September 2025

Contents

• President’s column - page 1Introduces Berrima gaol books, a talk on Israel Chapman and the history of Doug Cull and Ulster Park.
• Musings and book launch - page 2Bruce Moore plays with words involving free; a photograph records the launch of two Berrima publications.
• Israel Chapman and William Chalker - page 3Frank Mitchell introduces his talk, and the museum records a sword associated with William Chalker or Charker.
• Moule family history and the grandfather clock - page 4A family history book is introduced alongside the story of Dr Wise’s clock and its move to Moss Vale.
• Douglas Cull and the Society - page 5The article begins a biography of former Society president Doug Cull and his service in the Second World War.
• Cull at Ulster Park - page 6His wartime experience, farming and the history of Ulster Park and Peter Hart are discussed.
• Ulster Park in Cull’s words - page 7A recollection from Echoes through the Mist describes his experience of farming at Fitzroy Falls.
• Society information - page 8Contact and committee details as printed in September 2025.

Issue highlights

• Frank Mitchell introduces a talk on Israel Chapman, and the museum records a sword associated with William Chalker (p.3).
• A Moule family history and the Society’s historic grandfather clock are described (p.4).
• A biography follows former Society president Douglas Cull’s wartime service and farming at Ulster Park near Fitzroy Falls, with his own recollections (pp.5-7).

Original Society source