Maitland & Beyond Family History Society Inc.

Newsletter for February 2018 In this issue

General Meetings. ...................................................................................................................... 1

Opening Hours ........................................................................................................................... 1

Membership ............................................................................................................................... 1

Mugs ....................................................................................................................................... 1

Library Bags ............................................................................................................................ 1

USB Drives .............................................................................................................................. 1

Heritage Recipe Book ............................................................................................................. 1

Future Fund Raising ................................................................................................................ 2

Website ...................................................................................................................................... 2

BDA-online & Findmypast .......................................................................................................... 2

Library ........................................................................................................................................ 2

Recent Events ............................................................................................................................. 3

Maitland Gaol ......................................................................................................................... 3

Upcoming Events ....................................................................................................................... 3

BBQ Bunnings ......................................................................................................................... 3

Other Events. ............................................................................................................................. 4

Maitland Passchendaele Centenary ....................................................................................... 4

Captured: Portraits of Crime 1870- 1930 ............................................................................... 4

Congress 2018 ........................................................................................................................ 4

Glen Innes Conference ........................................................................................................... 5

Maitland Regional Museum ................................................................................................... 5

Senior Citizens ........................................................................................................................ 5

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General Meetings.

The next General Meeting will be held on Saturday 24th February at 2:30pm please come along and support your Society.

Opening Hours The opening hours are:- Wednesdays 9:30 am. to 3 pm. Saturdays 9:30 am. to 3 pm.

Membership The following are new members who have

joined or re-joined since the December

newsletter Sandra Wotton, Cheryl Crane.

Michael Grogan, Marg O’Leary, Kay

Sherring.

Mugs

The Society has the above mugs with the

society’s new logo for sale. The cost is

$10.00

Library Bags

The Society has the above library bags

with the society’s new logo for sale. The

cost is $10.00.

USB Drives The Society also has for sale 16GB USB

Drives for $9.00.

These above items are available from the

office.

Heritage Recipe Book In 2018 we intend to print and sell a

Heritage Recipe Book with heritage

recipes after considering a suggestion

from a member that we compile and sell a

heritage recipe book as a fundraising

event.

Heritage recipes are recipes on scraps of

paper in a kitchen drawer or old

cookbooks with notes in the margin.

These are more than just recipes. These

heritage recipes are our links with our

past and our connections to special

people and special events are tied to

those scraps of paper.

If you have an old family recipe that your

ancestor used to make please send your

recipe and maybe a photo of the finished

product (if available) together with a short

story of the ancestor and a photo of your

ancestor, if you are lucky enough to have

one, for inclusion in our Heritage Recipe

Book.

More than one recipe will be accepted

Your permission to use the recipe, story

and or photo will be requested. All recipes

received will be return to the sender.

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If you like the idea and want to

participate, please contact Margaret

Sheppard, our Secretary at the 'Barracks'

during opening hours. Margaret will also

answer any query that you may have

regarding this book.

Future Fund Raising -

In future we are considering the following

as fund raising items - Aprons, Max

shopping bags, tea towels, and bucket

hats all with our logo on.

Any other fund raising suggestions would

be greatly appreciated.

Website Have you visited our new website? Our

website has been up and running for a

while now and Kerry Farley is doing a

great job, so stop by and have a look.

www.mbfh.org.au

BDA-online & Findmypast As well as Ancestry we now have

subscriptions to BDA-online and

Findmypast. Access to these are available

at the Barracks free as part of your

membership.

Library

The books in the library are available to all

members to read in the library or to take

out on loan. Some special reference books

are restricted.

Various journals and newsletters were

received during the past month and are

available for members to browse through

them.

The following books have been donated

by a member this month:-

Bellata. A historical Journey. A

history of Bellata and Woolabra

St. Clement’s Church of England,

Camberwell. A history of the

church.

The Hawkesbury on Show. A brief

history of the District Agricultural

Association.

When We Were Boys Together.

Reminiscences of the Hawkesbury

District.

Beautiful Hawkesbury. An Historic

Waterway.

Ginnindera. Forerunner to

Canberra

Parramatta. A Town Caught in

Time.

Tales of Trial Bay. An early history

of South West Rocks.

Wang Wangi and Its People

We All Did Our Bit. A collection of

memories of WW2 from the

people of Narrabri Shire.

With its Hat About its Ears.

Reconciliation of the Bush School.

These books were donated by the

following members:-

Black Hill Pioneers. Written and

doted by Vicki Osborn

A History of Maryborough 1842-

1997. Donated by Dawn Chapman.

No Boomerangs in Sydney A family was driving through Sydney

recently on a trip from the dusty town of

Wellington. The youngest son wanted to

know why boomerangs were banned

everywhere in Sydney. He kept repeating

this question. It took some time for the

parents to work out, with his help, that he

was observing the no right-hand and no

left-hand turn signs.

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Recent Events Maitland Gaol

On Sunday 29 January 2018 Maitland Gaol

had an Open Day to commemorate the

closure of Maitland Gaol 20 years ago on

29 January 1998. There were a range of

activities and exhibitions.

Thanks to our members for giving up their

time.

We spoke to a lot of people and they took

away information about us, some are

going to join and others will either visit to

talk with our research people or to do

research themselves with a little help

from us.

This was a good opportunity to promote

ourselves to the community.

Upcoming Events BBQ Bunnings Friday 2 March 2018

Friday 6 April 2018

Sunday 15 April 2018

Friday 4 May 2018

Friday 1 June 2018

Friday 6 July 2018

Friday 3 August 2018

Friday 7 September 2018

Friday 5 October 2018

Friday 2 November 2018

Friday 7 December 2018

Other BBQs.

Sunday 25 March 2018

This is a Succulent Group fundraising

event.

Sunday 10 June 2018

There is a Black Hill Reunion at the Black

Hill School. We have been offered the

opportunity to provide the BBQ as a

fundraising event.

If you can assist with any of the

upcoming BBQs please the sheets are

available at the Barracks for personal

completion or email your availability to

the secretary MBFH and your details will

be added.

We received an invitation from Beresfield

Crematorium to co-host an Open Day with

the theme “Finding your Family”. This will

be in June 2018. More details will be in

the next newsletter.

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Other Events.

Maitland Passchendaele Centenary From the coming months there are a

number of events and exhibitions to mark

100 years since the Battle of

Passchendaele.

The 34th Battalion, known as Maitland’s

Own fought in Flanders and was at the

front of the charge on 12th October 1917.

There were high casualties.

Maitland will remember Passchendaele in

order to remember the impact of World

War 1.

Visit the Facebook page

https://facebook.com/groups/Passchenda

ele.Maitland.Centenary/

Captured: Portraits of Crime 1870- 1930 Captured: Portraits of Crime 1870- 1930 is

a new exhibition produced by State

Archives and Records NSW that explores

the stories of men, women and children

who were incarcerated in NSW gaols from

1870 to 1930.

The exhibition engages with photographic

portraits and descriptions of prisoners

sourced from the State Archives collection

of Gaol Photographic Description Books.

Captured: Portraits of Crime is a free

exhibition at Western Sydney Records

Centre until 28 April 2018. A tour as a

“pop up” exhibition is currently visiting

Regional New South Wales.

The tour schedule for our area is:

Maitland Gaol 18 December 2017

– 23 February 2018

University of Newcastle Library 12

March 2018 -13 April 2018.

Note: On Maitland Gaol website it states

“Entry to the exhibition is included as part

of the standard entry charges to the site.”

An online version of Captured: Portraits of

Crime in the form of an e-publication can

be viewed at State Archives and Records

NSW website following link

https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives

/exhibitions/captured

Congress 2018 The Society of Australian Genealogists is

hosting the next Australasian Congress on

Genealogy and Heraldry at the

International Convention Centre Darling

Harbour Sydney on Friday 9 to Monday 12

March 2018

Further information can be obtained at

www.congress2018.org.au

Light travels faster than sound. This

is why some people appear bright

until they speak.

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Glen Innes Conference The Glen Innes & District Historical Society

invites you to their conference with the

theme Many Cultures – Our History over

the week-end of March 16-18, 2018.

The following are the presenters and their

topics with more to be added:-

Harry White – Aboriginal language

Janis Wilson OAM – Local Chinese

history and other migration.

William Oates and Graham Wilson

OAM – Historic Gardens of New

England

John Graham – Linking History

with Genealogy Research

Graeme Hosken - World War 1 in

1918

Greg Alder – on getting the

message out there, promotion,

advertising, inspiration.

Friday night welcome at their museum

“The Land of the Beardies History House

Museum and Research Centre” in

Ferguson Street and Saturday and Sunday

will be at the Services Club in Grey Street

Glen Innes.

Maitland Regional Museum

Maitland Regional Museum is now open in Brough House, 73 Church St. Maitland (next to Pender Place).

This is the first step in the attainment of a bespoke Regional Museum for Maitland.

MRM Committee meetings are held in Brough House the first Wed each month and all are welcome.

MRM Open: Sat & Sundays 10.00 - 3.00 pm or by appointment.

Group visits can be arranged-including MT, lunch or AT and optional tours of Grossmann House-disability access available.

Please go along and support the Museum-learn about Les Darcy's musical talent, Maitland’s 1860 religious riot, see an alleged murder weapon and much more.

You are also invited to become a MRM member or volunteers there are many interesting and varied tasks awaiting an eager volunteer.

Also housed in Brough House is the Clothing Museum.

Both Museums work collaboratively and both displays can be seen when visiting.

For more information contact the

museum on 02 49334450

Senior Citizens This item was submitted by one of our

members

Some folk cause happiness wherever they

go, others wherever they go ….

Some senior citizens are being criticized

for the present deficiencies of our modern

world; real or imaginary, present or past,

foreign or domestic.

We take responsibility for all our actions

and omissions; we do not try to blame

others for our past imperfections,

ignorance or failures.

Our generation saved the World from

Fascism, Communism, and Racism, while

we raised the Standard of Living, Health

Care, and Life Expectancy.

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HOWEVER, upon reflection, we would like

to point out that it was NOT senior

citizens who took:

The melody out of music,

The pride out of appearance,

The courtesy out of driving,

The romance out of love,

The commitment out of marriage,

The responsibility out of parenthood,

The togetherness out of the family,

The learning out of education,

The service out of patriotism,

The Golden Rule from rulers,

The civility out of behaviour,

The refinement out of language,

The dedication out of employment,

The prudence out of spending, and we

certainly are NOT the ones who

eliminated patience and tolerance from

personal relationships, and interactions

with others on a face to face basis!!

And, we DO understand the meaning of

patriotism, and remember those who

have fought and died for our country.

YES, I'M A SENIOR CITIZEN…!!

I'm the life of the party . . . even if

it lasts until 8 p.m.

I'm very good at opening

childproof caps . . . With a

hammer.

I'm awake many hours before my

body allows me to get up.

I'm smiling all the time, because I

can't hear a thing you're saying.

I'm sure everything I can't find is in

a safe secure place, somewhere.

I'm wrinkled, saggy, lumpy, and

that's just my left leg; but I haven't

made my skin look like wall

paper or snake skin.

My ears, nose, tongue, or navel

haven't been pieced with metal

rings.

I'm beginning to realize that aging

is not for wimps.

Yes, I'm a SENIOR CITIZEN, and I think I am

having the time of my life!

Now if I could only remember who sent

this to me, I wouldn't send it back to

them. Or, maybe I should send it to all my

friends anyway.

They won't remember, even if they did

send it.

Last week two of members came

prepared for a committee that was

scheduled for the next week. Maybe the

above is catching.