Contents

• President’s column and upcoming meetings - page 1Introduces stories of Talgarno private hospital and the Lower Mittagong windmill, notes plans for the Bong Bong settlement bicentenary and announces the resumption of meetings.
• Bundanoon heritage trail and Society notices - page 2Records the April 2021 unveiling of heritage trail signs at the Old Goods Shed, the accompanying self-guided brochure and Bruce Moore’s humorous reflections on pandemic language.
• Berrima internment and Bong Bong bicentenary - page 3Introduces author Wendy Hamilton and her book about Berrima’s wartime internment camp, and outlines the history of Bong Bong Common and plans for its 2021 commemoration.
• Local medical care and private hospitals - page 4Begins a series on private hospitals in Mittagong, Bowral and Moss Vale, with background on Bowral’s 1889 cottage hospital and its 1961 Milton Park maternity and hospital wing.
• Talgarno private hospital, Mittagong - page 5Traces Matron Drummond’s work at Talgarno, the 1922 hospital relief fund, accident cases treated there, its closure by 1933 and subsequent use as a boarding house.
• George Cutter and the Lower Mittagong windmill - page 6Introduces Cutter’s Kangaroo Inn and the wooden post mill reported completed in 1831, with a discussion of its proposed location and an illustration of a comparable British mill.
• Windmill estate advertisements and later owners - page 7Recounts 1831-38 sale and auction notices, the Rowe family’s ownership, advertisements for a mill operator and later descriptions of the windmill’s decline.
• Society information and office bearers - page 8Lists Society contacts, opening times, membership fees and office bearers as printed in May 2021; these details are historical and may have changed.