Newsletter December 2024
Explore the local history, family stories, research and Society news in this issue. The contents below summarise individual features and link to their original pages.
Contents
- President’s column - page 1Thanks volunteers, introduces the Christmas luncheon and a planned ancient Egyptian gardens display.
- Musings and local buildings - page 2Bruce Moore plays with car names; photographs introduce buildings associated with Charles Grove.
- Mary Ann Connor and library additions - page 3Linda Emery discusses a 1903 elector’s right held by a Canyon Leigh resident; new library holdings begin.
- New library holdings - page 4Lists additions on family history, local history, maps and cemetery records with shelf references.
- New library holdings continued - page 5Continues the acquisitions list, including railway, aviation and Joadja research.
- A tribute to Hamilton Hume - page 6Introduces Hume’s early life and the bicentenary of the Hume and Hovell expedition.
- Routes through the Southern Highlands - page 7Follows accounts of early journeys, Aboriginal guidance and changing southern road routes.
- Society information - page 8Contact and committee details as printed in December 2024.
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Follow places named in the contents into their local histories.