February 2023

Contents

• President’s column and Society activities - page 1Museum volunteering, the Berrima Bridge Nursery exhibition, Australia Day and the first meetings of 2023.
• Society notices and Bruce Moore’s column - page 2Museum and archives information and a photograph of volunteers on Australia Day 2023.
• Glass-plate photographs and Sutton Forest bookshop - page 3Linda Emery introduces the Emil Hill glass-plate negatives, with images of the 1908 Mittagong waterworks and 1930 swimming pool; the page also describes the Barnsley family’s 1895 butcher shop and later bookshop at Sutton Forest.
• Berrima Museum and the Crowe nursery - page 4Museum visits and Bud Townsing’s new exhibition module about Claude and Isobel Crowe’s nursery and garden designs.
• Berrima Bridge Nursery history - page 5The Crowe family’s nursery, its expansion, irrigation and a later conservation management plan.
• New books in the Society library - page 6Carolyn Dougherty lists 2022 library additions and shelf numbers, including the Woodlands Volunteer Rural Fire Brigade history, migration records, local landscapes and family histories.
• Recent Society publications - page 7Descriptions of books on Exeter, Aboriginal history, early Berrima, Mittagong street names and the Berrima internment camp.
• Society information and office bearers - page 8Contact, opening and committee details as printed in February 2023; they may have changed.

Issue highlights

• Linda Emery introduces over 100 donated Emil Hill glass-plate negatives, including Mittagong waterworks, the Commercial Hotel and the swimming club (p.3).
• The 1895 Barnsley butcher shop at Sutton Forest later became a bookshop connected with the Book Town movement (p.3).
• A Berrima Bridge Nursery account follows Claude and Isobel Crowe from their 1943 nursery to irrigation, garden designs and expansion to Robertson (pp.4-5).
• Carolyn Dougherty lists 2022 library acquisitions, including a Woodlands Volunteer Rural Fire Brigade history and works on migration and family history (p.6).
• Recent Society publications cover Exeter, Mittagong street names, early Berrima, Aboriginal history and the First World War internment camp (p.7).

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