November 2019

Contents

• President’s column and archive lease - page 1Reports the Society’s new archive lease and Council options for the Mittagong Memorial Hall, together with annual meeting and Christmas notices.
• Annual meeting and Bradstow screening - page 2Introduces the 1974 ABC program on Bowral and R. A. Wild’s study, alongside Bruce Moore’s Sunday-driving memories and historical notices.
• Poppy Seed from France - page 3Frank Mitchell reviews the Society’s research publication on the seed registers, wartime remembrance and people commemorated by applicants.
• President’s annual report - page 4Reviews the museum’s digital gallery, archive lease, street-name and digitisation projects, and plans for the Berrima school exhibition.
• Archivist’s and museum annual reports - page 5Describes archive indexing and donated Crown plans, and records museum exhibitions, workshops and activity through 2018-19.
• Research and publications annual reports - page 6Frank Mitchell reviews family and local-history enquiries, Vietnam Memorial Walk research and the Poppy Seed project; Jenny Frost reports on publications.
• Society annual reports - page 7The treasurer, conservation, membership, library and family-history reports record Society activities and collections work during 2019.
• Society information and office bearers - page 8Lists Society contacts, opening times, membership fees and office bearers as printed in November 2019; these details are historical and may have changed.

Issue highlights

• A review introduces the Poppy Seed from France research publication (p.3).
• The president reports on the Society’s archives, photograph library and museum planning (p.4).
• The Society’s 2019 annual reports cover archives, museum, research, publications and membership (pp.5-7).

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