October 2013

Contents

• Society information and meetings - page 1Lists 2013 Society details and announces a talk on Berrima history.
• President’s report and a mystery tool - page 2Reports a museum grant and suggests an identification for a tool from the Stephens toolbox.
• Berrima history and Bowral saddlery - page 3Introduces Ros Dale’s Berrima books, an internment-site walk and a display of William Oldridge’s saddlery tools.
• Mittagong heritage tour - page 4Describes visits to Fitzroy Inn, Rowe’s Hill cemetery and the Marist Brothers’ Hermitage.
• Early Industries in the Berrima District - page 5Reports the launch of Philip Morton’s overview of the district’s industrial history.
• Oaklands estate and the Mittagong Maltings - page 6Traces the former inn and school estate, brickworks, milk depot and establishment of the maltings.
• Establishing the maltings - page 7Continues the history through the 1899 works, grain supply, Tooth & Co purchase and later expansion.
• Diary and Society information - page 8Meeting dates and postal information printed in October 2013; details may have since changed.

Issue highlights

• A Mittagong tour visits Fitzroy Inn, Rowe’s Hill cemetery and the Marist Brothers’ Hermitage (p.4).
• The Society launches Philip Morton’s overview of early district industries (p.5).
• Morton traces the Oaklands estate’s inn, school, brickworks, milk depot and the development of Mittagong Maltings (pp.6-7).
• Ros Dale introduces her Berrima history and a walk around First World War internment sites (p.3).

Original Society source