May 2018

Contents

• Fort Denison and Anzac commemorations - page 1Ian Mackey recalls a visit to Fort Denison, reports Society representation at local Anzac services and remembers Avoca resident George Schofield.
• Society meeting and Berrima book launch - page 2Reports a special general meeting and the launch of Ros Dale’s children’s book set in colonial Berrima.
• Janet Black on Tallong - page 3Introduces Tallong history, the 1818 expedition, local place names and the railway station’s 1905 name change.
• The journey of an embroidered sampler - page 4Denise Mackey continues the Freeman family story through Parramatta, Goulburn and Sutton Forest.
• The sampler reaches Bowral and Berrima - page 5Follows the sampler through the Charker family, Bowral hotels and its eventual donation and restoration at the museum.
• Glimpses of Wingello and Nowra coachmen - page 6Introduces a Wingello community history and Alan Clark’s book about Nowra district coachmen and coachbuilders.
• Bowral School of Arts - page 7Philip Morton traces the School of Arts from 1873, its 1885 Bendooley Street building and the development of local library services.
• Society information and office bearers - page 8Lists Society contacts, opening times, membership fees and office bearers as printed in 2018; these details are historical and may have changed.

Issue highlights

• Janet Black introduces her research into Tallong’s history (p.3).
• A family sampler leads into the Freeman family’s history at Sutton Forest (p.4).
• The sampler and Freeman family story continues alongside a history of Bowral’s School of Arts and new books on Wingello and district coachmen (pp.5-7).

Original Society source