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ARTHUR
MOULD
1900
├── ARTHUR# WILLIAM2 MOULD,b. 1875, d. 1963 │ +ELLEN2 MACKAY, b. 1875, d. 1975 │ ├── MERL ELIZABETH3 MOULD, b. 1901, d. 1998 │ └── RONALD MACKAY3 MOULD, b. 1909, d. 1979 │ +NANCY3 ROSE, b. 1905, d. 1962 │ +WENDY KATHLEEN3 HALL
ARTHUR
AND
ELLEN
MOULD
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Marriage
Certificate
ARTHUR
AND
ELLEN
MOULD
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Marriage
Application
ARTHUR
WILLIAM
MOULD,b.
1875,
d.
1963 Arthur William Mould was born at "Boconnoc", Middlingbank on the 14th May 1875, his father was George Gore Mould of "Boconnoc" his mother was Catherine Mould, formerly Catherine Reynolds of "Kyloe", Adaminaby. Arthur lived with his parents at "Boconnoc" (the homestead was in the Garden Paddock at "Arthella"), until his marriage, he received his education at a small school at Middlingbank. Arthur attended church regularly with his family at St John's, Adaminaby, where he was confirmed by Bishop Mesac Thomas on the 8th November 1888. At the age of four Arthur had an accident that badly damaged his right eye, apparently while chasing some rams he stood on a stick that flicked up into his eye. In 1906 he experienced another bad accident with a twelve-gauge shotgun that went off accidentally and shot him in the side.
Arthur Mould married Ellen Mackay of "Fryingpan", Adaminaby on the 30th January 1901, the marriage took place in the little church of St Thomas at Middlingbank, the church having only recently been moved from it's original site at Rocky Plain and established in it's present position. The Minister officiating was the Rev. Samuel Hart, the best man was Archibald Mould, and the Bridesmaid was Elisabeth Murrow (nee Mackay). The wedding reception was held at "Fryingpan", the sulky used by the Bride and Groom that day is now on display at Lockers Museum, Adaminaby.
Arthur and Ellen were blessed with two children, Ronald and Merle. Merle Elisabeth Mould was born on the 24th November 1901, she never married, Merle spent most of her life looking after her parents, and she lived at "Arthella" all her life. Ronald Mackay Mould grew up at "Arthella" and spent the majority of the rest of his life on his grazing property "Kybeyan" near Nimmitabel, until his death in 1979.
Arthur and Ellen's main friends were their neighboring families and relatives, particularly the Reids, Pattrick’s and Moulds with whom Arthur and his family attended church with regularly at St Thomas's, the church is only a kilometre from the "Arthella" homestead.
On the year after the sixtieth anniversary of the church, Arthur and Ellen celebrated their Diamond Anniversary with a service at the church. (Sunday 29th January 1961). The couple had the pleasure of seeing all their Grandchildren and a number of their great-grandchildren baptised at St Thomas's.
Arthur
was
the
Rector's
Warden
at
the
Church
for
almost
thirty
years
and
served
on
the
Synod
of
the
diocese
for
twenty
years.
He is
well
remembered
in
the
church
for
his
great
voice,
but
mostly
remembered
in
the
district
for
his
generosity,
he
was
always
available
to
give
anybody
a
hand.
A great thrill for Arthur and Ellen was their selection as representatives of the families of the pioneers of the Monaro District, to meet Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, on their arrival at the Cooma Airport at the beginning of their tour of the Snowy Mountains Scheme in 1956. Arthur's greatest interest where his property and his livestock, he was always highly regarded for his abilities as a sheep and cattle breeder, he was also very involved in pasture improvement techniques, he was a pioneer in the district in the practice of spreading fertilising and seeding from aircraft. Arthur also had a great interest in building; the buildings at Arthella are a great testimony to his abilities as a designer and a builder. Arthur William Mould passed away on the 24th October 1963. He was buried at the Gegedzerick Cemetery (near Berridale) in the new section of the Anglican grounds, his wife Ellen has since been buried next to him. - From Pattrick Mould 2001 ELLEN MOULD (nee Mackay) 1875 -1974 Ellen Mackay was born on the 26th August 1875 at "Range View"; the home at that time of her parents Samuel and Mary Mackay, "Range View" was situated on the northern side of the Middlingbank Road, East of "Lake Plain". Ellen spent the majority of her younger days living with her parents at "Frying Pan", southeast of Adaminaby, she was educated at a school on the road just near her home and she attended church at St John's at Adaminaby.
Ellen had the rare distinction of having been confirmed by the first Bishop of the Parish of Goulburn, Bishop Mesac Thomas, who stayed at "Fryingpan" on a regular basis. The confirmation was performed at St John's on November the 8th, 1878. Confirmed with her was the man who would become her husband, Arthur William Mould, and there is a great deal of history associated with that marriage. The marriage of Ellen and Arthur Mould took place in the little church of St Thomas at Middlingbank on January the 30th, 1901. The church had been moved from its original site at "Rocky Plain" to its present position only a year before. The Reverend Samuel Hart celebrated the marriage, the groomsman was Archibald Mould, the bridesmaid was Elisabeth Mackay (Murrow) and the Brides parents hosted the reception at “Frying Pan”
The young couple had two children; the first Merle Elisabeth was born at "Arthella", the couple’s new home, on November 24th, 1901. Merle lived at "Arthella" most of her life. Their second child Ronald Mackay Mould was born on January 17th, 1909; also at "Arthella", Ron married Nancy Rose and lived the majority of his life on his property "Kybeyan", near Nimmitabel.
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MERLE,
ELLEN,
RONALD
AND
ARTHUR
AT
ARTHELLA
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1929 Ellen and Arthur both lived out their lives at 'Arthella", Arthur built the first home there in 1901 (photo) immediately prior to his marriage, the second home was built in 1914 (photo) and renovations and extensions were completed in 1936. (photo) Ellen was very much a 'home-body', she took great pride in her flower and vegetable gardens, and she worked daily in her gardens with her daughter Merle, only slowing up in her late eighties when she broke a hip in a fall in the garden. The home and gardens are well known on the Monaro, many Garden Parties and other functions have been held in the gardens to raise money for charitable organisations.
Ellen and Arthur worshipped in the little church at Middlingbank, only a kilometre from their home, for all of their married lives. They celebrated their Diamond wedding Anniversary at the church on January 29th 1961, their daughter Merle's baptism in 1902 was the first held their, they saw their son Ron baptised and married at St Thomas's, most of their 9 grandchildren where baptised there, two of their Granddaughters were married there and a number of their great grandchildren have been baptised there. Arthur was the Rector's warden at the church for nearby thirty years; he served on the Synod of the Diocese for many years until about 1932, Arthur passed away on 24th October Social life was very limited in the early days at Middlingbank, apart from their immediate families; their closest friends were the Reids at "Murlingbung", the Mould family at "Rockbrook" and the Pattrick family at "Rocky Plain". Shopping was a monthly occasion, a trip to Cooma or Adaminaby was an all day affair, off before sunrise and home after sunset. It appears that the Moulds were too busy working to be involved in too much sport or entertainment, although in her later life Ellen became quite involved as a an active member of the CWA and the Red Cross in Cooma. Ellen bought the two parcels of land adjoining her husbands "Arthella" property, firstly the 880 acres known as "Yanga", which had been owned by Jack O'Dwyer, Ellen bought "Yanga" from Harry Rose for eleven hundred pounds, Harry Rose had only owned it for a short time. Secondly she purchased the 400 acres known as the swamp, where Harry Mould's house was at "the Orchard"; she purchased it from Ted Mould who had moved back to "Boconnoc" to look after his father. "The Swamp" is still part of "Arthella", the whole of which Ellen’s granddaughter Marylyn and husband Andy Ferguson own. The 800 acre 'Yanga" had been purchased by other grandchildren but has since been split up and sold to neighbors
A highlight in Ellen’s life occurred in 1956 when she and her husband Arthur were chosen, as the representatives of the pioneer families on the Monaro, to be presented to the Queen and his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, when they arrived at Cooma Airport, at the beginning of their tour of the Snowy Mountains Authority.
Ellen
Mould
(nee
Mackay)
died
at
the
Cooma
General
Hospital
on
the
14th
May
1974
aged
99
years
and
nine
months,
she
is
buried
at he
Gegedzerick
Cemetery
(Berridale)
next
to
her
husband. CONFIRMED BY BISHOP THOMASMrs Ellen Mould, or “Arthella”, Middling Bank, in the Parish of Berridale, has the rare distinction amongst people in the Diocese today of having been confirmed by the first Bishop of the Diocese of Goulburn, Bishop Mesac Thomas. Mrs Mould had vivid memories of the day it took place – at Adaminaby on November 8, 1888. It was the custom for Bishop Thomas to stay with the parents of Mrs Mould (Mr and Mrs S. Mackay, of ‘Frying Pan’, Adaminaby). He did so once when their little girl, Ellen, was only five years old; and then again when she was confirmed at the age of thirteen.
She remembers Mrs Thomas praising her parents, saying, ‘What good manners your children have!" and she gave to Ellen a card covered with texts. This is something that Mrs Mould still treasures, along with the confirmation certificate recording her confirmation. With her was confirmed the one who was to be her husband, Arthur William Mould, and there is much history associated with their marriage.
It took place in the little church of St Thomas at Middling Bank on January 30, 1901, within a year of the church having been removed from its original site at Rocky Plains and established in its present position. They worshipped in this church for many years; it is very close to their home at ‘Arthella’, only a quarter of a mile away. On the year after the 60th anniversary of the opening of the church, their diamond wedding was celebrated with a service in the church on Sunday, January 29, 1961.
They saw their son, Ron, and his two daughters married in St Thomas’, and they were present at the baptism of their great-grandchildren there. Mr Mould was Rector’s Warden at the church for almost 30 years, and he served on the Synod of the Diocese for 20 years until about 1932. He died only a few weeks ago. Because of age and failing health, Mrs Mould is seldom able to attend the services at St Thomas’, but she and her late husband received the Holy Communion at home regularly, and she will continue to do so. She is cared for at home by her daughter, Merle. A great thrill for Mr and Mrs Mould was the fact that they were chosen as pioneers of the Monaro to meet Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh when they arrived at the Cooma aerodrome at the beginning of their tour of the Snowy Mountains. “ARTHELLA”, MIDDLINGBANK. – Roseanne Collins (nee Mould) My parents went to live at Middlingbank when they got married and we lived there until just after Dad left for the war in 1940. Dad had bought the property at Kybeyan in 1937 and when he went away Uncle Padd and Aunty Nada who had just got married moved in there to manage the property. Mum who had me aged three and Marylyn who was just one and was already pregnant with Raylee decided to move there too. Aunty Merle says she was fed up with being criticised by Gran and having Papa turn off the hoses when she tried to water! One of my earliest memories is of Dad’s farewell party at Middlingbank. I had broken my leg and had spent what seemed like months in Cooma hospital, it may have been still in plaster because I was lying on a couch in the Dining Room while a lot of strange people milled around and I knew that Daddy was going away.
I stayed on at Middlingbank with Gran, Papa and Aunty Merle for a time after Mum had moved to Kybeyan. I don’t remember this but Aunty Merle says that finally Mum’s family, complaining that the poor child would forget her mother, came and took me back to Kybeyan. However, Marylyn and I were both at Middlingbank in June 1941 when Ray was born because we were sitting in front of a fire in our bedroom there drawing pictures to send to Mummy in hospital and looking at a letter she had sent us with a drawing of the baby. After that I often stayed there for weeks at a time. I remember following Gran or Papa around like a shadow while they did their chores. ‘Gran’s little mate’ she called me. Papa was always up at six in the morning to light the dining room fire and the wood stove in the kitchen (no Aga then). While we waited for the stove to heat up breakfast was cooked over the fire. Water boiled in a big iron kettle and Papa made wheatmeal porridge in a black enamel pot. The porridge was very course meal which seemed to come from the same big sack that fed the chooks and was delicious with honey, milk and cream. Sometimes on a really cold morning I was allowed to climb into bed with Gran and snuggle up under her eiderdown. ‘Jack Frost can’t get us here she would say’. After breakfast we went to milk the cows. Papa kept four or five milking cows, usually Jersey/Aberdeen Angus cross because they gave better milk than the pure Aberdeen Angus (known to us as Black Polls) which were bred for beef. The cows calved at different times so two or three were producing milk while the others were dry. The calves had been separated from their mothers the night before and were wailing at the gate, you had to shoo the cow into the bail, drop the bar to hold her neck still and tie her near-side back leg with a leg rope before sitting down on a wooden stool with a tin bucket between your legs to coax out the steaming milk with practiced fingers. Some cows submitted quietly but the mean ones would lash out with a vicious kick to injure the milker or send the half-full bucket flying. Worse still, one would shit all over the floor and the ropes so the milker had to be ready to skip out of the way with the bucket to avoid being caught in the shower!. With the milking finished and the cows and calves wandering happily back down the paddock again we took the two buckets of milk back to the dairy where some was put aside for use in the house that day. The rest was poured into the big bowl at the tope of the separator and the handle was turned making cream come out of one spout and skim milk from the other. It took about half an hours rhythmical turning to separate a bucket of milk and then the machine had to be taken apart and all the stainless steel parts washed and scalded along with the buckets ready for the next day. Now it was time for morning tea with homemade scones or biscuits from the big enamel tins in the pantry. While we were out Gran would have been busy in the kitchen baking, preparing vegetables or making yesterday’s cream into butter in the big hand operated churn. I was allowed to drink a glass of rich buttermilk and learned to manipulate the wooden butter pats to make perfect crisscross patterned balls to go in a butterdish on the table.
Once a week Gran made bread. She made the dough the day before, kneaded it into shape and put it in big loaf tins which were put on the rack above the stove to rise overnight. Next day she was up early to get the oven going and soon there was a wonderful smell of baking bread coming out of the kitchen. I couldn’t wait to taste it but Gran didn’t approve eating fresh bread, it was supposed to give you indigestion and you must wait until it was a day old at least. Of course that made it taste even better when we could sneak a bit on the sly. On washing days I helped Aunty Merle in the laundry. All the clothes were boiled in the big copper set into brickwork in the corner of the laundry with a roaring wood fire underneath. Extra dirty work clothes had to be scrubbed with soap on the scrubbing board first. Then they had to be lifted out with the copper stick, without burning yourself, rinsed in the tubs and put through the wringer which was turned by hand. To take the washing to the line Aunty had a huge trolley made of wooden slats – custom made I think, I never saw another like it. In those days wooden pegs were normal but she had some very modern coloured plastic pegs and was very fussy about matching pegs to the colour of clothes. Dinner (I never called it lunch) was eaten in the middle of the day and was invariably the standard meat and three veg. Plus desert (always called pudding). The meat was always some cut of mutton roasted in the oven and the vegetables although fresh from the garden was always overcooked. Everyday deserts were stewed or bottled fruit (plums, gooseberries, quinces, cherries) with junket, jelly or custard and cream. On special occasions we had tapioca custard, sago pudding or flummery. Rice was in short supply during the war so there was no rice pudding (I had all the A.A. Milne books and was puzzled by ‘What is the matter with Mary Jane? It must be rice pudding for dinner again!). Instead we had a pudding made with barley and sultanas which I didn’t like at all. Papa did all the work on the place on horseback, or if things had to be carried to the further paddocks he used the horse and dray. When I was very small he still had a sulky and sometimes took me round in that. Later on I remember going out with him in a home made wooden sled which bumped over the grass behind a draft horse. We used this to take rock salt out to the sheep or to go round the rabbit traps. Punch and Poll, the two big bay draught horses were used to pull a cart to carry wood and other heavy loads. They also pulled the plough but Jack Norton a neighbour had a team of six or eight horses to pull his plough, which seemed much grander to me. Next to the stable where the saddles and harnesses were kept was Papa’s blacksmith shop where he shoed the horses and did all the mending of gate fittings etc. required about the place. Gran spent a good deal of her time in the garden. When we went outside we put on our gumboots which were always standing ready on the back verandah. There was always weeding and digging to do and she was very keen on mulch. I liked helping to pick flowers for the house and arranging them in different shaped vases, always a high arrangement for the mantelpiece and a low bowl for the dining room table then when guests were expected there were extra flowers for the sitting room. At Christmas and Easter there were flowers to be done for the church and once a year there were flowers for the Cooma Show. Gran always wore a dress in black or some dark pattern topped by buttoned up grey cardigan and almost completely covered by a big wrap around apron. She had an extensive wardrobe of aprons and was never seen without one except perhaps in church. There was the heavy hessian model for feeding the chooks, floral cotton for inside the house and good black for guests.
The last job of the day was to feed the chooks. They had been let out early in the morning to forage in the paddock so now we had to call them in to the yard where they were locked up away from the foxes for the night. They were fed on bran and pollard mixed with skim milk and scraps from the kitchen plus wheat which was spread on the ground. We collected the fresh eggs leaving a china egg in the nest to encourage more laying and making sure not to disturb the hen that was hatching a clutch of eggs. At the end of the day the family gathered around the fire in the dining room for tea and listened to the news on the wireless. Tea was very simple, usually just poached eggs on toast or salad with lettuce and tomato from the garden with bread and butter or maybe bread with jam and cream for a treat, and a pot of tea. Gran didn’t drink tea but always had a big mug of hot water. We had to keep perfectly quiet while the news was on. It was important to hear the latest news of the war especially the lists of those dead, wounded and missing in action which came at the end of the bulletin.
Auntie
Merle
had
learnt
a
number
of
crafts
and
she
traveled
round
the
district
teaching
other
members
of
the
Country
Women’s’
Association
(CWA).
She
had a
spinning
wheel
and
several
looms
on
which
she
wove
lengths
of
cloth
to
make
into
suits
and
dresses
on
her
tredle
sewing
machine.
She
studied
millinery
by
correspondence
and
made
fascinating
miniature
hats
as
homework.
She
made
wonderful
stuffed
toys,
which
we
were
never
allowed
to
touch
or
play
with
because
they
were
always
for
exhibition
or ‘selled’.
She
made
cane
baskets
and
wove
rush
seats
for
chairs.
Later
on
she
learnt
to
make
‘farbola
work’
costume
jewelry
and
we
were
allowed
to
try
our
hands
at
that
–
moulding
and
painting
floral
earrings
and
brooches. MERLE ELIZABETH MOULD, b. 1901, d. 1998 OBITUARY - MISS MERLE ELIZABETH MOULD 1901-1997 SHE ENRICHED THE LIVES OF OTHERS AT HOME AND IN THE WORLD Miss Mould passed away on Wednesday, December 31, 1997 at a Bombala nursing home, where she had been living for the past five years.
A memorial service was held at All Saints' Anglican Church, Berridale on January 2. The Red Cross formed a guard of honour.The eulogy was given by her friend and neighbour for 73 years, Mr Eric Reid. Merle Elizabeth Mould was born on November 24, 1901 in her parents home at "Arthella", Middlingbank, where she lived until recently, (Middlingbank is 35 km west of Cooma). Her parents were Arthur and Ellen Mould, her great-grandfather, Samuel Mackay, was also a pioneer of the district. Although Merle resided in the same house for most of her life she still had a very interesting and eventful time, participating in many different organisations as well as being a member of St Thomas's Church at Middlingbank (just up the road from her home). Her association with St Thomas's began when she was the first child to be christened there in 1901 (her parents were the first couple married in the church). She was taught by her father and mother until at 14 she went to the Church of England Girls Grammar School in Goulburn. At the completion of her education, Merle returned to her home and family, and it was at this time that she became involved in various charitable organisations. She held the position of church organist for 30 years and, even after she had retired from this, was still a regular member of the church. Her mother made her a member of the Red Cross Association of NSW in 1917 and she received various medals in recognition of her work. In 1987 she was presented with the award for Seventy Years continuous service to this organisation.
In 1939 Merle became a member of the Southern Tablelands Group of the Country Women's Association. She was sent to Sydney to train in basket weaving, spinning and weaving, but she wasn't fond of spinning as it "doesn't create anything" and she liked "to create". During World War Two she traveled among all the branches in the Southern Tablelands Group of the CWA, journeying from Binda and Crookwell in the north, along the South Coast to Bega, carrying baskets of cane material and handcrafts. She kept this up for several years. She was reported to have said, "This has always been a great satisfaction to (me) as (I) was able to help the men and women of the region". She was elected Secretary of the Southern Tablelands Group of the CWA and she held this position for ten years. Merle was then elected to the State Executive for the CWA and she held this position for three years and after that was elected for another three-year term. She retired from active work with the CWA in 1960 and took up an interest in the Agricultural Bureau of NSW, an interest she missed during her later years. Her participation in the Agricultural Bureau gave her much satisfaction "as it dealt with the matters that (she) was most interested in". It was a "family association for dad, mum and the children".
Merle had been a member of the Bureau since 1949 and in 1963 she was nominated as the first woman councilor of this organisation, representing the Berridale Branch. She was a member of the State Council of the Agricultural Bureau for 14 years, then retired for eight years and returned to the Council for another eight years. Merle also attended a great many overseas conferences for the Associated Country Women of the World. She made a total of 12 overseas trips with this organisation and explained it as being a combination of the CWA and the Agricultural Bureau of Australia. LIVELY ROLES IN 12 CONFERENCES Her first trip was to England, and to visit the land where her forefathers came from was a very special experience for her. A special effort was made to see the White Cliffs of Dover, as that was the last sighting her grandparents had of England. "To Walk on the land that they had walked on was a great thrill," she said later. After the conference in England she went on to a conference in Copenhaen and then traveled around Sweden, Norway, Scotland and Wales. During her travels she stayed in private homes at the hospitality of women who were the equivalent of the Australian CWA members. A conference in Ceylon in 1953 enabled Miss Mould to see some of the remote parts of that country and gave her a better understanding of these people and their work. Other trips overseas were to conferences of the ACWW in Toronto, Japan, England again, Dublin, Honolulu, Hamburg, and New Zealand. On the New Zealand trip she went as leader of the Australian Bureau's delegation. Several years were spent looking after her mother who was ill and as a result Merle did not attend the conference in Oslo. In 1974 she was one of the coordinators of the committee who set up the conference that was held in Australia. She found these meetings "most fruitful, in that people were getting to meet other people" and Merle also suggested that it is important that people have the opportunity to work together as a group, the getting together of women of different countries and different cultures, was also very important to her. The ACWW organisation itself is involved mainly with helping the lesser-developed nations of the world. In travelling to all these conferences, Merle helped teach handicrafts and hygiene to people of less developed nations and also had the opportunity of listening to a great many speakers on a variety of relevant topics. An example of the work of this organisation is the recent establishment of the foundation to help the blind in India. Merle was the leader of the NSW Delegation of the ACWW to their Adelaide conference in 1988 and said she was "very proud to lead these women to represent her state and region". She decided not to go to the conference in Kansas City in 1989 as she felt it would have been "too much hassle at (my) time of life". (she would have been 88 that year). ARTHELLA'S GARDEN BLOOMED TO BENEFIT NUMEROUS CAUSES Another organisation of which Merle was a member is the Pan Pacific South East Asian Women's Association. This organisation is not well known to many people. It consists of groups of women in each state capital. Merle was once the national treasurer of this association and was an active member of the Sydney branch. She also attended several overseas conferences for Pan Pacific. In 1955 she traveled to a conference in Manila and "saw the rich and poor living side by side". In 1962 the Association held a conference in Canberra at which she arranged the posies of flowers for all the overseas delegates. Other conferences have improved cooking and water facilities in small villages throughout the South Pacific. The women in these areas are shown by Pan Pacific how to make better provisions for them-selves. The organisation has also given aid to Fiji in their time of trouble and the Australian Branch has a close association with Fiji. Merle found work with the Pan Pacific Organisation very rewarding as it gave her a direct opportunity to help those less fortunate than herself. Besides being involved with all these different organisations, Merle was very interested in gardening, and her garden at "Arthella" was always a show place. It has been the venue for many garden parties, raising money for many different organisations, including the church. As well as this her property has been the venue for several "Field Days" for the Agricultural Bureau. Unfortunately, the worth-whileness of all these different organisations is rarely recognised or mentioned. Merle had a great community spirit and during the course of single-handedly running the family property, she used to participate quite regularly in the Merino Ewe Competition at a state level. This meritorious lady has twice been asked to nominate for a British Honour in recognition for all her efforts with these various organisations, but she declined as she "doesn't like the idea of personal glory". Merle has been a quiet achiever who is "satisfied with what she already has" - that is, her friends, her family, and the satisfaction of knowing that she has helped many other people, not only in the Monaro district, but worldwide. SHE BROUGHT BABY HEALTH CENTRES TO "THE SNOWY" With the development of the Snowy Mountains Authority in the region during the 1950s came the establishment of several camps for workers and their families throughout the mountains, branches of the CWA were formed in the areas of Eucumbene, Cabramurra, Happy Jacks and Jindabyne. It was then that Merle saw the great need for Baby Health Care Centres in these areas and she herself was responsible for the establishment of centres in Cabramurra and Happy Jacks.
EXPRESS
JANUARY
22,
1998
PAGE
9 Miss Merle Mould who arrived back in Sydney last Friday having left London by air on the 9th inst. and flown across the USA and the Pacific was welcomed home by fellow members of the CWA at Cooma on Wednesday. She is Southern Tablelands Group Secretary, and was a NSW CWA representative at the recent ACWW Congress in Copenhagen. Cooma Monaro Express 22.12.1950
RONALD
MACKAY3 MOULD,
b.
1909,
d.
1979 RONALD MACKAY MOULD DFM. Ronald Mackay Mould was born at "Arthella", Middlingbank, on the 17th January 1909; he was the second child and only son born to Arthur and Ellen Mould. He received his primary school education at a little school close to his home, near "Rockbrook", then went on to finish his education at the Monaro Grammar School at Canberra. He particularly enjoyed playing football amongst other sports. After leaving school Ron worked with his father at "Arthella" and on their Snow Leases, in the early 30's he was an agent for Pitt Son and Badgery, and also bought a grazing block at "Moonbah". Prior to World War Two, Ron served for five years in the Lighthorse at Goulburn. Ron was also a very active sportsman at this time; he was a member of the Cooma Tennis Club, Golf, Football and Cricket Clubs and also a member of the Australian Alpine Ski Club. In January 1936 Ron married Nancy Rose of "Magellan", Via Cooma, they were married at St Thomas's Church, Middlingbank and lived with Ron's parents at "Arthella" until late 1940 when Ron joined the RAAF. Ron sold his "Moonbah" property in 1937 and purchased 8,000 acres at "Kybeyan", north of Nimmitabel. Ron entered the RAAF on The 16th September 1940 and at about that time his wife Nancy and his two daughters, Rosanne and Marylyn moved to "Kybeyan" to live. Their third daughter Raylee was born in June 1941 when Ron was training in Canada. Nancy's brother 'Pad', and his family lived at "Kybeyan" with the family during the war. As mentioned earlier Ron joined the RAAF in late 1940, he trained and served as a Wireless Operator, Air Gunner, Pilot Officer and Flying Officer; he did a number of tours in Bomber Command with the 460 Squadron in Wellington's and Lancaster's. As a Sergeant/Wireless operator in 1942 Ron was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal for" his exceptional keen sense of duty and determination, his initiative, keenness and gallantry." Prior to being demobbed he had achieved the rank of Flying Officer.
On returning from the war Ron had the daunting job of developing "Kybeyan" into a successful grazing property. After the War and in the early fifties Ron was one of the pioneers, on the Monaro, in the practice of clearing timber and sowing pasture by the use of mechanical machinery, on a large scale. The timber clearing operation was performed by three International TD 24 Crawler tractors, two of them pulling a steel. rope between them, and the third trailing behind, lifting the cable for higher leverage and helping to push the larger timber. Ron employed mostly Dutch immigrants to drive the machinery and to do the stick picking, of these people Con and Yope Wassink stayed on at "Kybeyan", and they both have their own properties nearby today. Plowing and sowing were executed by kerosene powered International Farmall tractors pulling a variety of chisel and disc plows and seeders. The basic pastures sown were a mixture of Perennial Rye grass and Subterranean Clover. In the late fifties, Ron did a lot of experimenting, in co-operation with the CSIRO, into the development and use of various varieties of Phalaris, Fescue, Cocksfoot and other grasses, He succeeded in boosting production by the use of these grasses. Experimenting with fertilizers gave Ron his greatest breakthrough at "Kybeyan" he had found that 'topdressing with Superphosphate was encouraging in these light granite soils, but the huge improvement came with the inclusion of very small amounts of trace elements, this discovery only came about after persistent trailing of many combinations of trace elements with Superphosphate All of "Kybeyan" was cleared and sown using the method mentioned above, and on completion Ron contracted to clear other properties in the Kybeyan, Nimmitabel and Countageny districts using the same equipment. The development of the Merino flock at "Kybeyan" was based on Haddon Rig blood lines, Ron did the sheep classing himself and under his management, at it's peak the 8,000 acre property had a running capacity of 12,000 sheep and over 500 head of cattle (including an Aberdeen Angus Stud). Sheep handling was the most intensive part of the farm operation as all the sheep needed to be drenched monthly to control Liver Fluke infestations. Ron worked closely with Arch Sinclair of William Cooper and Nephew in the development of spray and dip chemicals for the control of Itchmite and Lice and in researching the different methods of application of these products. One of the many 'cost saving enterprises' employed by Ron was the purchase of second hand Steel and Buildings from the Snowy Mountains Hyro-Electric Authority, this material was used to build stockyards, ramps, shearing sheds, shearing quarters, stockmen’s houses, workshops, haysheds, shelter sheds etc at "Kybeyan", "Dangelong" and "Middlingbank". As "Kybeyan" was developed into smaller paddocks, the bulldozers were used to dig out the dams for stock watering from the many good springs. On subdividing "Kybeyan", it was necessary to use rabbit netting on all the fences as rabbits are a very bad problem in that area, in the late 50's and during the 60's up to three men were employed in the winter, trapping and poisoning rabbits. Dingoes and Wombats were also a bad problem, especially on those parts of "Kybeyan" that backed on to the Brown Mountain National Park, baiting of animal carcasses dropped into the park from the air was the most successful method of eradication. Ron was that concerned about Rabbit and Dingo control that he made himself available as a member of the Cooma Pastures Board for many years. Because of the high percentage of lamb deaths at "Kybeyan" in the early days Ron worked very closely with Dr John Haliday (Sydney University) in researching the relationship of fox and Hawk populations to lamb loss. One of Ron's proudest achievements was Kybeyan's Stud and Commercial Aberdeen Angus Herds, over the years Ron invested a great deal of time and money developing these herds. "Kybeyan" heifers and 'cast for age' cows have been used as the foundation females for a number of Angus herds and Murray Grey Studs. In the early days Ron and his neighbors held annual cattle sales at the "Kybeyan" cattle yards. Ron took the responsibility of educating his children very seriously, he sent his three daughters to Ascham" and his son Pattrick to "Cranbrook", both Church of England private schools in Sydney, and he provided the girls with a home in Latimer Road, Bellevue Hill to use while they were at University etc. Later he sent his son James to Geelong Grammar. In 1960 the house in Bellevue Hill was sold and the money was used to partly finance the purchase of the 11,000-acre grazing property "Dangelong" from the Scottish Australian Company. "Dangelong" is situated approximately 15 Kms south -east of Cooma. For most of his life Ron was very involved in politics at Local, Federal and State levels. He had a close affiliation with many people in politics, both in the branches and in Parliament, he was instrumental in many major political decisions and achievements. He also held many formal positions in the Liberal Party, of particular note were his roles as Campaign Director for Dugald Munro (Federal Member for Eden Monaro) and Steve Mauger (State Member for Monaro), both of these campaigns were successful. Most of Ron's closer friends were fishing mates, he loved fly-fishing and was an expert, and he always made sure that the Kybeyan River was well stocked with Rainbow and Brown Trout. Ron did quite a lot of business with his fishing friends and conversely, a lot of his business and political friends became his fishing friends. Ron's other hobbies were mostly around the garden, anybody who has had a look around the gardens at Kybeyan would see a reflection here of the great vision and talent that Ron displayed in all his undertakings, the house, the huge stone walls and the stone driveways, are magnificent. In November 1962 Ron lost his first wife, Nancy. He lived alone at "Kybeyan" until his marriage to Wendy Hall on 22nd November 1965. Ron and Wendy were blessed with a son, James, who was born on 4th July 1960. Wendy became very involved in the management of "Kybeyan", and at the same time she nursed Ron for many years, throughout a persistent illness. Ron passed away on the 17th February 1979, at "Kybeyan", where his ashes where distributed. Wendy has been managing "Kybeyan" very successfully since then.
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15.06.1972 - Benjamin Pattrick Mould - Monaro Express - Memorial Service. A memorial service will be held at St Thomas’s Church Middlingbank, on Sunday at 2pm. In memory of the infant son of Mr and Mrs Pattrick Mould, of Middlingbank. Benjamin Pattrick Mould about six weeks old, was killed in a car accident near Corryong, in Victoria, last Friday. He was interned in the Gegedzerich cemetery yesterday. Benjamin was a passenger with his three-year-old sister, Amanda, and Mrs Maryanne Mould of Berridale, in a car driven by his mother. Sgt. O’Hagan of the Corryong police, said this morning, the accident happened when the car left the road on a sharp bend during a heavy fog. |
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