November 2020

Contents

• President’s column and local hospitals - page 1Announces the planned reopening of the museum and archives, and introduces research into private hospitals in Moss Vale, Bowral and Mittagong.
• Moore Memorable Musings and reopening notices - page 2Bruce Moore plays with Australian slang alongside museum and archives notices and a photograph of family-history group members.
• Burrawang gathering and annual report - page 3Plans a cemetery transcription and outdoor lunch, pays tribute to Paula O’Rourke and begins the president’s 2020 report on Society activities.
• President’s and archivist’s reports - page 4Records the museum’s digital gallery project, the newsletter during lockdown, archives improvements, the image library and research and conservation work.
• Society annual reports - page 5The treasurer, conservation, publications and family-history reports describe finances, collections care, local history publications and restricted group activities in 2020.
• Bowral station and official residences - page 6Traces the railway’s arrival, the original station and later platforms and introduces research into Bowral’s separate stationmaster’s residence.
• Bowral stationmasters and residence - page 7Uses newspapers and other records to describe the 1890 residence contract, a partial list of stationmasters and the building’s later sale.
• Society information and office bearers - page 8Lists Society contacts, opening times, membership fees and office bearers as printed in November 2020; these details are historical and may have changed.

Issue highlights

• The Society’s annual reports and a Burrawang Cemetery transcription gathering are introduced (p.3).
• The museum’s digital-gallery work and the Society’s image library are reported (p.4).
• Society annual reports discuss finances, publications and activity during 2020 (p.5).
• Bowral railway station’s official residences and the lives and duties of stationmasters are explored (pp.6-7).

Original Society source