July 2014

Contents

• Society information and meetings - page 1Lists 2014 Society details and announces a presentation on Bowral trachyte.
• President’s report and Society news - page 2Reports the June luncheon, honours for Janet and Ken Reid and recent Society activities.
• Bowral’s hard rock story - page 3Introduces Robert Irving, Noel Irving and Ron Powell’s research on Mount Gibraltar trachyte and its architectural uses.
• Mittagong Uniting Church - page 4Reports Marilyn Horton’s account of the Wesleyan church, its ironworks connections and school use.
• Fitz Roy Iron Works furnace and anniversaries - page 5Distinguishes the 1864 cold-blast furnace from the rebuilt 1865 hot-blast furnace and introduces planned 150th-anniversary events.
• Berrima households in 1841 - page 6Chris Thompson and Philip Morton discuss families and occupations in the 1841 census as part of the Harper’s Mansion research project.
• From the early newspapers - page 7Carol Nolan selects 1899 reports on a proposed federal capital, Bowral water supply, a Mittagong fire and telephone links.
• Diary and Society information - page 8Meeting dates and postal information printed in July 2014; details may have since changed.

Issue highlights

• Researchers introduce the history and architectural uses of Mount Gibraltar trachyte (p.3).
• The issue describes Mittagong’s Wesleyan church and distinguishes the Fitz Roy Iron Works furnaces of 1864 and 1865 (pp.4-5).
• Chris Thompson and Philip Morton explore Berrima households and occupations in the 1841 census (p.6).
• Newspaper extracts include an 1899 proposal for the district as a federal capital and accounts of water supply and local services (p.7).

Original Society source