Contents

• President’s column and meeting notices - page 1The President recalls Joy Murrin’s advice on variant names in NSW birth, death and marriage indexes; forthcoming speakers include Tina Allen and David Blair.
• Remembering John McColgan - page 2An obituary recalls the local historian’s family connections, Mittagong businesses, community involvement, two Southern Highlands books and articles contributed to the Society.
• Tina Allen and family-history seminar - page 3Introduces Allen’s biography of bionic-ear surgeon Bill Gibson and outlines a members’ seminar on local collections, online and Irish records, verification and research problems.
• Books from Max Rogers’ collection - page 4Lists books from the late Max Rogers’ collection and other library acquisitions, including local and regional histories, with catalogue references.
• Throsby Park and medical collections - page 5Describes the 2017 museum display of objects from Throsby Park and medical equipment donated by Dr John Roche, including items associated with the former Berrima District Cottage Hospital.
• Mittagong during the 1930s: daily life - page 6John McColgan recalls Depression-era walking, neighbours, horse-drawn deliveries, ice-boxes, reused kerosene tins, industrial remnants and local policing.
• Mittagong during the 1930s: leisure and change - page 7McColgan remembers pictures, community singing, radio and children’s games, and describes the 1939 bushfire and local sewerage works. His recollection of a royal event contains a chronological error.
• Society information - page 8Contact, opening, membership and committee information printed in August 2017; details may have since changed.