August 2021

Contents

• President’s column and Society news - page 1Plans for the Mittagong building, property research, and introductions to Raimondo Stuparich and the Harrison family.
• A reader’s Moss Vale hospital research - page 2A family historian responds to the previous issue’s hospital article; cartoons of Berrima internees introduce the following biography.
• Raimondo Stuparich at Berrima - page 3His great-nephew Davide Csermely traces a multilingual seafarer’s family and wartime internment, drawing on family research.
• Stuparich’s later life and the Harrison Estate - page 4The family biography continues through Europe and Karachi; a history of Bowral’s Harrison family and estate begins.
• David and Martha Harrison - page 5The family’s migration, Bowral store, postal agency, smithy, livery business and Holme Hale property.
• Holme Hale and Gwydyr: two houses - page 6Family historian Anne Pollitt’s research distinguishes the Harrison residence from a later neighbouring house with a shared name.
• From Holme Hale to Tor Lodge - page 7Successive owners and names, the 1954 fire at the separate Gwydyr house, and the establishment of Tor Lodge guesthouse.
• Society information and office bearers - page 8Contact, opening and committee details as printed in August 2021; they may have changed.

Issue highlights

• A family enquiry sheds light on First World War Berrima internee Raimondo (p.3).
• A feature introduces the Harrison family and Holme Hale in Bowral (p.4).
• The Harrison family account discusses David and Martha Harrison’s trade and family history (p.5).
• The history of Bowral residence Holme Hale follows its owners and its later name, Gwydir (pp.6-7).

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