May 2013

Contents

• Society information and meetings - page 1Society details and meeting notices printed in May 2013.
• President’s report and museum project - page 2Reports the Southern Highlands 1200 project launch, Anzac Day and a Society luncheon.
• Library gathering and Anzac Day - page 3Reports a local studies library visit, a presentation about Henrietta Rose and Society participation in commemorations.
• Remembering Henrietta Rose - page 4Marie Chalker traces Rose’s agricultural work at Aylmerton and her involvement in local organisations and health education.
• Throsby Park: past and future - page 5Clarifies 2013 leasing plans and begins Judy Gray’s recollections of the historic house and volunteers.
• Throsby Park recollections and Wombeyan Caves - page 6Continues Judy Gray’s memories and introduces a book on cave guides and workers.
• Berrima District Council into the 1850s - page 7Philip Morton follows early council minutes, education proposals, elections and the district council’s demise.
• Diary and Society information - page 8Meeting dates and postal details printed in May 2013; details may have since changed.

Issue highlights

• Marie Chalker profiles agriculturalist Henrietta Rose, her Aylmerton property Craig Royston and local agricultural, health and women’s organisations (p.4).
• Judy Gray recalls volunteering and furnishing the historic Throsby Park house; a notice clarifies that the 2013 proposal was for a lease (pp.5-6).
• Philip Morton follows Berrima District Council’s early minutes, education plans and elections into the 1850s (p.7).

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