September 2013

Contents

• Society information and meetings - page 1Lists Society information and meetings for September 2013.
• President’s report and correction - page 2Reports Society activities and corrects the origin of the museum’s coal skip to Mount Alexandra.
• Colo Vale street names - page 3Marie Chalker examines village street names and their botanical and local associations.
• Shepherd’s land and the village subdivision - page 4Traces nursery proprietor Patrick Lindesay Crawford Shepherd, his landholdings and the subdivision of Colo Vale, with a map and references.
• Early industries in the Berrima District - page 5Introduces Philip Morton’s publication and the museum exhibition on agriculture, quarrying, iron, coal and tourism.
• Belmore Falls and Barrengarry Park - page 6Philip Morton traces early visitors, the reservation of the falls, access roads and historic tourism.
• Belmore Falls in print and park history - page 7Reproduces newspaper accounts of the falls and records the reserve’s incorporation into Morton National Park.
• Diary and Society information - page 8Meeting dates and postal details printed in September 2013; details may have since changed.

Issue highlights

• Marie Chalker researches Colo Vale street names, the Shepherd family and the village subdivision, with a map of Shepherd’s land and documentary references (pp.3-4).
• The issue introduces Early Industries in the Berrima District and its companion museum exhibition (p.5).
• Philip Morton traces Belmore Falls, Barrengarry Park, visitors and historic newspaper descriptions (pp.6-7).

Original Society source