June 2013

Contents

• Society information and meetings - page 1Society details and meeting notices printed in June 2013.
• Steam trains and the president’s report - page 2Bruce Moore recalls a 2013 heritage train event and childhood railway memories.
• Kangaloon Hall centenary - page 3Recalls the hall’s community uses and introduces planned centenary activities and a local history book.
• Donald and George McBean - page 4Describes the Mittagong brothers’ First World War service and Donald’s wartime photographs.
• McBean family history - page 5Follows Donald and Maud after the war, their daughters and family history research.
• Early settlers of Canyan Leigh - page 6Philip Morton introduces the district’s roads, timber, Carter family and early settlement.
• Jane and James Murray - page 7Continues the family history and discusses the Canyan Leigh property, post office and school.
• Diary and Society information - page 8Meeting dates and postal details printed in June 2013; details may have since changed.

Issue highlights

• The issue follows Mittagong brothers Donald and George McBean and Donald’s collection of First World War photographs, then describes his family’s later life (pp.4-5).
• Philip Morton traces early Canyan Leigh roads and settlement, the Carter and Murray families, Jane Murray’s property and its school (pp.6-7).
• A report recalls Kangaloon Hall’s community role and its 2013 centenary plans (p.3).

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