Contents

• President’s report and meeting notices - page 1Remembers researcher Max Rogers and introduces the Mittagong railway anniversary and forthcoming photography talk.
• Station anniversary and Society notices - page 2Reports a 2017 celebration at Mittagong station and announces heritage and research events.
• Photograph preservation and Wombeyan Caves - page 3Introduces conservator James Walters and describes restoration of Charles Taylor’s stereoscopic Wombeyan Caves images in the Society collection.
• Remembering Max Rogers - page 4An obituary traces Rogers’ newspaper career, work as Society librarian and research officer, donations and volunteer service.
• Mittagong railway station - page 5Philip Morton, assisted by Frank Mitchell and Marg Muntz, describes the 1867 opening, early station layout, turntable and refreshment facilities.
• Philip King and the museum boathouse - page 6Recalls King’s work for the museum, the discovery and repair of the internees’ canoe and construction of its display building.
• Philip King and the Stortebeker canoe - page 7Continues the history of the canoe’s museum display and includes a family tribute to Philip King.
• Society information - page 8Contact, opening, membership and committee information printed in March 2017; details may have since changed.

Issue highlights

• An obituary remembers Society librarian and researcher Max Rogers (p.4).
• Philip Morton traces the opening and early facilities of Mittagong railway station (p.5).
• The Society recalls Philip King’s work and the history of the Stortebeker canoe and museum boathouse (pp.6-7).
• The Society describes conservation and digitisation of Taylor family stereoscopic photographs of Wombeyan Caves (p.3).

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