Society archives lease and image talk - page 1Ian Mackey recounts 2019 Council decisions about the Society’s Mittagong archives lease and Linda Emery’s talk on early district transport.
Society events and museum exhibition - page 2Lists 2019 meetings and Anzac commemorations and introduces Stephen Gard’s Old Hume history; Bruce Moore contributes a humorous column.
The mystery of “A Man Killed Here” - page 3Linda Emery traces the preservation and relocation of an inscribed roadside stone near Berrima and examines unverified stories about the person commemorated.
Bradman Oval and Bowral cricket - page 4Begins a history of Glebe Park and the young Donald Bradman, drawing on the Bradman Foundation and local residents’ recollections.
The naming of Bradman Oval - page 5Philip Morton traces early cricket, proposals to name the ground for Bradman, the 1938 council decision and later improvements.
Society information and office bearers - page 8Lists Society contacts, opening times, membership fees and office bearers as printed in 2019; these details are historical and may have changed.
Issue highlights
Linda Emery examines the stories behind the Berrima stone marked A Man Killed Here (p.3).
The history of Don Bradman and Bowral’s Bradman Oval is introduced (p.4).
The Bradman Oval history continues, followed by accounts of Governor Young’s 1864 visit and the Fitzroy Iron Works (pp.5-7).
