Contents

• President’s column and meeting notices - page 1Reflects on winter weather and local mining, and introduces forthcoming Society speakers.
• Society notices and Tallong publication - page 2Sets out proposed constitutional changes and introduces John Lombard’s Tales of Tallong.
• Changing Fortunes: Willow Vale - page 3Introduces Carolyn Dougherty’s history of Willow Vale, its early landholders and the private village offered for subdivision in 1882.
• Archives collections and Throsby Park objects - page 4Describes 1899 Wombeyan Caves photographs, donated annotated parish maps, the Poppy Seed project and an exhibition of Throsby Park objects.
• Dick Pitts and the Southern Highlands 1200 - page 5Michele Woods recounts the Mittagong soldier’s family, First World War service and the response of descendants to his museum display.
• Wallis family research and Mittagong Council - page 6Philip Morton follows an enquiry about Joseph and Regina Wallis and discusses a 1901 council photograph and John Mealing’s civic and business career.
• Road names and land subdivisions - page 7Reprints newspaper notices on Mittagong’s Mineral Springs subdivision, Bundanoon street names and other local roads, with Moss Vale court reports.
• Society information - page 8Contact, opening, membership and committee information printed in August 2015; details may have since changed.