July 2016

Contents

• President’s column and meeting notices - page 1A satirical column on election language accompanies notices for the July meeting and archives open day.
• Archives open day and corrections - page 2Announces the 2016 open day and corrects the previous issue’s reporting on the SH1200 exhibition, museum accession process and a McCleery birth-date misprint.
• Mittagong Farm Home and local place names - page 3Introduces Leonie Knapman’s research on the Cottage Homes and Renwick and discusses Bundanoon’s town status and local usage.
• Archives volunteer projects - page 4Lists work on photographs, cemetery records, church registers, accession forms, biography files, newspapers and family research.
• McCleery & Sons: the early workshop - page 5Philip Morton traces James McCleery’s family and the establishment of a Moss Vale blacksmith and coachbuilding business in 1883.
• McCleery & Sons: innovation and expansion - page 6The business history covers Frederick McCleery’s harness patent, the 1906 Sydney Show and growing coachbuilding orders.
• New books in the library - page 7Carolyn Dougherty lists recent acquisitions, including local histories of Willow Vale, Bundanoon, Tallong and Hill Top.
• Society information - page 8Contact, opening, membership and committee information printed in July 2016; details may have since changed.

Issue highlights

• Corrections clarify the preceding issue’s SH1200, accession and McCleery reports (p.2).
• Leonie Knapman introduces her research on the Mittagong Cottage Homes and Renwick (p.3).
• Philip Morton traces the McCleery family’s Moss Vale coachworks and harness innovation (pp.5-6).
• Recent library additions include several district histories (p.7).

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