May 2014

Contents

• Society information and meetings - page 1Lists 2014 Society details and announces a Marulan quarry history talk.
• President’s report and Ken Reid - page 2Reports Society activity and remembers former president Ken Reid.
• Marulan limestone and Bowral trachyte - page 3Introduces Leonie Knapman’s quarry talk and a new book on the cultural heritage of Bowral trachyte.
• Forgotten Soldiers and library books - page 4Introduces Janet Black’s expanded Boer War research and lists recent library acquisitions.
• Dorrough family and Kangaloon - page 5Introduces Elsie and Colin Macdonald’s family history, including reminiscences of Kangaloon in the 1870s.
• Local newspaper extracts and Society activities - page 6Reprints local reports including a 1929 visit over Colo Vale by aviator Charles Kingsford Smith.
• The Great Southern Railway to Goulburn - page 7Philip Morton traces early sidings at Exeter, Bundanoon, Penrose and Tallong and quotes an 1868 construction report.
• Diary and Society information - page 8Meeting dates and postal information printed in May 2014; details may have since changed.

Issue highlights

• The issue introduces research on Marulan limestone, Bowral trachyte and Southern Highlands participants in the Boer War (pp.3-4).
• Elsie and Colin Macdonald’s Dorrough family history offers recollections of Kangaloon in the 1870s (p.5).
• Local newspaper extracts include a 1929 account of Charles Kingsford Smith flying over Colo Vale (p.6).
• Philip Morton traces early Great Southern Railway sidings and settlement between Moss Vale and Tallong (p.7).

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