Contents

• President’s column and Society history - page 1Describes the Society’s pandemic closures and archive improvements, and recalls earlier homes of the museum and archives.
• Society notices and archives upgrade - page 2Includes Bruce Moore’s humorous column, historical Society notices and photographs of the reorganised Mittagong archives.
• Captain Albert Jacka - page 3In place of a cancelled talk, an account drawn from the Australian War Memorial and notes by his nephew Ken Jacka traces the serviceman’s life.
• Giovanna Ameris at Bong Bong - page 4Linda Emery follows the Scottish singer Jane Anne Aimers, known as Giovanna Ameris, whose grave is at Christ Church, Bong Bong.
• Early local steam-sawmill operators - page 5Philip Morton concludes the history of Thomas Seery and John Hayter, their East Kangaloon and Mount Murray mills and Hayter’s community work.
• Society anniversary and 2011 review - page 6Recalls the Society’s founding meeting in 1960 and reviews displays, appointments and events in 2011.
• Society history: 2011-2013 - page 7Reviews the Avoca war history book launch, museum volunteers, the image library and Ron Mumford’s work on Avoca history.
• Society information and office bearers - page 8Lists Society contacts, opening times, membership fees and office bearers as printed in April 2020; these details are historical and may have changed.