June 2024

Contents

• President’s column and Society news - page 1Remembers volunteer Peg Harvey, notes the Chalker/Charker Society’s donation and introduces the cement-works newsletter digitisation project.
• Convict women and Society notices - page 2Introduces historian Carol Liston’s luncheon talk on convict women, alongside meeting photographs and Bruce Moore’s column.
• Vale Margaret Peg Harvey - page 3A tribute to the Society volunteer’s 27 years of research, indexing, museum and administrative service.
• Books recently added to the library - page 4Librarian Carolyn Dougherty lists family histories, local histories and reference works, including their shelf numbers.
• The Chalker/Charker Society - page 5Philip Morton outlines the family society, William Charker’s descendants and the early Lower Mittagong land associated with Elizabeth Sheckell.
• Law infrastructure in the eastern district - page 6Philip Morton and Marg Muntz trace policing and courts in the Highlands, including Robertson’s 1891 courthouse and residence.
• Burrawang’s early police station - page 7The village’s growth and William Barrett’s campaign for a constable, followed by the police station’s successive premises and 1920 closure.
• Society information and office bearers - page 8Contact, opening and committee details as printed in June 2024; they may have changed.

Issue highlights

• A tribute remembers Peg Harvey’s 27 years of Society, archive and museum work (p.3).
• The Chalker/Charker Society and William Charker’s family provide leads into Lower Mittagong’s early land history (p.5).
• Philip Morton and Marg Muntz trace police and court buildings at Robertson and Burrawang (pp.6-7); new library holdings are listed with shelf references (p.4).

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