December 2018

Contents

• Society year in review - page 1Ian Mackey reports on the annual meeting, archives research team, family-history group and preparations for the museum’s digital gallery.
• Christmas recollections and holiday hours - page 2Bruce Moore reflects humorously on Christmas preparations; the issue prints historical holiday opening arrangements.
• Remembrance Day and Southern Highlands 1200 - page 3Records the closing of the museum’s First World War exhibition and recounts the creation of the Williams Gallery and the coming digital gallery.
• Mittagong remembers the Armistice - page 4Linda Emery contrasts local celebrations in November 1918 with the grief of families including the MacCallums.
• Books on Mount Gibraltar, trachyte and the Hume - page 5Introduces publications on the Gib’s environment and quarrying, the use of trachyte, and Stephen Gard’s Hume Highway histories.
• The Cullen family at Burrawang - page 6Philip Morton follows the Cullen and Vance families from Ireland to Burrawang, including farming, the Commercial Hotel and John Cullen’s move into Moss Vale business.
• Cullen hotels in Moss Vale - page 7Continues with the Terminus and Royal hotels and James Cullen’s Family Hotel, coach bookings and later changes to the building.
• 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

• Berrima Public School marks the centenary of the First World War armistice at the museum (p.3).
• Linda Emery presents an armistice commemoration address at Mittagong (p.4).
• A local history series begins the Cullen family’s story at Burrawang and their hotel businesses at Moss Vale (pp.6-7).
• Publications on Mount Gibraltar, its environment and the use of trachyte in Sydney buildings are introduced (p.5).

Original Society source