December 2021

Contents

• President’s column and Society news - page 1The 2021 annual meeting, volunteers, museum exhibition and plans for the Mittagong building.
• Society notices and volunteer recognition - page 2A notice about Digging up the Past, archive holiday arrangements and a photograph recognising retiring volunteers.
• Elizabeth Throsby’s last wishes - page 3Linda Emery examines bequests and funeral instructions in Elizabeth Throsby’s codicil; the page also recognises Peg Harvey’s Society service.
• Gardens and Landscapes exhibition - page 4A guide to the ten exhibition screens, featuring district gardens, Louisa Atkinson, Bundanoon photographs and Bowral’s Tulip Time.
• Mittagong School of Arts beginnings - page 5Philip Morton introduces the building complex and traces the institute from its 1880s reading room to its 1899 home.
• A home for the School of Arts - page 6The exchange of sites, Arthur Tooth’s support, the 1899 opening and plans for a new hall.
• Building the School of Arts Hall - page 7Letters and contemporary reports document the 1911 hall, the Joadja materials and sandstone from the old ironworks site.
• Society information and office bearers - page 8Contact, opening and committee details as printed in December 2021; they may have changed.

Issue highlights

• Peg Harvey’s service is recognised and Linda Emery explores Elizabeth Throsby’s will (p.3).
• A museum exhibition introduces Southern Highlands gardens and landscapes (p.4).
• Mittagong’s School of Arts, established in 1886, grew into a building used for community and civic purposes (pp.5-7).
• The account draws on local histories and surviving committee correspondence about the building (pp.5-7).

Original Society source