April 2015

Contents

• Society information and meetings - page 1Lists 2015 Society details and announces a presentation on the Southern Highlands 1200 exhibition.
• President’s report and Eldridge collection - page 2Describes preparations for the exhibition and a loan of wartime items associated with Hill Top siblings Eric and Margaret Eldridge.
• Archives acquisitions and museum entrance - page 3Reports a Moss Vale bowling club photograph, collection indexing and the opening of the museum’s upgraded entrance.
• Preparing the Southern Highlands 1200 exhibition - page 4Describes the Williams Gallery project and introduces Linda Emery’s account of the district’s First World War service.
• Wartime families and convalescent homes - page 5Continues Linda Emery’s account with family memorabilia, local nurses and convalescent homes at Burradoo, Moss Vale and Exeter.
• Mittagong highway deviation proposals - page 6Philip Morton traces the 1937-50 proposals to replace dangerous crossings and their implications for the recreation reserve.
• New Sheffield tour and local newspapers - page 7Describes a Mittagong tour of Leslie Cottage, the former school and church, and reproduces historical newspaper extracts.
• Diary and Society information - page 8Meeting dates and postal information printed in April 2015; details may have since changed.

Issue highlights

• The archives report notes a Moss Vale bowling club photograph and collection-indexing projects (p.3).
• Linda Emery describes the Southern Highlands 1200 exhibition, local families and wartime convalescent homes at Burradoo, Moss Vale and Exeter (pp.4-5).
• Philip Morton traces proposals for Mittagong’s highway deviation and the effect on the recreation reserve (p.6).
• A tour of Mittagong’s New Sheffield precinct visits Leslie Cottage, the former school and the Uniting Church (p.7).

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