January 2014

Contents

• Society information and meetings - page 1Lists 2014 Society details and announces a local photograph presentation.
• President’s report and Frank Debenham - page 2Records responses to an earlier article about the Bowral-born Antarctic geographer and his surveying equipment.
• Southern Highlands 1200 project - page 3Reports plans and funding for the museum exhibition building and the Society’s Christmas dinner.
• Berrima river walk and heritage grant - page 4Describes an internment-site walk and a grant for preserving and digitising the Society’s photographic collections.
• Mittagong Maltings: water and fires - page 5Philip Morton traces water supply, fires, mechanisation and the closure of the maltings.
• 2013 State History Conference - page 6Leonie Knapman reports the Katoomba conference and plans for the following year in Mittagong.
• Penrose, Berrima and Kangaloon publications - page 7Introduces Picturing Penrose, Opening a Window on Berrima’s Past and Kangaloon Footprints, including historical place-name changes.
• Diary and Society information - page 8Meeting dates and postal information printed in January 2014; details may have since changed.

Issue highlights

• The Society reports a heritage grant for preservation and digitisation of its collections, including Berrima internment photographs (p.4).
• Philip Morton traces the Mittagong Maltings’ water supply, fires, mechanisation and closure (p.5).
• New local histories introduce Penrose, Berrima and Kangaloon; the issue explains historical Kangaloon and West Kangaloon naming (p.7).
• A report on the 2013 State History Conference describes talks on ordinary lives, museum exhibitions and Linda Emery’s local First World War research (p.6).

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