TOUR TO SUTTON FOREST
See the Tours page for details of our day at Sutton Forest on Thursday 17th November 2011

CELEBRATING 50 YEARS 1960 - 2010
A history of the Berrima District Historical and Family History Society
A book on the history of the Society was launched on 13th October by Dr Lesley Muir, Vice President of the Royal Australian Historical Society. Copies of the history are available at the archives or can be purchased through our On-Line Bookshop.  The cost is $20 plus postage and packing.

2009 IMAGinE Awards
The Prisoners in Arcady exhibition at our museum, based on Dr John Simons' book, has been recognised with an award in the 2009 IMAGinE Awards, an initiative of Museums & Galleries NSW, Museums Australia (NSW & ACT) and Regional & Public Galleries NSW.
The exhibition won the award in the category Organisation Award for Exhibitions by a volunteer organisation.

General Monthly Meetings are held on the 4th Thursday of each month (except January) in the meeting room of the Archives and Research Centre at Mittagong. In December our general meeting is replaced by our Christmas function. Meeting times are:

February - April, September - November:  7.30pm

May, July and August: 2.00pm

June luncheon - 12 noon

Annual General Meeting is in November:  7.30pm

Guest speakers from a wide variety of disciplines including local and general history, genealogy and family history and topics of general interest are invited to address our meetings.  Visitors are always most welcome.

December 2008 - A new publication, A PICTORIAL HISTORY SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS is now on sale in our online bookshop and at the Society's archives in Mittagong. Written by BDHS & FHS Archivist, Linda Emery, the book draws on our wonderful collection of photographs to illustrate the rich history of our district. The book covers every town and village in the Southern Highlands in both words and pictures, with over 200 images helping to tell the story.  The soft cover edition is $24.95 and the hard cover version $34.95.  A GREAT CHRISTMAS GIFT!

August 2008 - The much awaited new publication by members Carol Nolan and Carolyn Dougherty, Digging Up the Past, is ON SALE NOW! The book contains obituaries from Southern Highlands newspapers up to 1900 and is a must for family historians or anyone interested in our rich local history. Priced at $40 plus postage and packing, the 385 page book is packed full of interesting, sad, funny and surprising stories.