July 2021

Contents

• President’s column and Society news - page 1Lockdown notices and introductions to the Moss Vale hospital and Lower Mittagong family histories.
• Sutton Forest school clock - page 2The school’s centenary clock and its transfer to the Society after the school closed; a Troy family photograph introduces the family history.
• Moss Vale private hospitals - page 3An overview of maternity and cottage hospitals and the early Ayrshire hospital, alongside an account of returning donated family books.
• Garryowen and the community hospital - page 4Several hospitals used the Garryowen name; the article traces their locations, closure and the 1955 community hospital opening.
• Moss Vale Community Hospital - page 5The hospital’s staff, ownership, community support, expansion and closure in 1984.
• The Hanks family at Lower Mittagong - page 6Carolyn Dougherty continues the family history, following Mary and Phillis Hanks and the Riley connection to Bloomfield.
• Louisa Hanks and Thomas Troy - page 7The family’s move to Lower Mittagong, farming and the land donated for a church, school and cemetery.
• Society information and office bearers - page 8Contact, opening and committee details as printed in July 2021; they may have changed.

Issue highlights

• The final part of a series on local private hospitals focuses on Moss Vale (pp.3-4).
• The history of Garryowen and other maternity hospitals is discussed (p.4).
• The Moss Vale hospital story includes Matron Porter and changes in its management (p.5).
• The Hanks family history continues with James Hanks’s descendants and Lower Mittagong connections (pp.6-7).

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