Boating on the Wingecarribee River.
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Boating on the Wingecarribee River [1]

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Decorated Commonwealth Jubilee float in Moss Vale, 1951.
Decorated Commonwealth Jubilee float in Moss Vale, 1951. [2]
Bowral Cordial Works delivery truck decorated with flags and crates.
Bowral Cordial Works delivery truck decorated with flags and crates. [3]
Horse-drawn mail cart on a rural road, captioned Robertson to Bowral Mail.
Horse-drawn mail cart on a rural road, captioned Robertson to Bowral Mail. [4]
Four adults seated in an open-roofed touring car, Moss Vale, 1921-1926.
Four adults seated in an open-roofed touring car, Moss Vale, 1921-1926. [5]
Driver and passengers in an early truck on a country road, captioned Wingecarribee Shire Council truck circa 1917.
Driver and passengers in an early truck on a country road, captioned Wingecarribee Shire Council truck circa 1917. [6]
Frank Reynolds driving horses while making hay at Brookdale, Moss Vale, November 1923.
Frank Reynolds driving horses while making hay at Brookdale, Moss Vale, November 1923. [7]
Albert Reynolds standing beside a motorcycle, dated 1917-1919 in the Society caption.
Albert Reynolds standing beside a motorcycle, dated 1917-1919 in the Society caption. [8]
Bus partly submerged in floodwater at Moss Vale in the 1950s.
Bus partly submerged in floodwater at Moss Vale in the 1950s. [9]
Berrima District Museum exterior at Market Place and Bryan Street.
Berrima District Museum exterior at Market Place and Bryan Street. [10]
Wingecarribee Shire Council Civic Centre in Moss Vale.
Wingecarribee Shire Council Civic Centre in Moss Vale. [11]
Historic books on shelves.
Historic books on shelves. [12]
Golden Vale house and garden at Sutton Forest.
Golden Vale house and garden at Sutton Forest. [13]
Blast-furnace area at the Fitzroy Iron Works, Mittagong, photographed between 1875 and 1913.
Blast-furnace area at the Fitzroy Iron Works, Mittagong, photographed between 1875 and 1913. [14]
Mrs Brightwell and her daughter Amy Brightwell at Bundanoon, circa 1920.
Mrs Brightwell and her daughter Amy Brightwell at Bundanoon, circa 1920. [15]
Oil shale works at Joadja, shown in a late nineteenth-century company catalogue.
Oil shale works at Joadja, shown in a late nineteenth-century company catalogue. [16]
People gathered outside Avoca Public School for an honour-roll unveiling in 1918.
People gathered outside Avoca Public School for an honour-roll unveiling in 1918. [17]
Motor car and people outside a Moss Vale newsagency, dated 1930 in the Society caption.
Motor car and people outside a Moss Vale newsagency, dated 1930 in the Society caption. [18]
An early motor car crossing a timber road bridge at Fitzroy Falls, dated to the 1920s in the Society caption.
An early motor car crossing a timber road bridge at Fitzroy Falls, dated to the 1920s in the Society caption. [19]
Wingello railway station building and platform photographed in 2006.
Wingello railway station building and platform photographed in 2006. [20]
An internee swimming beside a hut on the Wingecarribee River at Berrima, circa 1918.
An internee swimming beside a hut on the Wingecarribee River at Berrima, circa 1918. [21]
Aerial view of Burrawang village and surrounding fields.
Aerial view of Burrawang village and surrounding fields. [22]
Exeter railway station platforms and curved tracks in a historic photograph.
Exeter railway station platforms and curved tracks in a historic photograph. [23]
Hill Top railway station platform and tracks, with people on the platform.
Hill Top railway station platform and tracks, with people on the platform. [24]
Horse-drawn milk carts and people outside the Wildes Meadow butter factory.
Horse-drawn milk carts and people outside the Wildes Meadow butter factory. [25]
Railway platforms and station building at Tallong in 2006.
Railway platforms and station building at Tallong in 2006. [26]
Rail tracks and yard-working sign at Braemar, photographed in 2010.
Rail tracks and yard-working sign at Braemar, photographed in 2010. [27]
Limestone formations inside the area labelled Sculptor’s Studio, Old Cave, Wombeyan, in an early photograph.
Limestone formations inside the area labelled Sculptor’s Studio, Old Cave, Wombeyan, in an early photograph. [28]
The curved Avon Dam wall, its stone embankment and reservoir in 2009.
The curved Avon Dam wall, its stone embankment and reservoir in 2009. [29]
A steep rail incline, wagons and people at Joadja, photographed around 1885.
A steep rail incline, wagons and people at Joadja, photographed around 1885. [30]
A rail skip and tracks at Berrima Colliery in 1960.
A rail skip and tracks at Berrima Colliery in 1960. [31]
Historic colour photochrom print of cliffs, forest and waterfalls labelled Twin and Fitzroy Falls.
Historic colour photochrom print of cliffs, forest and waterfalls labelled Twin and Fitzroy Falls. [32]
Members of the Bowral Association Band, around 1915.
Bowral Association Band [33]
Boating on the Wingecarribee River.
Boating on the Wingecarribee River [34]
Ted Knapman and the bakery cart.
Ted Knapman and the bakery cart [35]
Western side of Aylmerton General Store, about the 1930s.
Aylmerton General Store [36]
Alberta Monaghan outside the teacher’s residence at Avoca Public School, in the 1940s.
The teacher’s residence at Avoca Public School [37]
Fitzroy Falls, around the 1920s.
Fitzroy Falls [38]
Glenquarry School pupils in the 1920s.
Pupils at Glenquarry School [39]
Roberton Park at Glenquarry in the 1960s.
Roberton Park [40]
Clergy and parishioners at the 1911 opening of St Luke’s Church, Glenquarry.
Opening of St Luke’s Church of England [41]
R. S. Smith & Co delivery vehicle at Folly Creek, Glenquarry, 1934.
R. S. Smith & Co delivery vehicle [42]
Scarlet Street apple orchard in Balaclava, around the 1920s.
Scarlet Street apple orchard [43]
Fern Cottage in Colo Vale, around 1915.
Fern Cottage, Colo Vale NSW [44]
Patrick Lindesay Crawford Shepherd with his sons Arthur Crawford and Stanley Gordon, 1891.
Patrick Lindesay Crawford Shepherd and sons Arthur Crawford and Stanley Gordon [45]
Pupils’ manual-work display at Colo Vale Public School, 1911.
Manual work at Colo Vale Public School [46]
Penrose railway station around 1979.
Penrose railway station [47]
A bullock team moving a house at Pine Villa, Kangaloon, around 1900.
Pine Villa [48]
Kangaloon Motor Transport Company milk truck, around 1930.
Kangaloon Motor Transport milk truck [49]
Milk truck collecting from dairy farms in Kangaloon in the 1950s.
Milk truck collecting from Kangaloon farms [50]
Tom Norman’s bullock team in Kia Ora Lane, Kangaloon.
Tom Norman’s bullock team [51]
Bargo railway station just after construction in 1919.
Bargo railway station [52]
Jimmy Smith hauling timber between Canyonleigh and Moss Vale.
Hauling timber, Canyonleigh NSW [53]
Horsemen at the Carter family’s annual kangaroo shoot at Nandi, Canyonleigh, 1896-1897.
Kangaroo Shoot, Canyonleigh NSW [54]
Black Bob’s Colliery at Canyonleigh, around the 1950s.
Black Bob’s Colliery, Canyonleigh NSW [55]
Bayfield on the Hume Highway at Welby, around 1983.
Bayfield, Hume Highway, Welby [56]
Outbuilding on Applegate Farm, Welby, in 1980.
Applegate Farm [57]
Bottom reservoir at Welby, around 1983.
Bottom reservoir, Welby [58]
Top reservoir at Welby Dam, around 1983.
Top reservoir at Welby Dam [59]
A steam train approaching Yerrinbool railway station, 1919.
A train approaches Yerrinbool station [60]
Construction of Berrima Cement Works in the late 1920s.
Berrima Cement Works under construction [61]
Blue Circle Southern Cement Works at New Berrima.
Blue Circle Southern Cement Works, New Berrima [62]
Southern Portland Cement’s 1963-64 first-grade cricket premiership team at New Berrima.
Southern Portland Cement first-grade cricket team [63]
Railway gatekeeper’s cottage at Werai in the 1890s.
Gatekeeper’s cottage, Werai [64]
Wilson’s tennis court on Orient Street, Willow Vale, around the 1920s.
Wilson’s Tennis Court, Willow Vale [65]
Rush’s Platform near Willow Vale, photographed in 1986.
Rush’s Platform near Willow Vale [66]
Olive Murray at the Murray family cottage, Willow Vale, Christmas 1953.
Murrays Cottage, Willow Vale [67]
Aerial view of Willow Vale in 1978, showing the loop line and local streets.
Aerial photograph of Willow Vale [68]
Workers and families at the Waratah Dairy Factory, East Kangaloon, 1891 to 1905.
Waratah Dairy Factory [69]
Mail contractor William Gay at Devil’s Elbow, East Kangaloon, around 1886.
Robertson to Bowral mail delivery [70]
Farmers delivering milk at the Waratah Dairy Factory, East Kangaloon, around 1900.
Waratah Dairy Factory receiving milk [71]
Residents outside East Kangaloon Post Office on its closing day in 1986.
Closing day at East Kangaloon Post Office [72]
Church of England Cemetery at East Kangaloon, photographed in 2000.
Church of England Cemetery [73]
St Thomas’ Church of England, High Range, in the 1890s.
St Thomas’ Church of England [74]
Morris Cowley Roadster at the Bullio tunnel on Wombeyan Caves Road, High Range, around 1928.
Wombeyan Caves Road [75]
Elizabeth Armfield and Edward Mudford on their wedding day in 1882.
Elizabeth Armfield and Edward Mudford [76]
Rear view of Wanganderry on Wombeyan Caves Road, High Range, around 1983.
Wanganderry [77]
Old shearing sheds on Wombeyan Caves Road, High Range, around 1982.
Old shearing sheds [78]
Sutter Cottage at Renwick Farm Home in 1982.
Sutter Cottage at Renwick Farm Home [79]
Pupils outside Mount Murray School.
Mount Murray School [80]
Construction work on the Moss Vale-Unanderra railway, around 1930.
Building the Moss Vale-Unanderra railway [81]
House on a hill at Wombeyan Caves, around 1982.
Wombeyan Caves [82]
Official party crossing the Wollondilly River on the new road to Wombeyan Caves in 1899.
First official party on the new Mittagong-Wombeyan road [83]
Remains of a property on Soapy Flat Road at Wombeyan Caves, around 1983.
Soapy Flat Road [84]
Forest Lodge, Alpine, around 1960.
Forest Lodge, Alpine [85]
Miner’s house at Medway, around 1900.
Miner’s house [86]
Family outside a Medway miners cottage in 1927.
Miners cottage [87]
Retorts and chimney stacks at Joadja Creek in 1934.
Joadja retorts [88]
Mine incline at Joadja Creek, around 1890.
The incline at Joadja Creek [89]
Carrington Row cottages at Joadja in 1934.
Carrington Row [90]
Haymaking at Wildes Meadow around 1895.
Haymaking at Wildes Meadow [91]
Butter factory at Wildes Meadow around 1900.
Butter Factory [92]
Emu Butter Factory shareholders outside Myra Vale Hotel in 1896.
Emu Butter Factory shareholders [93]
Myra Vale Hotel at Wildes Meadow.
Myra Vale Hotel [94]
Saddle Bridge crossing the railway cutting near Hilltop, between 1910 and 1920.
Saddle Bridge and Railway Cutting, Hilltop NSW [95]
Saddle Bridge and the Hilltop railway cutting, around 1890.
Saddle Bridge & Railway cutting, Hilltop NSW [96]
A steam train passing through the Hilltop rail cutting in 1967.
Hilltop Rail Cutting [97]
Construction of Yerrinbool Railway Station on 17 March 1919.
Yerrinbool Railway Station, NSW [98]
Guests on the verandah of Lurgan Guest House at Yerrinbool in the 1920s.
Lurgan Guest House, Yerrinbool NSW [99]
The Fuller/Kerins family outside a slab hut at Yerrinbool, around the 1930s.
Kerins Family, Yerrinbool NSW [100]
Parents, teachers and pupils outside Yerrinbool Public School, around the 1930s.
Yerrinbool Public School NSW [101]
The Simons family at Strathdon farm orchard, Yerrinbool, around 1928.
Simons Family at Strathdon, Yerrinbool NSW [102]
Berrima Court House at the corner of Wiltshire and Argyle Streets, photographed in 1992.
Berrima Court House, corner Wiltshire and Argyle Street Berrima NSW [103]
Bowral Court House, Town Hall and School of Arts in Bendooley Street, around 1910.
Bowral Court House, Town Hall and School of Arts, Bowral NSW [104]
Fitzroy Iron Works at Mittagong, looking north to Mount Gibraltar, around 1875.
Fitzroy Iron Works, Mittagong NSW [105]
Moss Vale Bowling Club, 14 February 1903.
Moss Vale Bowling Club [106]
Robertson Lancers, c. 1910.
Robertson Lancers [107]
Opening of Moss Vale-Unanderra railway, August 1932.
Opening of Moss Vale-Unanderra railway [108]
View of Bundanoon, c. 1910.
View of Bundanoon [109]
The Knoll Guest House, 1950s.
The Knoll Guest House [110]
Burrawang General Store, 1980s.
Burrawang General Store [111]
Old cottage in Hoddle Street nursery, c. 1983.
Old cottage in Hoddle Street nursery [112]
Redcourt, c. 1908.
Redcourt [113]
Exeter Railway Disaster, 1914.
Exeter Railway Disaster [114]
The former Prince Albert Inn on the Hume Highway at Braemar, photographed in 1986.
Prince Albert Inn, Hume Highway, Braemar NSW [115]
Kamilaroi Cottage and outbuildings on the Hume Highway at Braemar, photographed in 1986.
Kamilaroi Cottage and outbuildings, Hume Highway, Braemar NSW [116]
Weeping Falls on Sheepwash Creek at Braemar, around 1910 to 1917.
Weeping Falls, Braemar NSW [117]
Christ Church at Bong Bong, above the Wingecarribee River, around the 1940s.
Christ Church Bong Bong, Moss Vale NSW [118]
The Briars at Bong Bong before its 1946-47 renovation.
The Briars, Bong Bong NSW [119]
Racegoers at the old Bong Bong Picnic Races course in the 1890s.
Bong Bong Picnic Races, Bong Bong NSW [120]
Anglewood at Burradoo, around 1920.
Anglewood, Burradoo NSW [121]
Fairholme, the Burradoo Convalescent Home for First World War soldiers, 1915 to 1920.
Burradoo Convalescent Home, Burradoo NSW [122]
Abergeldie at Burradoo, photographed around the 1970s.
Abergeldie, Burradoo NSW [123]
Wingello railway station up platform, photographed around 1979.
Railway Station, Wingello, NSW [124]
The Top Shop at the corner of Forest Road and Railway Parade, Wingello, around 1979.
Top Shop, Forest Road and Railway Parade, Wingello NSW [125]
The original Richards house on Richards Lane at Mandemar, photographed around 1982.
Richards Lane Mandemar NSW [126]
Bendooley on Richards Lane at Mandemar, around 1982.
Bendooley, Richards Lane, Mandemar NSW [127]
Yates family Christmas picnic at Meryla in 1918.
Yates family, Meryla, NSW [128]
Yates family at a Christmas picnic at Meryla in December 1918.
Yates family, Meryla NSW [129]
Loading cabbages for the Sydney market at Yarrunga, around 1900.
Loading cabbages, Yarrunga, NSW [130]
James and Susan Faulks of Daisy Hill, North Yarrunga, in 1877.
James and Susan Faulks of Daisy Hill, North Yarrunga, NSW [131]
Barber's Creek at Tallong around 1900, before the railway dam raised the water level.
Barbers Creek, Tallong NSW [132]
Tallong's 1940 prize-winning pear-pyramid display at the Royal Agricultural Society competition in Sydney.
Tallong's Prize Winning Entry in the District Competition, Royal Agricultural Society (RAS), Sydney [133]
Taylor Bros Store at Sutton Forest around 1910, with people and a sulky outside.
Taylor Bros Store, Sutton Forest NSW [134]
Golden Vale homestead at Sutton Forest, around the 1870s.
Golden Vale, Sutton Forest NSW [135]
Marathon at Sutton Forest around 1920, later known as Montrose.
Marathon, Sutton Forest NSW [136]
Bridge crossing Paddys River in the Southern Highlands around the 1920s.
Paddys River, Southern Highlands, NSW [137]
Horses and carriages crossing a ford at Paddy's River, around 1910.
Paddy's River Crossing, Paddy's River NSW [138]
Billy and Uncle Tom at Paddys River bridge, dated 1921 to 1926.
Paddys River bridge [139]
Corlette’s newsagency on Argyle Street, Moss Vale, around the 1930s.
Moss Vale newsagency, Argyle Street [140]
Bullio road tunnel
Bullio road tunnel [141]
Opening of Goodman’s Ford bridge
Opening of Goodman’s Ford bridge [142]
Crossing at Goodman’s Ford
Crossing at Goodman’s Ford [143]
Students and teachers at Aylmerton Public School in 1937.
Aylmerton Public School, Mittagong NSW [144]
Bundanoon Railway Station after snow, around the 1940s.
Bundanoon Railway Station, Bundanoon NSW [145]
Hairpin bend on Barrengarry Pass from Fitzroy Falls to Kangaroo Valley, around the 1930s.
Hairpin Bend on Barrengarry Pass, Kangaroo Valley NSW [146]
Members of the Loseby family at Harby Farm around 1900.
Loseby family, Harby Farm, Bowral NSW [147]
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