Guide to the Records of the Berrima District Historical Society

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MS 3141

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Collection Summary

Creator
Berrima District Historical Society
Title
Papers of Berrima District Historical Society
Date Range
1736-1972
Collection Number
MS 3141
Extent
0.45 metres (3 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
National Library of Australia

Introduction

Scope and Contents

The papers comprise biographical details about families in the Berrima District and historical notes about Berrima, Yarrawa, Bowral, Bong Bong, Mossvale, Sutton Forest, Bundanoon and Mittagong. Items marked * have not been copied as they are held already by the Library.

Conditions Governing Access

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn342846).

Conditions Governing Use

Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.

Preferred Citation

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Records of the Berrima District Historical Society, National Library of Australia, MS 3141, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Finding Aid Source(s)

Please note: This finding aid may comprise or contain descriptive information provided by donors, researchers and/or volunteers.

Item Descriptions

Atkinson Family (File 1)

James and John Atkinson; compiled by Janet L. Cosh for members of the Atkinson family.

Oxley Family (File 1)

John and Isabella Oxley. A talk presented to the Society by Miss Molly Oxley, August 1966.

Blencowe Family (File 1)

Thomas Blencowe of "Brookville" Wildes Meadow. Information from Mrs Arnold Saxton, Wahroonga.

Carter Family (File 2)

The Carter family of Golden Vale and Emu Creek. Account of the Family by John Carter of Lake Edward. Photo of "Golden Vale". Photo of a kangaroo shoot. (folio run)

Comer Family (File 2)

James Comer. Information supplied by Miss Addie Comer, Aitkin Street, Bowral

Cowley Family (File 2)

Newspaper clippings, family table and notes.

Grice Family (File 3)

Detailed account of Walter Grice (1832-1890) and his descendants. 4 photographs.

Loseby Family (File 3)

Article written by Robert Loseby "Early Days of the District - the Loseby Family". Article about and photograph of Sarah Gregg Loseby. Family table.

Rush Family (File 3)

Copied typescript articles about Bartholomew Rush and his son William Charles Rush.

Howard Family (File 3)

Biographical note about Reverend Stanley Howard, 1850-1883. Printed note on his son, Charles Stanley Allan Howard and his wife, Mary Anna Howard. (1853-1943). Family tree. Photographs.

Waite Family (File 3)

Family table. Clippings and notes about John Waite and his brother William Waite. Photographs of members of the family.

Berrima Group: Galbraith Family (File 4)

Thomas Palmer Galbraith and family - note and photographs.

Berrima Group: Powell Family (File 4)

James Powell, 1817-1885. Notes and photographs. George E. Makin - photograph and note.

Berrima Group: Armfield Family (File 4)

Note about Edward Armfield, grandson of James Ruse.

Berrima Group: McCourt Family (File 4)

Photographs and notes about William McCourt and William Rupert McCourt.

Berrima Group: Lambert Family (File 4)

Notes and photographs relating to Dr George Proud Lambert (1826-1904). Photographs and information given by Miss G. Hopkins of Berrima.

Places: Berrima (File 5)

Photographs of various places of interest in Berrima. Newspaper clippings. Material relating to the Foundation of the Berrima Village Trust.

Places: Berrima Gaol (File 6)

Photographs; Clippings; Publications: 48 views of the Concentration Camp. Berrima. 1914-1919; Berrima Training Centre. Prisons Dept NSW; Reminiscences of Gaol Life at Berrima, by W. G. Small; An Illustrated Diary of Australian Internment Camps, by Lt. Edmond Samuels. Tyrrell's, Sydney, 1919

Places: Berrima Courthouse (File 7)

Articles on Berrima 1967-8, by Miss Ada Harper (File 8)

* Notes on Early History of Berrima Village, compiled by S. O. Wrightson, Berrima Village Trust. Berrima. Notes on Early History of Berrima. April 1966. Pamphlet. A brief history of Berrima, NSW (File 9)

Yarrawa District (File 10)

Newspaper clippings, publications, photographs

Bowral (File 11)

* Publications: Commonwealth Jubilee, 1951; Back to Bowral Celebrations, 1926; * Bowral Municipality, Jubilee Souvenir, 1886-1936; Bowral Association Band, Jubilee Souvenir, 1894-1944; Delighful Bowral. "Tales of a Grandmother".

Bong Bong (File 12)

Clippings, photographs and a publication. Bong Bong Commemoration. 1821-1947.

Moss Vale (File 13)

Clippings and photographs

Sutton Forest (File 14)

Clippings, photographs and publications: Silken Whispers from Sutton Forest, being District, School and Church, Early General History. 1959; "The 150 Anniversary".

Bundanoon (File 15)

Clippings and photographs

Mittagong (File 16)

Photographs, clippings; Publication: Centenary of Australia's first iron smelting at Mittagong, NSW 1848-1948

Churches. Clippings and notes of the early history of the various churches. (File 17)

Petition 1858 by the inhabitants of the district of Berrima. Issues of Scutineer April 1903. Sir John See, March, 1902. Rod Quinn. The Rocks. (File 18)

JOADJA, engine photo. Isedale certificate, 2 photostats. Album-Berrima during German internment. (File 19)

Sub-division of Mossvale (about 1968). S. W. section of town - Scrutineer supplement. 22 June 1897. (Item)

In folio run.

Sub-division plan showing the layout of the town of Sutton Forest North. (Item)

In folio run.

Poster - "The Sanatorium of the South, New Village of Meryla". (Item)

In folio run.

Sub-division plan of Parish of Sutton Forest, County of Camden. (Item)

In folio run.

Scrutineer dup. 3 March 1900. (Item)

In folio run.


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