May 2025

Contents

• President’s column - page 1Introduces the move to Moss Vale, a Frensham talk, museum work and the Lee and Dawson families.
• Farewell to Mittagong archives - page 2Bruce Moore writes about nicknames; a history traces the Society’s use of the former council building.
• Frensham and Berrima mariners - page 3Ros Buick’s talk is introduced alongside a maritime article about interned German seamen.
• Cement newsletters digitised - page 4Ian Mackey reports on the launch of the digitised Southern Portland Cement and Blue Circle newsletters.
• Mittagong’s Lee and Dawson families - page 5Begins the family history with stonemason Joseph Lee, Leslie Cottage and the Dawson family.
• Dawson Brothers and Leslie Lee - page 6Describes the Mittagong store and Leslie Lee’s writing, work and artistic interests.
• Claude and Gladys Lee - page 7Follows their music, community and theatre connections and events at Leslie Cottage.
• Society information - page 8Contact and committee details as printed in May 2025.

Issue highlights

• Ros Buick tells the story of Frensham School founders Winifred West and Phyllis Clubbe (p.3).
• Signals uses Society Image Library photographs with Bruce Stannard's article on German mariners interned at Berrima (p.3).
• The SPC newsletter launch reports 324 issues and 8,800 pages digitised, led by Ian Mackey (p.4).
• Mittagong’s Lee and Dawson family history follows stonemasonry, the Dawson Brothers store, writing and community life (pp.5-7).

Original Society source