February 2020

Contents

• President’s column and Society news - page 1Reports on the impact of bushfires, archive work, museum renovations and the upcoming talk on Meryla.
• Society notices and Moss Vale station - page 2Includes Bruce Moore’s school memories, historical Society notices and a photograph of a railway-history talk at Moss Vale station.
• Meryla Pass and Judith Green - page 3Introduces Philip Morton’s research into the Meryla and Werai area and celebrates Society member Judith Green’s centenary.
• Principia Mathematica in Bowral - page 4Linda Emery traces a Newton-annotated copy through the Bruce Smith family, alongside the beginning of an account of Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s 1893 visit.
• Franz Ferdinand at Moss Vale - page 5Draws on the archduke’s diary and newspaper reports to follow his 1893 train journey and hunting visit, with a photograph of later wartime internees at the station.
• Early local steam sawmills - page 6Philip Morton begins a history of timber cutting and Seery and Hayter’s East Kangaloon sawmill, including an 1889 newspaper account of its opening.
• A serial by postcard - page 7Ros Dale presents four early postcards from the Joe Ford collection and their correspondence, giving a glimpse of Bowral and Glenquarry social life.
• Society information and office bearers - page 8Lists Society contacts, opening times, membership fees and office bearers as printed in February 2020; these details are historical and may have changed.

Issue highlights

• Philip Morton introduces research into Meryla and Werai, and the Society celebrates member Judith Green’s centenary (p.3).
• Linda Emery traces a Newton-annotated Principia Mathematica through its Bowral connection; another article follows Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s 1893 Moss Vale visit (pp.4-5).
• A series on local steam sawmills begins with East Kangaloon, followed by early postcards from the Joe Ford collection (pp.6-7).

Original Society source