Contents

• President’s report and meeting notices - page 1Reports the annual meeting and thanks outgoing treasurer Patricia Doris; notes the Society’s summer meeting break.
• Annual meeting and Society notices - page 2Records the election of Ian Mackey as treasurer and other 2017 appointments, alongside historical opening and membership information.
• Berrima District Museum - page 3Reviews 2016 visitor activity, volunteer work, recent objects and the museum’s connections to the Berrima walking and river trails.
• Mittagong and three Irish sisters - page 4Philip Morton traces Graham sisters Catherine, Margaret and Elizabeth and their families, including Catherine’s work at a cottage home and the 1906 fire.
• The Graham sisters and Ravensdale - page 5The family account continues through Ravensdale, the McFarlanes, the Tyrrell dairy and Catherine Smith’s later life; it continues in the next issue.
• Bowral’s early school and John Warren - page 6Describes the development of the church and school and the appointment of John Westlake Warren as public-school teacher, drawing on family research.
• From the newspapers - page 7Reproduces reports on Robertson cheese-making, local property and industry, and the 1893 consecration of High Range’s St Thomas’ Church.
• Society information - page 8Contact, opening, membership and committee information printed in December 2016; details may have since changed.