September 2021

Contents

• President’s column and Society news - page 1Lockdown meetings, the proposed Mittagong hall upgrade and an introduction to the Bowral RSL Sub-Branch history.
• Online meetings and Society notices - page 2The first Society Zoom presentation, shared talks with the Bundanoon History Group and membership notices.
• Berrima Gaol and museum - page 3Ros Dale’s planned presentation on the gaol and changing penal systems, and a visitor’s letter to the museum.
• Library acquisitions - page 4A list of recently acquired local and family histories, rail resources and a Bong Bong archaeological assessment.
• Holme Hale and the Bowral RSL - page 5The former house and guesthouse, the formation of the Nattai and Bowral sub-branches and the original war memorial.
• Bowral RSL community life - page 6Members, fundraising for the hospital, the women’s auxiliary and the purchase and later sale of Tor Lodge.
• Club premises and war memorial - page 7Later meeting places and work on the memorial; issue 542, page 2, corrects an attribution concerning the 2002 reconstruction.
• Society information and office bearers - page 8Contact, opening and committee details as printed in September 2021; they may have changed.

Issue highlights

• Ros Dale discusses Berrima and changes to the penal system (p.3).
• The librarian lists research-library acquisitions made since July 2020 (p.4).
• The story of Holme Hale and Tor Lodge continues into the history of Bowral’s RSL Sub-Branch (pp.5-7).
• Sub-Branch members, meeting places and additions to the war memorial are recalled (pp.6-7).

Original Society source