April 2017

Contents

• President’s column and meeting notices - page 1The President reflects on misheard phrases; upcoming speakers include Peta Seaton and Eric Savage.
• Local events and photography talk - page 2Lists 2017 heritage events and reports on James Walters’ presentation about photographic history and preservation.
• Peta Seaton and Caroline Simpson memoir - page 3Introduces Seaton’s archaeology talk and a donated memoir of heritage supporter Caroline Simpson, who owned Harper’s Mansion and had connections with Newbury Farm.
• Mittagong railway, industry and sidings - page 4Philip Morton traces railway facilities, livestock traffic, the Joadja siding and the Box Vale colliery railway.
• Railway duplication and the Loop Line - page 5The railway history continues through duplication, the 1919 deviation via Bargo, the retained Picton-Mittagong Loop Line and the station centenary.
• Heritage festival: collection in pictures - page 6Describes the Society’s 2017 exhibition of photographs and paintings at the Wingecarribee civic centre.
• Stitched with Love exhibition - page 7Introduces a museum display of bonnets commemorating convict women and explains its connection to Christina Henri’s Roses from the Heart project.
• Society information - page 8Contact, opening, membership and committee information printed in April 2017; details may have since changed.

Issue highlights

• Philip Morton traces Mittagong’s railway facilities, private sidings, duplication and the Loop Line (pp.4-5).
• The Society presents historic pictures and a convict-bonnet exhibition for the 2017 Heritage Festival (pp.6-7).
• A donated memoir introduces Caroline Simpson and her support for heritage projects (p.3).

Original Society source