October 2017

Contents

• President’s column and meeting notices - page 1Bruce Moore reflects on illness and public gatherings; the issue announces an archives roadshow and annual meeting.
• Family reunion and Society notices - page 2Continues the president’s column and announces a Chalker and Charker family reunion at Welby.
• Archives roadshow and research report - page 3Linda Emery reports on house-history enquiries and a family-history seminar; the Society invites members to share objects at a roadshow.
• Windows into Wartime and place-name research - page 4Introduces a State Archives exhibition and reports David Blair’s talk on researching local place names and their uncertain meanings.
• Berrima Courthouse and George Paton - page 5Linda Emery traces the stonemason’s work on Berrima Courthouse and Sydney’s Hero of Waterloo hotel.
• Henry Taylor’s public life - page 6Philip Morton continues the Moss Vale hotelkeeper’s story, including local organisations, council and connections with William McCourt.
• Taylor, McCourt and local government - page 7Continues the account through Moss Vale waterworks, electoral politics and Taylor’s role as Wingecarribee Shire president.
• Society information and office bearers - page 8Lists Society contacts, opening times, membership fees and office bearers as printed in 2017; these details are historical and may have changed.

Issue highlights

• A family-history seminar leads to a new informal interest group (p.3).
• The museum introduces Windows into Wartime and members hear about Australian placenames (p.4).
• Linda Emery links Berrima Court House and Sydney’s Hero of Waterloo Hotel through stonemason George Paton (p.5).
• The second part of Henry Taylor’s story follows his public life and Moss Vale local government (pp.6-7).

Original Society source