February 2016

Contents

• President’s column and meeting notices - page 1The president reflects on the new year and advertises upcoming Society meetings.
• Nancy Reynolds OAM: nursing and Society service - page 2An obituary recounts her long service as matron of Berrima District Hospital, her role in nursing education and her work preserving and cataloguing local hospital photographs and papers.
• Avon Dam motoring coat and Berrima parade - page 3A donated duster coat recalls James Henry and his family at the Avon Dam construction settlement; photographs record the Society’s 2016 Australia Day parade.
• James Powell: convict and Berrima identity - page 4Edited extracts from Bob Caldwell-Wearne’s research follow Powell’s transportation from Britain, assignment near Mittagong and ticket of leave.
• James Powell: business, family and property - page 5Continues the account of Powell’s family, Berrima businesses, coach service, School of Arts and property interests, and his later move to Sydney.
• Society photographs and newspaper extracts - page 6Photographs recall a 1998 Moss Vale Show and a Kiama outing; reprinted newspaper reports describe an 1827 snowstorm and a 1911 shooting accident at Hillview.
• Early brewery and wartime convalescent home - page 7Reprints an 1836 Berrima brewhouse advertisement and 1916-17 reports on The Mill convalescent home at Moss Vale, alongside historical newspaper extracts.
• Society information - page 8Contact, opening, membership and committee information printed in February 2016; details may have since changed.

Issue highlights

• An obituary records Nancy Reynolds’s nursing career, community service and Society archives work (p.2).
• A donated motoring coat recalls the Henry family at the Avon Dam construction settlement, alongside photographs of Berrima’s 2016 Australia Day parade (p.3).
• Edited extracts of Bob Caldwell-Wearne’s research follow transported convict James Powell through family life, Berrima businesses, property and community affairs (pp.4-5).
• Historic newspaper extracts include an 1836 Berrima brewery advertisement and reports on The Mill convalescent home at Moss Vale in 1916-17 (pp.6-7).

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