November 2017

Contents

• The Society’s 500th newsletter - page 1President Bruce Moore marks the milestone and recalls the Society’s founding and early newsletters.
• The Society’s early homes - page 2Continues the Society’s history, including the move of the museum building to Berrima and the establishment of the Mittagong archives.
• Once Upon a Hume book review - page 3Reviews Stephen Gard’s history of the early road south from Sydney, alongside Society event notices.
• President’s and archivist’s annual reports - page 4Reviews 2017 Society activities, archive accessions and the loss of research officer Max Rogers.
• Museum, treasury and research reports - page 5Reports museum activities and finances and records the decision to form a research team after Max Rogers’s death.
• Library, publications and conservation reports - page 6Describes the Max Rogers Research Library, publication work and care of newspapers and artwork.
• Henry William Taylor of Moss Vale - page 7Philip Morton concludes a history of Taylor’s civic work and contested 1910 appointment as district coroner.
• 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

• The 500th issue recalls the Society’s beginnings, early newsletters, museum and archives (pp.1-2).
• Annual reports cover the museum, research, library and conservation, including the work of Max Rogers (pp.4-6).
• Philip Morton concludes his history of Moss Vale civic figure Henry William Taylor and his contested appointment as coroner (p.7).
• Stephen Gard’s Once Upon a Hume is reviewed (p.3).

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