• Library and newsletter reports - page 7Summarises library work and newsletter distribution.
• Diary and Society information - page 8Meeting dates and postal details printed in November 2011; details may have since changed.

Issue highlights

• Ron Mumford’s Echoes of War in Avoca introduces the people named on the village’s First and Second World War honour rolls (p.3).
• A donated nameplate recalls Mittagong music teacher and bandmaster George Ernest Vincent (p.3).
• Annual reports describe the Society’s archive, museum, library and publicity work during 2011 (pp.4-7).

Original Society source