September 2019

Contents

• President’s column and Mount Gibraltar - page 1Describes restoration of the trachyte stairway and introduces the Berrima school anniversary exhibition and local studies collection talk.
• A 1950s holiday road trip - page 2Bruce Moore recalls travelling north in a Morris Minor; historical notices include a Bundanoon History Group fundraising sale.
• Local studies collection and Sutton Forest plaque - page 3Introduces Wingecarribee Library’s local studies collection and records a plaque unveiled for six local victims of John Lynch.
• Italian prisoner of war research - page 4Frank Mitchell reports a research enquiry about Sebastiano Di Campli, an Italian prisoner of war who worked on Moss Vale farms during 1944-45.
• The 1959 Bong Bong flood rescue - page 5Narelle Bowern recalls passengers being rescued from a school bus stranded by floodwaters at the Bong Bong bridge.
• Belmore Falls lorry and a Mittagong accident - page 6Recounts a 1948 lorry accident at Belmore Falls and begins an 1891 newspaper account of a fatal falling-tree accident.
• The Morris family and a Mittagong tragedy - page 7Continues the 1891 account of Michael Morris of Woodlands and describes the nearby Coach and Horses Hotel.
• Society information and office bearers - page 8Lists Society contacts, opening times, membership fees and office bearers as printed in September 2019; these details are historical and may have changed.

Issue highlights

• Wingecarribee’s local studies collection and a Sutton Forest plaque are introduced (p.3).
• Frank Mitchell reports research into Italian prisoner of war Sebastiano Di Campli and local farm work (p.4).
• The issue recounts the 1959 Bong Bong school-bus flood rescue, a Belmore Falls lorry accident and the 1891 death of Michael Morris of Woodlands (pp.5-7).

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