Contents

• President’s column and Society activities - page 1Notes Tulip Time, the archive lease and planned improvements, and introduces a talk on Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s 1893 visit.
• Society notices and Bradman family photograph - page 2Includes Bruce Moore’s playful use of names and idioms, historical Society notices and a photograph of the Bradman family’s early Bowral home.
• Franz Ferdinand’s 1893 Australian journey - page 3Introduces Dr Frank O’Rourke’s talk and historical photographs of the archduke’s visit to Arthursleigh near Marulan.
• RAHS conference and Mount Gibraltar stairs - page 4Leonie Knapman reports on the Tamworth conference, alongside an account of restoration of the 1930s trachyte stairway on Mount Gibraltar.
• John George Morris of Bowral - page 5Philip Morton traces the early life and commercial career of Bowral storekeeper, auctioneer and mayor John George Morris.
• Morris’s business and Bradman Oval - page 6Continues Morris’s Bowral and Kangaloon connections and begins the history of Glebe Park, Bradman Oval and the pavilion.
• Bradman Oval and Pavilion - page 7Follows the oval’s naming, improvements and the development of the pavilion and Bradman Museum.
• Society information and office bearers - page 8Lists Society contacts, opening times, membership fees and office bearers as printed in October 2019; these details are historical and may have changed.

Issue highlights

• Frank O’Rourke introduces Franz Ferdinand’s 1893 Australian visit and Arthursleigh (p.3).
• The Society reports on the Royal Australian Historical Society conference at Tamworth (p.4).
• The issue profiles Bowral business pioneer John George Morris and traces Bradman Oval and its pavilion (pp.5-7).

Original Society source