November 2015

Contents

• President’s annual report and meeting notices - page 1Introduces the Society’s annual reports and reflects on the new Williams Gallery and the year’s activities.
• 2015 activities and Wombeyan Caves grant - page 2Continues the president’s report and notes a grant to conserve and scan 32 stereoscopic views of Wombeyan Caves from 1899.
• Browley, Oldbury and the Kangaroo March - page 3Describes a Society visit to historic Sutton Forest properties Browley and Oldbury, and compares photographs of the 1915 recruitment march and its centenary re-enactment at Exeter.
• Berrima’s Pugin church - page 4Philip Morton traces the early Catholic mission, St Scholastica’s construction and the later recognition of architect Augustus Pugin’s design.
• Archivist’s and museum manager’s reports - page 5Records collection donations, digitisation of Wombeyan Caves photographs, the Williams Gallery and the museum’s 2015 exhibitions.
• Research, library and Society reports - page 6Annual reports discuss research enquiries, the library collection, finances and newsletter circulation in 2015.
• Bundanoon history and newspaper extracts - page 7Introduces the Bundanoon History Group’s A Place of Deep Gullies and reproduces historical newspaper accounts from Bowral and Wingello.
• Society information - page 8Contact, opening, membership and committee information printed in November 2015; details may have since changed.

Issue highlights

• Members visit Browley and Oldbury near Sutton Forest; photographs compare the 1915 Kangaroo recruitment march with its centenary re-enactment at Exeter (p.3).
• Philip Morton introduces the history and rediscovery of Berrima’s Pugin-designed Catholic church (p.4).
• Annual reports describe the Williams Gallery, local research and collections including early Wombeyan Caves photographs and Moss Vale Caravan Park images (pp.2, 5-6).
• The issue introduces A Place of Deep Gullies, a Bundanoon history, and reprints Bowral and Wingello newspaper extracts (p.7).

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