April 2016

Contents

• President’s column and meeting notices - page 1A playful language column accompanies notices for Shylie Brown’s talk on the district’s inns and hotels.
• Photography books and Society notices - page 2Reports proposed memorial arrangements at Sutton Forest and the donation of two albums on photographers of Exeter and Bundanoon.
• Inns research and archives report - page 3Introduces Shylie Brown’s Life Behind the Bar and Linda Emery reports on Sutton Forest photographs, photographic albums and biography-file digitisation.
• Upcoming tours and events - page 4Lists 2016 historical tours and events, including a First Fleeters visit to the Sydney Conservatorium and a memorial event.
• Waite Street and railway memories - page 5A family-history enquiry leads to a discussion of John Waite and Browley; a railway heritage project seeks memories of the Great Southern Line.
• Conservation and newspaper collection - page 6Describes photo conservation and the transfer of bound local newspapers from the Southern Highland News to the Society archives.
• Kurkulla and Ada Evans - page 7Philip Morton continues the Bowral property history, focusing on law graduate Ada Evans and the barriers she faced entering the legal profession.
• Society information - page 8Contact, opening, membership and committee information printed in April 2016; details may have since changed.

Issue highlights

• Shylie Brown’s inns research and new photographic collections are introduced (pp.2-3).
• A Waite family enquiry and the acquisition of bound local newspapers illustrate archive research and conservation (pp.5-6).
• Philip Morton traces Ada Evans’ connection with Kurkulla and her campaign to enter the legal profession (p.7).

Original Society source