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December 19, 2015
June 17, 2015
BATHURST 2015 EXHIBITION & Bathurst BICENTENARY - e-newsletter - Issue 10-May 2015
FROM THE NEWSLETTER EDITOR
May has certainly been another busy month as Bathurst celebrates the continuing activities of the 200th year since Governor Macquarie journeyed to the area to see for himself that the region was “truly grand, beautiful and interesting, forming one of the finest landscapes I ever saw in any Country I have yet visited. The soil is uncommonly good and fertile, fit for every purpose of Cultivation and Pasture.”
With his entourage Macquarie proceeded to explore the local landscape so he could report back to England on his return.
Bathurstians have supported the 2015 events in large numbers in attending the opening of the Flag Staff, two Colonial Fairs, Bicentenary Illumination and Street Festival, the Peoplescape, Reflections - 200 Years of Women’s Fashions, Snapshots in Time and the Wall of Valour, A Moment in Time, Mrs. Macquarie’s Cello, The Crossing, “Anzacs At Gallipoli” tribute and display and much more.
With these events over we will now concentrate on the BATHEX 2015 Bicentenary Collectables, Gem and Mineral Exhibition - Bathurst Remembers 200 Years of History being held at the Bathurst Showgrounds on Saturday and Sunday 26th and 27th September, 2015. It will be held in the three jammed packed pavilions and the surrounding showground on Sydney Road. This is the tenth such event with the first commencing in 1988.
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WHAT HAS HAPPENED SO FAR!
The Bathurst District Historical Society has had a number of events under its umbrella with the first being the official opening of the Old Government Cottage Bicentennial Heritage Garden on Sunday 29th March. The opening was part of Bathurst’s Bicentennial celebrations. The impressive new garden is located at 16 Stanley Street down by the Macquarie River and is open every Sunday afternoon from 12 noon until 4pm.
The Bathurst Garden Club is responsible for the success of the garden which attracts an increasing number of visitors every Sunday. Members of the garden club professionally designed, set out and established the Bicentennial Heritage Garden. Their concept was to educate and show visitors who come to see the historic brick cottage the types of plants that would have been in a typical Bathurst household garden some 150 years and more ago. Our garden from the Georgian-Victorian era has herbs, vegetables, berries and fruit such as apricot, apples and pears as well as fragrant fresh flowers.
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September 24, 2014
The Wolgan Valley Railway
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Shay locomotive on the Wolgan Valley railway
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The Wolgan Valley Railway
Shortly after his retirement from the NSW Department of Public Works
Deane was engaged as a consultant by the Commonwealth Oil Company
to manage the design and construction of a private railway in the NSW
Wolgan Valley to provide access to their shale oil works at Newnes.
The railway is approximately 50 km long, linking with the western
line of the NSW Railways at Clarence Junction in the Blue Mountains. It
mainly follows the course of the valley hemmed in by precipitous cliffs.
Deane concluded that it was inevitable that the railway would require 5
chain curves and 1 in 25 grades. Two short tunnels would be required.
The volume of freight to be handled would be around 1,000 tons per day,
which with the heavy grades, ruled out a narrow gauge line as being in-
adequate for the task.
The choice of locomotives was an important issue. No locomotives in
Australia at the time would be suitable for regular use on the line. Deane
found that there were several designs of locomotive in service in Europe
and North America that could meet the requirements. His preference was
for the American Shay locomotive which had several desirable features:
it had great hauling power, because the whole of its weight, both engine
and tender, were available for adhesion; unlike conventional locomotives
it was geared, so a very even turning force was applied of the wheels and
it was able to start easily on the ruling grade; it had a very short rigid
wheel base which enabled it to traverse very sharp curves; the length of
the boiler tubes was very short, a little over 3 m, so the difference of
the water in the boiler level in the boiler on steep grade was not serious.
Its only disadvantage was that to avoid excessive vibration, speed must
be limited to around 25km per hour. The Shay locomotive was a unique
design with three cylinders vertically mounted beside the boiler, which
was offset from the centre line of the locomotive. An articulated shaft
and gears transmitted the power to all the wheels on the locomotive and
tender.
The conference of engineers-in-chief that Deane chaired in 1903 met in
Melbourne, and was requested in March of that year by the Common-
wealth Minister for Home Affairs to review a large amount of information
that had been accumulated about the proposed Trans Australia railway.
Deane as chairman was to formally report its findings and recommenda-
tions. Dean submitted his final report in July advising the Minister that the
line should be standard gauge and follow a route from Kalgoorlie to Port
Augusta via Tarcoola. It could be constructed in three to four years at a
cost of just over £5 million, and by the tenth year turn an annual profit of
£18,000 on a revenue of £400,000.
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Shay locomotive on the Wolgan Valley railway
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Four of these locomotives were imported for operating on the line.
For most of its operating life there was one train per day with a load of
400 tons, double headed over the steepest part of the line. It left Newnes
at 8.30 am and retuned at 4.30 pm. This one train carried both freight and
passengers. For a brief period in 1909 there were two trains per day.
Most of the railway was laid with second hand 75 lb double headed
rails purchased from NSW Railways and the remainder of the line was
laid with rather lighter second hand flat bottomed rails from Tasmanian
Railways.
The railway opened in 1907. There were serious delays in commissioning the works at Newnes, and initially the products carried on the
line were not oil produsts refined at Newnes but metallurgical coke and
shale for retorting elsewhere. The first refined oil was despatched in 1911.
These operations were not profitable and the works closed in 1913, with
train service reduced to one train per week. Various efforts were made over the years to achieve profitable operations at Newnes, but none was
successful. The railway was abandoned before World War II. The rails
were taken up during the war and sent to Tobruk.
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September 20, 2014
HERITAGE September-October 2014
Food for thought ................... Editor’s note
Carpe diem - literally speaking - “seize the day”! Take every opportunity, and don’t put all your trust in tomorrow.
Do we really realise how lucky we are in the opportunities that avail us to experience history today? Everywhere we turn, there are community groups and individuals offering experiences through seminars, collections, tours and publications about our past.
Family history groups and historical societies, museums individuals and tourist organisations abound throughout the country, where dedicated members “work” to collect, store and disseminate information about where we came from, how we reached these shores and how Australia developed from a simple colony to the nation we know today. I say “work” because to them it is often not work but a labour of love.
With the passing of John Leary OAM, it would seem timely to look back and see where we of BMACHO have come from in fostering these opportunities. BMACHO commenced in 2006 with the aim to foster and support cultural heritage activities related to the Blue Mountains. To revisit the Objects of the Constitution:
1. To raise public consciousness of the value of cultural heritage.
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Carpe diem - literally speaking - “seize the day”! Take every opportunity, and don’t put all your trust in tomorrow.
Do we really realise how lucky we are in the opportunities that avail us to experience history today? Everywhere we turn, there are community groups and individuals offering experiences through seminars, collections, tours and publications about our past.
Family history groups and historical societies, museums individuals and tourist organisations abound throughout the country, where dedicated members “work” to collect, store and disseminate information about where we came from, how we reached these shores and how Australia developed from a simple colony to the nation we know today. I say “work” because to them it is often not work but a labour of love.
With the passing of John Leary OAM, it would seem timely to look back and see where we of BMACHO have come from in fostering these opportunities. BMACHO commenced in 2006 with the aim to foster and support cultural heritage activities related to the Blue Mountains. To revisit the Objects of the Constitution:
1. To raise public consciousness of the value of cultural heritage.
2. To encourage and assist the cultural heritage activities of member organisations.
3. To initiate and support cultural heritage activities not already covered by member
organisations.
BMACHO seeks to take every opportunity to bring together many groups to share information and promote culture and heritage throughout the greater Blue Mountains area and beyond. In light of this the most current initiative is our Heritage Trail project. Our diverse membership uniquely blends the skills and resources of historical, cultural and heritage groups, major tourist attractions, gardens and galleries. We need to promote our collective skills and assets to the widest possible audience.
BMACHO is taking up the challenge and is producing a high quality Heritage Trail leaflet and trail map for distribution through Visitors’ Centres, historical societies, family history societies and museums, with contribution from BMACHO members. In addition, a dedicated website which presents the map and detailed contacts, for all BMACHO members, is also envisaged, in due course.
BMACHO seeks to take every opportunity to bring together many groups to share information and promote culture and heritage throughout the greater Blue Mountains area and beyond. In light of this the most current initiative is our Heritage Trail project. Our diverse membership uniquely blends the skills and resources of historical, cultural and heritage groups, major tourist attractions, gardens and galleries. We need to promote our collective skills and assets to the widest possible audience.
BMACHO is taking up the challenge and is producing a high quality Heritage Trail leaflet and trail map for distribution through Visitors’ Centres, historical societies, family history societies and museums, with contribution from BMACHO members. In addition, a dedicated website which presents the map and detailed contacts, for all BMACHO members, is also envisaged, in due course.
The Heritage Trail would incorporate open days for BMACHO member groups perhaps
quarterly, proceeding along the Great Western Highway from Emu Plains to Lithgow, and up
the Bells Line of Road from the Hawkesbury to Lithgow. If visitors can see the premises
open on the Common Open Days, they can plan a trail that is comfortable for them to travel
in a day.
Not every member group has premises, but those without may be able to use a hall or library to facilitate visitors. Even if a member is not able to participate in the Common Open Days, they can list their opening hours on the leaflet.
Not every member group has premises, but those without may be able to use a hall or library to facilitate visitors. Even if a member is not able to participate in the Common Open Days, they can list their opening hours on the leaflet.
Funding is to be generated through corporate sponsorship and through participant’s
participation fees. The launch of the project should be later in early 2015.
In the meantime, BMACHO will continue to collect and share information and events through this Newsletter. News items are always welcome, from the smallest note to articles in the order of 1500 words. Photographs will always help to illustrate the story and should be sent as separate files. Please direct any items to the editor pmoppett@gmail.com or to the secretary jkoperberg@bigpond.com
Patsy Moppett
Heritage Newsletter Editor
Blue Mountains Association of Cultural & Heritage Organisations Inc
In the meantime, BMACHO will continue to collect and share information and events through this Newsletter. News items are always welcome, from the smallest note to articles in the order of 1500 words. Photographs will always help to illustrate the story and should be sent as separate files. Please direct any items to the editor pmoppett@gmail.com or to the secretary jkoperberg@bigpond.com
Patsy Moppett
Heritage Newsletter Editor
Blue Mountains Association of Cultural & Heritage Organisations Inc
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September 3, 2014
Bathurst 2015 Celebrations & BATHEX Exhibition
FROM THE NEWSLETTER EDITOR
This is the first of a series of e-newsletters to be produced in a series that will promote Bathurst’s upcoming 200th Anniversary, the BATHEX 2015 Bicentenary Collectables, Gem and Mineral Exhibition - Bathurst Remembers 200 Years of History and other various functions and exciting activities which will take place throughout next year.
BATHEX stands for ‘Bathurst Exhibition’ which has been going in Bathurst every two or three years since 1988. It follows somewhat along the lines of the historic Bathurst Juvenile Industrial Exhibition which ran from 2nd to the 9th November, 1881, some 134 years ago next year.
This e-newsletter is to assist in promoting BATHEX 200 and other events taking place during the year- long celebrations next year as Bathurst marks its 200th birthday.
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July 1, 2014
May 3, 2014
WIRADJURI COUNTRY - Article in Bathurst Newsletter No 98 April – June 2014
WIRADJURI COUNTRY
Bill Allen, Snr, making his speech.
Prior to Europeans arriving the Wiradjuri tribe inhabited a large area around the Bathurst Plains, having lived in the region for thousands of years. Wiradjuri land extended from the foothills of the Blue Mountains, west to the Hay district, north beyond Dubbo and south to the Murray River and Albury. It was the largest tribal region in Australia.
The coming of European settlement was to change all that. When Captain Henry Antill arrived with Governor Macquarie at Bathurst he felt that the local aboriginals were more advanced than the Sydney tribes. During their stay Governor Macquarie’s camp was visited by a “delegation of Wiradjuri tribesmen” and gifts were exchanged with them. Both Surveyor Evans and Governor Macquarie felt no threat from the Wiradjuri people at the time.
The most notable of the Wiradjuri people was Windradyne or ‘Saturday’ as he was known. He became famous when he led an uprising of some of the Wiradjuri people.
By 1822 fighting had broken out between the settlers and some local aboriginals. Windradyne was later captured, beaten and held in chains for four weeks in Bathurst. He was then released and told to ‘keep the peace’ though hostilities did not cease until Windradyne agreed to make peace. He died several years later on 21st March, 1829. Windradyne had been associated with George Suttor and his son William Henry Suttor at ‘Brucedale’ at Peel where he was later buried.
The Wiradjuri people lived in bark gunyahs, caves and natural shelters and always travelled light. They lived off the land, taking only what food they needed. Cleverly they understood the land and the breeding cycles of their food chain. They moved with their food source. The women made possum skin cloaks which were worn in colder months and which were noted at the Proclamation Day ceremony on 7th May, 1815, on the banks of the river Macquarie. The men made their own stone and wooden implements.
The Wiradjuri had their own language. The tribes were governed by strict codes of moral and social behaviour and the breaking of these codes was enforced by the elders with a harsh punishment awaiting any guilty party.
A smoking ceremony at Abercrombie House by Bill Allen, Snr, and his son Bill Allen, Jnr.
On 10th December last year I attended two events at Abercrombie House to mark the 200 year anniversary of first contact between the Wiradjuri People and the arriving European explorers which took place near this site on 21st December, 1813. The events also acknowledged the naming of the Bathurst Plains and Mount Pleasant by Surveyor George Evans on 10th December, 1813, two hundred years previously. The morning event included local Aboriginal children who each invited a non- aboriginal friend. The Wiradjuri Waganha Dance Group from Cowra did an exceptional job and had the young school pupils up participating and dancing.
In the evening on the same day a Corroboree took place under the trees at Abercrombie House. The Wiradjuri Elders of the Bathurst Plains together with the Bathurst District Historical Society and the Morgan Family hosted the evening and joined members of the Society, Bathurst Regional Councillors and community members watch the Wiradjuri Dance Group perform at the special Corroboree Gathering. This evening event acknowledged the last Wiradjuri Corroboree in the vicinity of Mount Pleasant which took place 164 years ago in 1849.
The Mayor, Gary Rush, spoke at both events.
Speeches at both events described the impact of the
first meeting between the explorers and the
Wiradjuri people and celebrated the endurance and
renewal of Wiradjuri culture and customs on the
Bathurst Plains since those days.
At the conclusion of the evening event the owners of Abercrombie House, Christopher and Xanthe Morgan, served tea and coffee on the verandah of this magnificent and historic building.
Our thanks go to the Wiradjuri Waganha Dance Group for their performance and the Morgan family for their hospitality.
Alan McRae, President, Bathurst & District Historical Society
At the conclusion of the evening event the owners of Abercrombie House, Christopher and Xanthe Morgan, served tea and coffee on the verandah of this magnificent and historic building.
Our thanks go to the Wiradjuri Waganha Dance Group for their performance and the Morgan family for their hospitality.
Alan McRae, President, Bathurst & District Historical Society
January 29, 2014
Bathurst District Historical Society Newsletter
Lots more from Bathurst including a full report and photos of the Ben Hall Raid Weekend Festival.
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January 28, 2014
HERITAGE, Newsletter of BMACHO - Jan-Feb 2014
Governor to open Locomotive
Depot museum at Valley Heights
by John Leary, OAM
LONG GONE is the excitement of the steam train, like a great steel monster white steam gushing from its nostrils, as it pulls out of Sydney Central, quickly passing the back yards of another generation’s dwellings of the western suburbs, then racing at what in those days was considered a break-neck speed across the Cumberland Plains much of it then still farmland until the noisy loco and its train reached Penrith, then a small country town soon to develop as the hub of a satellite city with new suburbs housing a considerable population.
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‘For the cricket tragics’
By John Leary, OAM
ANY of our readers have
probably spent considerable time
during the 2013 - 14 festive
season, watching grown men
throw a usually red leather covered
ball at three sticks, which another
player seems to protect, while
others on the field stand by in silly
mid on and in slips seemingly with
little to do.
It seems there have been five tests this summer between England and Australia and the uninitiated must wonder why so many examinations for what seemingly is a simple sport.
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The diaries of Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth relating to their discovery of a route over the Blue Mountains in 1813, of Evans in extending that route to Bathurst in 1814, and of Cox in building the road, all predate the type of journey that is of concern here.
Well known, and often cited, are the descriptions of journeys over the Blue Mountains road that were collated by Mackaness in his “Fourteen Journeys”1. Amongst these are accounts of travel on the ‘road’ by Antill (1815), Macquarie (1815), Quoy, Guadichaud and Pellion (1819), Hawkins (1822), Field (1822), Lesson (1824), Dumaresq (1827), Backhouse (1835), Darwin (1836), Meredith (1839) and Stanger (1841) - many published long after the year of their journey. Accounts by ‘celebrities’ such as Louisa Meredith2 and Rachel Henning3 have recently been followed by John Low’s discussion of the travels of Mrs Mary Elizabeth Martindale.4
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By John Leary, OAM
It seems there have been five tests this summer between England and Australia and the uninitiated must wonder why so many examinations for what seemingly is a simple sport.
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Lesser known accounts of early and mid-19th
Century journeys over the Blue Mountains
by Peter Rickwood
Introduction
The diaries of Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth relating to their discovery of a route over the Blue Mountains in 1813, of Evans in extending that route to Bathurst in 1814, and of Cox in building the road, all predate the type of journey that is of concern here.
Well known, and often cited, are the descriptions of journeys over the Blue Mountains road that were collated by Mackaness in his “Fourteen Journeys”1. Amongst these are accounts of travel on the ‘road’ by Antill (1815), Macquarie (1815), Quoy, Guadichaud and Pellion (1819), Hawkins (1822), Field (1822), Lesson (1824), Dumaresq (1827), Backhouse (1835), Darwin (1836), Meredith (1839) and Stanger (1841) - many published long after the year of their journey. Accounts by ‘celebrities’ such as Louisa Meredith2 and Rachel Henning3 have recently been followed by John Low’s discussion of the travels of Mrs Mary Elizabeth Martindale.4
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December 25, 2013
December 23, 2013
Memory Bank - Newsletter of Millthorpe Historical Society
The President Writes
On Saturday, the 20th November
1965 the official opening of the
museum was carried out by Mr
Charles Cutler then Deputy Premier
of New South Wales. The plaque
celebrating the opening is still
mounted just inside our front door.
From Millthorpe’s decline to its resurgence our museum has remained the town’s flagship.
The visitors and residents of our town and district are proud of our museum. This is due to our supporters and their continuing protection of our heritage.
Peter Whiley
From Millthorpe’s decline to its resurgence our museum has remained the town’s flagship.
The visitors and residents of our town and district are proud of our museum. This is due to our supporters and their continuing protection of our heritage.
Peter Whiley
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November 28, 2013
October 5, 2013
Bathurst Collectables Swap Meet & Gem Expo 2013
FROM THE NEWSLETTER EDITOR
This is our second newsletter in the series of newsletters leading up to the Bathurst Collectables Swap Meet and Gem Expo 2013. The newsletters contain stories about various collectables which I hope you will find of interest.
The aim of the two day swap meet is for collectors and the general public to buy, swap and sell at the historic Bathurst Showground. It seems that we will need a second pavilion as more sellers book in.
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September 9, 2013
Molong Historical Society Newsletter - Winter 2013
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Mrs Gosper, Marie Hammond & Margaret Lee congratulating
Maureen Kirkwood
on her MOLONG CITIZEN OF THE YEAR award on Australia Day 2013 |
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June 1, 2013
ASCCA - Australian Seniors Computer Clubs Association
ASCCA is the national peak body for seniors and technology
Our mission is to assist clubs to educate seniors in the use of computer technology as a way of enriching their lives and making them more self-reliant.
We bridge the generation gap and assist seniors to find ways to benefit the community through their collective experience and knowledge.
The June 2013 Newsletter can be viewed/downloaded here.
Our mission is to assist clubs to educate seniors in the use of computer technology as a way of enriching their lives and making them more self-reliant.
We bridge the generation gap and assist seniors to find ways to benefit the community through their collective experience and knowledge.
The June 2013 Newsletter can be viewed/downloaded here.
May 25, 2013
HERITAGE, Newsletter of BMACHO - Sept-Oct 2012
This article has previously appeared in HERITAGE, the newsletter of the Blue Mountains Association of Cultural Heritage Organisations Inc.
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May 24, 2013
MOLONG HISTORY NEWS - Winter 2013
Newsletter page 1 of 12 above - click here to view/download full newsletter.
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April 17, 2013
Canowindra Historical Society & Museum Inc. (CHS&M)
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| Photo, courtesy Janet Thompson collection The Waddell Bridge, officially opened by Hon. Thomas Waddell on 15 May 1901, replaced the first 1874 bridge over the Belubula River at Canowindra. Mrs Allie Finn (wife of Eugene) caused headlines when she crossed in her sulky from this south Canowindra side just before the official opening ceremony on the other side. This photo was taken two days later on 17 May 1901. Remains of the old bridge are visible. The John Grant Bridge replaced the Waddell Bridge in 1997. |
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December 5, 2012
Central Tablelands Chapter MA Newsletter November2012
Tablelands Chapter MA Newsletter November2012
Complied by John Broadley and Elaine Kaldy
Attached with this newsletter: are the minutes of the last Chapter meeting, held at Lucknow on the day of the recent Fabric Conservation workshop (Saturday 6th October 2012). Chapter members able to attend on the day enjoyed an excellent and informative session. Thanks to Kay Söderlund for imparting her knowledge and to Elaine Kaldy for arranging the workshop and to Museums and Galleries for providing the Grant to cover the costs of the presenter.
Photograph J Broadley
New executive members
The Chapter now has a new President (Elaine Kaldy) and Vice-President (Jacki Irvine), both from Millthorpe. Thanks to these two for stepping into these positions.
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