March 2022

Contents

• President’s column and Society news - page 1Plans for temporary relocation during the Mittagong building upgrade, the museum exhibition and the return of meetings in 2022.
• Lone Pine on the Roy Baker Walkway - page 2A rediscovered memorial plaque beside Whites Creek, and recollections of Moss Vale’s walkway and its namesake.
• Marist Brothers at Mittagong - page 3Linda Emery recounts the 1905 purchase of the Hermitage property and the building of the novitiate; Bud Townsing introduces an 1891 glass-slide collection.
• The Hermitage and its community - page 4The farm, juniorate, novitiate and changes to the Marist property, including the 1929 fire and later retreat centre.
• Victor Bradman and the Old Council Chambers - page 5Corrections to Victor Bradman’s family and sporting history, and the 1954 addition to Mittagong’s School of Arts complex.
• Mittagong’s civic building and council - page 6The Memorial Hall, library moves and local government changes leading to the 1981 amalgamation.
• Society archives and the Playhouse - page 7The Society’s move to the former chambers, debates over the building’s future and its refurbishment as a history and arts centre.
• Society information and office bearers - page 8Contact, opening and committee details as printed in March 2022; they may have changed.

Issue highlights

• Bud Townsing introduces a collection of 1891 photographic slides; Linda Emery begins a history of Marist Brothers at Mittagong (p.3).
• The Hermitage’s buildings, farm and training activities are described (p.4).
• A correction clarifies Victor Bradman’s family, while the former Mittagong council chambers history follows the 1954 addition and later community use (pp.5-7).

Original Society source