# Updates to bd.org.au

Completed website additions and improvements, newest first. Early entries are reconstructed from publication records; historical sources are credited on the linked pages.

2026-11-01
Website updates coordinated by Angus McKinnon with Codex.
- Expanded three 2017 newsletter reviews and added Box Vale railway, Bundanoon postal and Bowral golf stories. https://bd.org.au/collections/newsletters/
- Restored five missing names and completed nine wrapped names in the Rowes Hill finding aid, checked against the Society’s source. https://bd.org.au/collections/research-indexes/rowes-hill/
- Added three entries and corrected an occupation in the Yarrunga school finding aid after checking the Society’s transcript. https://bd.org.au/collections/schools/yarrunga/
- Corrected fourteen names and service-person entries in the Poppy Seeds finding aid after checking the Society’s original index. https://bd.org.au/collections/research-indexes/poppy-seeds/
- Corrected a misplaced note in the historical Mittagong infectious diseases table after checking the original register transcription. https://bd.org.au/collections/research-indexes/infectious-diseases/
- Added detailed contents for three 2017 newsletters, with new Moss Vale and Mittagong stories. https://bd.org.au/collections/newsletters/
- Expanded the December 2017 to March 2018 newsletter contents and added Bowral railway and Moss Vale remembrance stories. https://bd.org.au/collections/newsletters/
- Improved the Stats page fallback and added dated website quality scores. https://bd.org.au/stats/
- Expanded the April to June 2018 newsletter contents and added Moss Vale rectory and Bowral sampler histories. https://bd.org.au/collections/newsletters/
- Added this Updates page and a plain-text record of website changes. https://bd.org.au/updates/
- Added a maintenance guide for future website updates.
- Refined site search to keep utility pages out of research results. https://bd.org.au/search/
- Reviewed the original newsletters from July 2018 to August 2023, adding detailed contents and selected highlights. https://bd.org.au/collections/newsletters/
- Expanded Moss Vale history with the Scrutineer newspaper, street names, coaches, wartime farm workers, a bus rescue and the wooden water pipes. https://bd.org.au/places/moss-vale/
- Added Bowral stories about the Cordeaux family, the hospital, the March to Freedom, artist Archie Homann and the town water supply. https://bd.org.au/places/bowral/
- Expanded Mittagong’s fire brigade history, from its first coach-house to horse-drawn and motor fire engines. https://bd.org.au/places/mittagong/
- Added Robertson’s early bank manager, the Pritchett family and the 1907-08 drought at Carrington Falls. https://bd.org.au/places/robertson/
- Added Berrima stories including contrasting 1853 newspaper accounts and Society conservation work. https://bd.org.au/places/berrima/
- Expanded history and sources for Bong Bong, Burrawang, Wingello, Meryla and other towns and villages. https://bd.org.au/places/
- Added practical oral-history guidance and more about the Society’s conservation work. https://bd.org.au/research/
- Expanded Website Stats with daily, weekly, monthly and yearly views, traffic charts and crawler information. https://bd.org.au/stats/
- Made page headings bold throughout the Society site for a clearer visual hierarchy. https://bd.org.au/

2026-10-31
Website updates coordinated by Angus McKinnon with Codex.
- Reviewed original newsletters from September 2023 to October 2026, adding detailed article contents and selected highlights. https://bd.org.au/collections/newsletters/
- Expanded Moss Vale stories on coaching, the Lansley family, postal services, courts and the community centre. https://bd.org.au/places/moss-vale/
- Added Bowral stories on George Vincent, telephone operators, pigeon racing, courts, Bradstow and local businesses. https://bd.org.au/places/bowral/
- Expanded Mittagong history with music, railway, hospital, motorcycle and wartime stories. https://bd.org.au/places/mittagong/
- Added stories and pictures for Robertson, Berrima, Bundanoon, Sutton Forest, Fitzroy Falls, Canyonleigh and other places. https://bd.org.au/places/
- Added photographs and illustrations including a Moss Vale courthouse scene, the Machotka family and Bowral telephone operators. https://bd.org.au/collections/photographs/
- Improved town-page headings, document introductions, captions and the display of historical images. https://bd.org.au/places/
- Added searchable research tables and finding aids for local records, with links back to the originals. https://bd.org.au/collections/research-indexes/
- Updated search to cover the site and non-SPC documents while keeping the cement archive available to browse. https://bd.org.au/search/

2026-10-30
Website updates coordinated by Angus McKinnon with Codex.
- Redesigned the Society site with a larger photographic header, clearer reading layouts and illustrated historical stories. https://bd.org.au/
- Reorganised Berrima’s history into illustrated chapters with maps and sources alongside the story. https://bd.org.au/places/berrima/
- Published researched additions to many town and village histories, including Avoca, Balaclava, Canyonleigh, Woodlands, East Kangaloon and Balmoral. https://bd.org.au/places/
- Added research on Joadja’s shale transport, Wingello’s railway village and Tallong’s station name. https://bd.org.au/places/joadja/
- Added historical parish maps and land-sale plans to town histories, including Moss Vale, Bowral, Bong Bong, Bargo and Balmoral. https://bd.org.au/collections/maps/
- Added the 1886 Throsby suburban-lots poster and related newspaper evidence to the Moss Vale and Bong Bong histories. https://bd.org.au/places/moss-vale/
- Expanded Mittagong history with its windmill, School of Arts and Talgarno hospital. https://bd.org.au/places/mittagong/
- Expanded newsletter summaries and connected relevant issues to town histories. https://bd.org.au/collections/newsletters/

2026-10-29
Website updates coordinated by Angus McKinnon with Codex.
- Launched the Society website with town histories, newsletters, photographs, maps, research guides and the library catalogue. https://bd.org.au/
- Published The Cottage at 7 Lee Street, Mittagong, with its property history, sources and questions for further research. https://bd.org.au/7-Lee-Street-Mittagong/
- Added histories of Yerrinbool, High Range and Mandemar, with their schools and railway connections. https://bd.org.au/places/
- Expanded Exeter and Fitzroy Falls stories and the contents of newsletters 588 and 589. https://bd.org.au/collections/newsletters/
- Added the Meryla story and expanded newsletters 590 and 591. https://bd.org.au/places/meryla/

2026-10-28
Website updates coordinated by Angus McKinnon.
- The bd.org.au domain was registered and planning began for a new Society website. The first pages were published on 29 October.