February 2015

Contents

• Society information and meetings - page 1Lists 2015 Society details and announces Kevin Herring’s talk on parish maps.
• President’s report - page 2Reports the museum’s first exhibition in its new gallery and Berrima’s Australia Day activities.
• A Camera on Gallipoli - page 3Describes the Australian War Memorial travelling exhibition and photographer and surgeon Charles Ryan.
• Harlan Hall: Citizen of the Year - page 4Bruce Moore profiles the museum project manager and records his 2015 Wingecarribee community award.
• Berrima Australia Day weekend - page 5Reports the Gaolbreak open weekend, Society book sales, local photographs and the street parade.
• Parish maps and Mount Gibraltar - page 6Introduces Kevin Herring’s research using different editions of Bundanoon parish maps and a guide to Mount Gibraltar Heritage Reserve.
• Mittagong level-crossing tragedy - page 7Philip Morton recounts the 1902 death of gatekeeper Edward Nicholls and the inquest into the railway accident.
• Diary and Society information - page 8Meeting dates and postal information printed in February 2015; details may have since changed.

Issue highlights

• The museum opens its new Williams Gallery with the Australian War Memorial’s A Camera on Gallipoli exhibition (pp.2-3).
• The issue profiles Citizen of the Year Harlan Hall and reports the Berrima Gaol open weekend and Australia Day parade (pp.4-5).
• Kevin Herring introduces the value of comparing parish-map editions, including maps of Bundanoon (p.6).
• Philip Morton recounts the 1902 death of Mittagong gatekeeper Edward Nicholls and the inquest (p.7).

Original Society source