Guide to the Records of the Berrima District Historical Society
MS 3141
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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)
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: Powell Family (File 4)
James Powell, 1817-1885. Notes and photographs. George E. Makin - photograph and note.
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
* 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)
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".
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".
Mittagong (File 16)
Photographs, clippings; Publication: Centenary of Australia's first iron smelting at Mittagong, NSW 1848-1948