News, Meetings and Events
General meetings for members and guests are held on the fourth Thursday of each month, except in January. After a short business meeting, a guest speaker presents on a topic relating to local, family or general history of interest to our membership. Afternoon tea is served after the meeting providing the opportunity for members to meet in a friendly relaxed atmosphere. Everyone is welcome.
Meetings will be held in the Theatrette at Moss Vale Civic Centre, Elizabeth Street, Moss Vale from May 2025 .
Thursday February 26th 2pm at the Theatrette, Moss Vale
Irish Immigration to Australia Presenter Rodney
Thursday March 26th 10.30 am at the Theatrette, Moss Vale
Disasters in the Southern Highlands Presenter Alan Hayes
Thursday April 23rd 2pm at the Theatrette,, Moss Vale
Rosemary Rope talks about her latest research and book Female Convict Threads
Thursday May 28th 10.30am at the Theatrette ,Moss Vale
BDHS member Dennis McManus with The Wonderful Heritage of Wingecarriee Shire and it's Protection.
Thursday June 25th Mid Winter Lunch
lunch at Mittagong RSL 12 for 12.30
Speaker Associate Professor Carol Liston AO, President of the Royal Australian Historical Society. Carol will present a history of the RAHS and its History House building in Sydney's Macquarie Street.
Thursday 23rd July 2pm at the Theatrette ,Moss Vale
Linda Emery: Captured in the Light presentation- showcasing the Society's new acquisitions and photographs.
Thursday 27th August 2pm at the Theatrette ,Moss Vale
Chris Thompson, a Berrima resident and member of our Society, with the topic "Where to from here - Jervis Bay, Bathurst, Port Phillip? A visual exploration of what remains of roads, established between 1815 and 1835, that were intended to channel traffic through the Southern Highlands to three distant locations.
Thursday 24th September 2pm at the Theatrette Moss Vale
Braidwood Historical Society’s Peter Smith will talk on bushrangers and Braidwood’s museum.
Thursday 22nd October 2pm at the Mittagong RSL
Speaker Dr Richard Reid, Historian "He is not missing: he is here." the journey of Australia's Unknown soldier from France to Canberra, 2-11 November 1993.
Thursday 26th November 2pm at the Theatrette ,Moss Vale
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