Contents

• President’s column and meeting notices - page 1Agricultural shows, Bong Bong archaeological research and Linda Emery’s history of Emira in Moss Vale.
• Agricultural shows in NSW - page 2Introduces a Royal Australian Historical Society project on show history, with a 1908 Robertson Show family photograph.
• Bong Bong archaeology and Berrima River Walk - page 3Archaeologist Alexander Beben’s forthcoming talk, a garden-history exhibition and interpretation of the internment camp.
• Professor Ian Jack’s report on Bong Bong - page 4Extracts from his 1993 report trace the early South Road, river crossing and government settlement.
• Bong Bong: road changes and archaeology - page 5The report follows the shift to Berrima, later road and bridge changes, and proposed protection of archaeological areas.
• Emira, Moss Vale: land and early owners - page 6Linda Emery follows the Throsby Park subdivision, the Lambeth family and the house shown on the 1917 Glorigan Hill Estate plan.
• Emira: later owners and subdivision - page 7The Hordern and Pavitt families, the house’s changing name and subsequent subdivision are traced.
• Society information and office bearers - page 8Contact, opening and committee details as printed in October 2022; they may have changed.