February 2014

Contents

• Society information and meetings - page 1Lists 2014 Society details and announces a local photograph presentation.
• President’s report and Society positions - page 2Reports the Australia Day parade, annual appointments and 2013 research and museum figures.
• Bong Bong race prize and Joadja tour - page 3Linda Emery describes a donated 1890 picnic-race prize with Badgery family provenance; the issue also announces a Joadja visit.
• A Light in the Window - page 4Introduces Ann Beaumont’s research on Harper’s Mansion and its people, including a contemporary interview with the author.
• Australia Day and community recognition - page 5Reports the Berrima parade, recognition for Leonie Knapman and an award for cricket museum curator David Wells.
• Exeter railway disaster centenary - page 6Linda Emery recounts the 1914 collision, victims and rescue efforts, and announces a centenary commemoration.
• The Great Southern Railway: early proposals - page 7Philip Morton traces the early railway surveys and the extension of the southern line to Picton.
• Diary and Society information - page 8Meeting dates and postal information printed in February 2014; details may have since changed.

Issue highlights

• Linda Emery traces a donated 1890 Bong Bong picnic-race prize through the Badgery family (p.3).
• The issue introduces Ann Beaumont’s history of Harper’s Mansion and reports 2014 community awards (pp.4-5).
• Linda Emery recounts the 1914 Exeter railway disaster and the local response (p.6).
• Philip Morton begins a series on the planning and construction of the Great Southern Railway (p.7).

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