March 2012

Contents

• Society information and meetings - page 1Society details and meeting notices printed in March 2012.
• President’s report - page 2Reports an ironworks talk, archives upgrades and Society activities.
• Management reports - page 3Summarises archives, conservation, publicity and museum work.
• Comrie fountain and Bowral trachyte - page 4Describes the Sydney fountain’s restoration and introduces the stone quarried at Mount Gibraltar.
• Mount Gibraltar quarries - page 5Philip Morton traces quarry operators, transport, uses of trachyte and the end of commercial quarrying.
• New members and museum volunteers - page 6Reports a member welcome event and introduces volunteer John Schweers.
• Library additions - page 7Lists donated books and local histories including a Colo Vale Community Centre history.
• Diary and Society information - page 8Meeting dates and postal details printed in March 2012; details may have since changed.

Issue highlights

• Philip Morton traces Mount Gibraltar’s trachyte quarries, their operators and uses of the stone in public buildings and monuments (pp.4-5).
• The article uses the restored Comrie Memorial Fountain in Sydney to illustrate the reach of the district’s quarried stone (p.4).
• Society reports record collection work, new volunteers and local-history books added to the library (pp.2-3, 6-7).

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