January 2013

Contents

• Society information and meetings - page 1Society details and meeting notices printed in January 2013.
• President’s report - page 2Reviews volunteers, collections and Society activities at the start of 2013.
• History conference and Society talk - page 3Reports the 2012 Royal Australian Historical Society conference and a talk by Hugh Mackay.
• Janet Cosh and her botanical legacy - page 4Profiles the Society’s founding archivist, botanist and her records held at the University of Wollongong.
• Mittagong airfield history - page 5Traces the landing ground, a 1928 flying visit and wartime airfield construction.
• Airfield memories and RAAF plan - page 6Prints Alan Worner’s recollection and differing construction date, with a 1940s landing-ground plan.
• Annual general meeting - page 7Reports the mayor’s address on women in local government and the Society’s 2012 election.
• Diary and Society information - page 8Meeting dates and postal details printed in January 2013; details may have since changed.

Issue highlights

• A profile of Janet Cosh describes her work as the Society’s archivist and botanist, and the University of Wollongong herbarium (p.4).
• A history of Mittagong airfield is accompanied by Alan Worner’s account, a different suggested completion date and a reproduced 1940s RAAF plan (pp.5-6).
• The Society’s annual meeting report recalls women’s participation in local government (p.7).

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