April 2024

Contents

• President’s column: the museum’s history - page 1Remembers Harlan Hall and Bob and Gloria Williams and recounts volunteers’ work to establish and extend the Berrima museum.
• Museum photograph and Society notices - page 2A 2014 photograph of Harlan Hall and Bob and Gloria Williams at the Williams Gallery, alongside meeting notices and Bruce Moore’s column.
• A tribute to Harlan Hall - page 3His engineering, museum and fundraising work, including the construction and digital development of the Williams Gallery.
• A tribute to Bob and Gloria Williams - page 4Their long service to the Society and Berrima museum, collection management and regional museum networks.
• Williams Gallery and Gwen Meredith - page 5The naming of the Williams Gallery in 2014 and the beginning of a profile of the Blue Hills writer.
• Gwen Meredith: The Lawsons and Blue Hills - page 6Her radio writing and research, and the period living at Lynton in Moss Vale.
• Gwen Meredith in the Southern Highlands - page 7Her later years in Berrima and Bowral, with local recollections contributed by Jill Lees and Ian Mackey.
• Society information and office bearers - page 8Contact, opening and committee details as printed in April 2024; they may have changed.

Issue highlights

• Tributes remember Harlan Hall and Bob and Gloria Williams for their work with the Society and Berrima District Museum (pp.3-5).
• A profile follows writer Gwen Meredith’s radio serials The Lawsons and Blue Hills and her life in Moss Vale, Berrima and Bowral (pp.5-7).

Original Society source