June 2017

Contents

• President’s column and meeting notices - page 1The President plays with figures of speech and announces the June luncheon and July family-history speakers.
• Luncheon and railway anniversary - page 2Introduces the June luncheon and plans for the 150th anniversary of Moss Vale railway station, including a request for historic photographs and objects.
• Carol Liston and Bowral Golf Club - page 3Introduces historian Carol Liston and traces the golf club from early Burradoo links to Bowral courses and the later Kangaloon Road site.
• Bundanoon postal services: Jordan’s Crossing - page 4Philip Morton uses Postmaster-General correspondence to trace the unofficial post office, appointments and community petitions in the 1870s and early 1880s.
• Bundanoon’s official Post and Telegraph Office - page 5The postal history continues through competing proposals, John Slatter’s appointment and the opening of an official combined office in October 1899.
• Bong Bong Common booklet - page 6Reports the launch of a booklet on the common, its history and conservation, and Council’s 2017 acquisition of an additional portion.
• From the newspapers: Berrima and Towrang - page 7Reproduces an 1843 district council report and a 1951 retrospective on Towrang stockade and the Great South Road; the latter is a historical interpretation requiring corroboration.
• Society information - page 8Contact, opening, membership and committee information printed in June 2017; details may have since changed.

Issue highlights

• Bowral Golf Club’s early courses and an address by historian Carol Liston are introduced (p.3).
• Philip Morton traces Bundanoon’s postal and telegraph services from Jordan’s Crossing to the official office opened in 1899 (pp.4-5).
• A new Bong Bong Common booklet and historical newspaper extracts are featured (pp.6-7).

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