January 2012

Contents

• Society information and meetings - page 1Society details and meeting notices printed in January 2012.
• President’s report and appointments - page 2Reports archive security, research activity and Society appointments.
• Museum acquisitions and speakers - page 3Introduces new museum objects and planned talks on local history.
• Echoes of War in Avoca launch - page 4Reports the launch of Ron Mumford’s book about the people named on Avoca’s war honour rolls.
• Mittagong Town Band - page 5Philip Morton traces the band, its leaders, rotunda, performances and community role.
• New library books - page 6Reviews recent additions including local cemetery records and historical studies.
• Royal Australian Historical Society - page 7Explains the Society’s affiliation and the RAHS library and activities.
• Diary and Society information - page 8Meeting dates and postal details printed in January 2012; details may have since changed.

Issue highlights

• Philip Morton traces Mittagong Town Band from fundraising in 1881 through its Alexandra Park rotunda, bandmasters and community performances (p.5).
• The issue reports the launch of Ron Mumford’s Echoes of War in Avoca, a history of people named on the local honour rolls (p.4).
• Museum acquisitions, new library books and the Society’s affiliation with the Royal Australian Historical Society are described (pp.3, 6-7).

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