Taralga Historical Society

Newsletters

THS Newsletter #1 2024

President's Report
Grants
Machinery Shed
2023 Christmas Party
Mower Shed
Gardening Group
Interesting Donation
Historic Homes -
Summerlee renovation of 1939
Albert Maynard Portrait
Program and Museum Duty
General Meeting Minutes 3 Feb 2024

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THS Newsletter #3 2023

President's Report
Grants
Christmas Party
Chevrolet Car Club Visit
Machinery Shed
Vale
Bannaby Weekend
Historic Homes -
Saint Ignatius Catholic Church Taralga
Program and Museum Duty
General Meeting Minutes 4 Nov 2023

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THS Newsletter #2 2023

President's Report
Machinery Shed Extension
June Working Bee
100 Years Ago in the Archives
Tyrl Tyrl Place Name Study
Garden Club
St Matthew's Church, Bannaby
Vale
Historic Homes - Strathalbyn
Program and Museum Duty
General Meeting Minutes 1 July 2023

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THS Newsletter #1 2023

President's Report
Display Cabinets
Ross Donation
100 Years Ago in the Archives
Vale Ernie Stephenson
Vale Mary Mooney
Historic Homes: Glen Isla renovations
Oral History Project
Program and Museum Duty


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THS Newsletter #4 2022

THS Celebrates 50 Years
Vale
Taralga Show
From Maureen Long
Australia Day Rodeo
St Matthew's Church Bannaby Working Bee
Program and Museum Duty






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THS Newsletter #3 2022

Taralga Historical Society 1972 - 2022 50 Years Celebrations
Inaugural Members
Memories of Taralga Historical Society
Memories from Mary Chalker
Vale
Program and Museum Duty







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THS Newsletter #2 2022

President's Report
Currraweela Post Office
Vale
Vale Kathleen Swan
Myrtleville Post Office
Museum Visitors
Rural Fire Service
Stonequarry Cemetery
Taralga Art Show
Russell and Mary Chalker 64th Wedding Anniversary
The Swallowtail
Lake Burra Burra
Program and Museum Duty

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THS Newsletter #1 2022

President's Report
Royal Hotel
Christmas Afternoon Tea
The Highland Shepherd
Heffernan Family of Gurrundah
Vale
Vale Margaret Lang
Fr Mark Croker
Chatsbury Hotel and Post Office
Program and Museum Duty




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THS Newsletter #4 2021

President's Report
Taralga Windfarm Grant
Australia Day
Vale
Chalker Sword
90 Bunnaby Street Taralga
Joseph Clack 1868 - 1932
Granny Douglas
D'Arcy Kelly
Eucalyptus Oil Production
Program and Museum Duty

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THS Newsletter #3 2021

President's Report
Vale
Vale Dr Dick Bedingfield
Vale Laurie Sadlier
Orchard Street
MacArthur Street
Heritage Lamp
Australian Arms Inn
Around Wowagin
Program and Museum Duty

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THS Newsletter #2 2021

President's Report
Vale
ANZAC Day
Albert Whipp
Goulburn Herald and Chronicle, 11th September 1878
A Story of a Convict
Bannaby Schools
Program and Museum Duty


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THS Newsletter #1 2021

President's Report
Vale
Taralga Medical News 1870
Taralga Roadworks 1870
Weather 1870
Burra Lake School
Albert Lang Interview
Alan Charles Bolton Research
Whiting's Store 1876
Coach Accident 1893
Program and Museum Duty

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THS Newsletter #4 2020

President's Report
Thank You
Moore's Australian Almanac - 1927
Taralga Band
Vale
Stonequarry 355 Committee
Taralga - Capture of a Bushranger
Strathaird Arms Inn
Myrtleville
First Mulwaree Shire Council 1906
Whiting/Whipp Marriage 7 April 1909
Whiting's Store
Land Grant Taralga Agricultural and Horticultural Association
Program and Museum Duty


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THS Newsletter #3 2020

President's Report
Vale
Phillip Chalker Sunset Lodge 40th Anniversary
Letter to Dame Mary Gilmore
Pneumonic Flu
1901 Jarvis & Healey
1954 Morrison's Store
Mourning Brooch - John Hillas
Argyle Hotel 1927 - 1928
Taralga National School 1866
Public School Taralga 1869





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THS Newsletter #2 2020

President's Report
Taralga Show
Vale
Stonequarry 355 Committee
Charlie Futtajung - Indian Hawker
Bogaduck - Hanworth Post Office
Taralga Historical Society Members 1970'S/1980S









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THS Newsletter #1 2020

Outgoing President's Report
Elected Executive for 2020
Working Bee
Stonequarry Cemetery Works
General Meeting
Presentation by High Commissioner of Malaysia to Australia
School of Arts
Wombeyan Caves Fire Article by Richard Glover
Vale
Green Valley Fire Tragedy
King John Manggamo, Chief of the Guranganlow Tribe
Fire at Taralga 1881
Wattle Day at Bannaby 1911
Program and Museum Duty

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THS Newsletter #4 2019

President's Report
Vale
Dairy Production Around Taralga
Program and Museum Duty








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THS Newsletter #3 2019

President's Report
Taste of Taralga Weekend
Vale
Stonequarry 355 Committee
King John Manggamo, Chief of the Guranganlow Tribe
Pioneering Days in the Sunny South - by Charles McAlister
Taralga and District
Taralga in the 1880s
George and Alicia (Pentlandin) Martyr
Program and Museum Duty

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THS Newsletter #2 2019

President's Report
Vale
Pioneers of Taralga Honoured (1922)
Sylvia Arnett (nee Connor) 108th Birthday
Discovery and Early Settlement of Taralga District
Land Grant for Catholic Chapel 1859
Taralga Accidents 1907
Program and Museum Duty


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THS Newsletter #1 2019

President's Report
Graham Lambert Citizen of the Year
Vale
Back to Taralga 1938
Pageant of Taralga's History 1939
Discovery of Copper at Bannaby 1907
Death of Thomas Taylor Jr (1914
Taste of Taralga Festival
Sale of "Summerhill" 1953
Program and Museum Duty


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THS Newsletter #4 2018

President's Report
Death of Mr T Barry 1898
School of Arts
Vale
Death of Mrs Thomas Taylor 1927
Death of William Cree 1936
Address on History of Taralga Area (Cont.) 1955
Visit to Wombeyan Caves 1876
Taralga Pony Club 1965
Program and Museum Duty

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THS Newsletter #3 2018

President's Report
Long Weekend Program
Back to Taralga Carnival 1939
Vale
European Settlement of Taralga
Address on History of Taralga Area (Cont.) 1955
Taralga Football Club 1931
Taralga Tigers Cheer Squad 1980
Program and Museum Duty

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THS Newsletter #2 2018

President's Report
Vale Helen Vaughan
Address on History of Taralga Area 1955
Vale
Program and Museum Duty





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THS Newsletter #1 2018

President's Report
Donation to the Society
Vale
The Life of Teddy Lee
Taralga Football Club 1931
Taralga Football Club 1935
Football Reunion
1953 Gathering
Program and Museum Duty


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THS Newsletter #4 2017

President's Report
Fernbank School
Vale
Stonequarry Cemetery and
Stonequarry Management Committee
Cummins/Craig Wedding 1924
Taralga, Where Time Seems (Almost) Arrested 1982
Argyle Hotel
Golspie
Mrs A M Fitzgibbon Death 1922
Mrs Walter Croker Death 1924
Program and Museum Duty

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THS Newsletter #3 2017

President's Report
Vale
Vale Ian Ross
History on the Tomat Creek Station -
Tank Bindook Highalnds -
Oberon/Colong Stock Route
Ian and Ella Menzies Interview
Program and Museum Duty
Opening of Fernbank School




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THS Newsletter #2 2017

President's Report
Vale
Vale Pat Blay
Vale Lorraine Ross
Vale Val Elliott
Vale Edna Knowlman
Fatal Cricket Game at Bannaby 1878
Taralga Butter Factories
Bill Sahaiewski Obituary 1982
Program and Museum Duty



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THS Newsletter #1 2017

President's Report
Fernbank School
The World We Live In
Wombeyan Caves 1937
Vale
William Loughman -
Taralga Postmaster 1910 - 1914
Jack Walsh Memories of Taralga (1970s)
James Menzies A Pioneer of the Cookbundoons (1971)
Program and Museum Duty

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THS Newsletter #4 2016

President's Report
William Lewis
Vale
Vale Heather Bradbury
Barnabas Rix
Taralga Band
Death of Victor Phemister 1924
Taralga Brass Band 1928
Program and Museum Duty



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THS Newsletter #3 2016

President's Report
"Wales" Bank Centenary 1978
Ben Hall Discovery Tour
Vale
Mount Werrong Diamond
Taralga Public School
Richlands School 1914
Myrtleville
Cordingley Cottage
Program and Museum Duty


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THS Newsletter #2 2016

President's Report
Jennifer Lamb's Reminiscences
Vale
Harry McPaul Generous Bequest
Madeline Selmes Scholarship Winner
Sylvia Arnett (Connor) 105th Birthday Program and Museum Duty





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THS Newsletter #1 2016

President's Report
Michael Chalker Upper Lachlan Citizen of the Year
Cheryl Chalker Taralga Citizen of the Year
Vale
Federal Hall
Taralga Show History
Bill Price's Reminiscences
THS Complex Front Fence
AGM Results
Program and Museum Duty

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THS Newsletter #4 2015

President's Report
Donald Baxter Reminiscences
Vale
Yalbraith Fire 1897
Death of Mrs Kirkby (nee Barry) 1897
Captain Drury Accident 1897
Richlands School 1901
Mrs James Barrett Death 1911
Mooney Sisters Celebration
Kempston Cricket Team 1900s
Butter Factories 1892
Charles McAlister and Family 1892
Wallaby & Hare Drive Bannaby 1892
Program and Museum Duty

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THS Newsletter #3 2015

President's Report
Philip and Lola Scarlett Oral History of Mt Werong and Bindook
Vale
Chatsbury Hotel
Old Kelly Residence
Golspie Dance 1954
Nissen Hut 2015
Program and Museum Duty





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THS Newsletter #2 2015

President's Report
History of Wombeyan Caves
Vale
John Keough Australian Police Medal Recipient
Dr Allan Moloney Order of Australia Recipient
Michael Maher AIF Medal
Program and Museum Duty





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THS Newsletter #1 2015

President's Report
Vale
Private John Marmont
Manchester Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows (M.U.I.O.O.G.)
Obituary Catherine Fahey (Formerly Chalker, Nee Connors)
Chalker Family 1930
John Bogg Death 1878
Program and Museum Duty




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THS Newsletter #4 2014

President's Report
Vale
Taralga and Its People
Mount Werong
Christ the King Church
Program and Museum Duty

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THS Newsletter #3 2014

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THS Newsletter #2 2014

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THS Newsletter #1 2014

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THS Newsletter #4 2013

President's Report
Cole Bradbury Reminiscences
Vale
Trevor Schumack Reminiscences
Sir William Hudson - attendance at Taralga Scots Debutante Ball 1966
Jorriland
Program and Museum Duty

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THS Newsletter #3 2013

President's Report
Temora Air Show Trip
Vale
90 Bunnaby Street Taralga
Joseph Clack
Taralga Poem
Leon Fleming
Taralga Pioneers 1922
Program and Museum Duty

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THS Newsletter #2 2013

President's Report
Wombeyan Caves Road
Vale
Taralga Telephone Exchange
Phone Exchange now with Society 1989 - Extract from Goulburn Post
Bannaby Exchange
Postmasters at Golspie
Program and Museum Duty

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THS Newsletter #1 2013

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