June 2023

Contents

• President’s column and Society news - page 1A local model railway, plans to visit The Mill, new publications and articles on Belmore Falls and dairying.
• The Mill at Moss Vale - page 2The planned Society visit includes a brief history of the former flour mill and wartime convalescent home.
• Archives report and biography files - page 3Linda Emery reports completion of a six-year project to digitise more than 3,500 biography files, and introduces the Exeter luncheon speaker.
• Life Behind the Bar - page 4Philip Morton describes Shylie Brown’s research into Southern Highlands inns and the planned updated edition.
• Belmore Falls: a historical overview - page 5A history of the falls, naming, Barrengarry Park, early visitor routes and lookouts.
• Local dairying: milk trains and cooperatives - page 6Philip Morton traces refrigeration, railway transport, competition with the Illawarra and an update to the earlier history of Mittagong’s factory.
• Butter factories across the district - page 7Factories at Wildes Meadow, Kangaloon, Robertson and other places, and the development of the Berrima District Farm and Dairy Company.
• Society information and office bearers - page 8Contact, opening and committee details as printed in June 2023; they may have changed.

Issue highlights

• The Exeter luncheon is revisited in the newsletter (p.3).
• The Archives report records digitisation of 3,500 biography files (p.3).
• Diane McAllery and Denyce Welch's six years of work are acknowledged in the archive update (p.3).
• A history of Belmore Falls describes its naming, the reservation of Barrengarry Park and early tourist routes (p.5).
• The third dairying instalment follows milk trains, cooperatives and the growth of factories at Glenquarry, Kangaloon, Wildes Meadow and other localities (pp.6-7).
• Philip Morton describes Shylie Brown’s research into Southern Highlands inns and hotel licensees for Life Behind the Bar (p.4).

Original Society source