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Welcome to the website of the Berrima District Historical and Family History Society. Our society was founded in 1960 to encourage the study of Australian, local and family history and to establish a museum and a permanent archive for the preservation of the documentary and material heritage of the Southern Highlands of New South Wales. 

Our collections cover the major towns of Bowral, Mittagong, Moss Vale, Robertson and Bundanoon and the many villages in the area including: Avoca, Aylmerton, Balaclava, Braemar, Berrima, Burrawang, Canyonleigh, Colo Vale, Exeter, Glenquarry, Hilltop, Kangaloon, Penrose, Sutton Forest, Tallong, Wildes Meadow and Wingello.

Our Image Library contains more than 8,000 images of people and places relating to our
area and beyond.  We are gradually uploading the collection, so keep checking to look for newly available images. To search for photos of your ancestors, houses, buildings, streetscapes and more, visit our Image Library.  High quality copies of all photos are available for purchase.  Click here to go to our IMAGE LIBRARY
                                        

                    Research Centre and Archives,

Civic Centre,68 Elizabeth Street Moss Vale  

                Open Monday, Tuesday 10-4 and Saturday 10-1 
                                      Closed Public Holidays    

                        Berrima District Museum

1a Market Place cnr Bryan Street, Berrima
Join us at the Museum for our Birthday exhibition,celebrating 50 years since the museum opened to the public in December,1976.

Relive those 1970's memories and see how the Southern Highlands have changed

Opens on October long weekend.

 Open Friday to Sunday.  10-3 and Public holidays 

 

 

CELEBRATING 50 YEARS   

4th/5th/6th December 2026

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Berrima District Historical & Family History Society acknowledges the Gundungurra and Dharawal people as the traditional custodians of the land of the Wingecarribee Shire which is covered by our research and represented in our collections.

We pay our respects to Elders both past and present.

 

LIBRARY

Our library is named in honour of Max Rogers, who was a member of our society from 1995 until his death in 2017. He was our librarian and research officer, but was so much more, devoting endless time to our

organisation, going above and beyond to assist members and researchers alike.

He became an honorary life member of the Society in 2009.

Our reference and lending library contains an extensive collection of research and finding aids, published family, local and church histories as well as general history reading. The library holds a full bound set of Royal Australian Historical Society Journals from 1900 to the present, the Australian Dictionary of Biography, the Historical Records of NSW, as well as journals and newsletters from many historical and family history societies throughout Australia.

To view the research library catalogue in alphabetical title order click

Members are able to borrow Books from the General collection. The Reference collection is for use in the archives only.

 

Wingecarribee Shire Library

Many Local studies documents are held in the public libraries collection, holdings are  listed on their website https://www.library.wsc.nsw.gov.au/your-library

LIBRARY

Our library is named in honour of Max Rogers, who was a member of our society from 1995 until his death in 2017. He was our librarian and research officer, but was so much more, devoting endless time to our organisation, going above and beyond to assist members and researchers alike.

He became an honorary life member of the Society in 2009.

Our reference and lending library contains an extensive collection of research and finding aids, published family, local and church histories as well as general history reading. The library holds a full bound set of Royal Australian Historical Society Journals from 1900 to the present, the Australian Dictionary of Biography, the Historical Records of NSW, as well as journals and newsletters from many historical and family history societies throughout Australia.

To view the research library catalogue in alphabetical title order click

Members are able to borrow Books from the General collection. The Reference collection is for use in the archives only.

 

Wingecarribee Shire Library

Many Local studies documents are held in the public libraries collection,holdings are  listed on their website https://www.library.wsc.nsw.gov.au/your-library