SAVED FOR POSTERITY "MOLONG EXPRESS" 1946

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser NSW.

5 Nov 1946

SAVED FOR POSTERITY

'MOLONG EXPRESS' FILES FOR MITCHELL LIBRARY

Old files of the 'Molong Express' going back to 1889 will be added to the historical news papers section of the Mitchell library, Sydney.

Following communication between the editor and Mr. W. A. Bayley, of the Library's history staff, it was arranged at the weekend to send these old files to Sydney. 

There are many old files of the 'Express' which, until now, have been in an old shed moldering away, and being eaten by mice and other vermin.

Some of these old copies contain much data about Molong which is of great historical value.

SEEKS MOLONG HISTORY

Mr. Bayley has intimated, that he would like to hear from Molong and district citizens who have old documents and records of our town. His address is: Public School, CastleHill.

He will visit Molong district during his Easter vacation next year to obtain and collate all these documents.

Mr. Bayley, who is a life member of the Royal Australian Historical Society, wrote:

 'I sometimes wish that my life was one long school holiday; then I could attend to things more quickly, but I must make a living whilst the Mitchell Library is dependent on investigators such as myself to carryout work of such a specialised nature. 

'However, I certainly shall visit your district at no far distant date and do the rounds of the towns in which your papers are published. 

. . .'Shortly you will receive your certificate from the Library, and I might suggest that you might frame it on your office wall, as many of the donors are doing.

“I thank you for the publicity accorded in your district: I shall make it a welter when I call — possibly next May.

'WORLD'S LARGEST COLLECTION"

Mitchell Library is built on David Scott Mitchell's original collection of 61,000 volumes, freely given by him to the Nation with £70,000 for its upkeep. Subsequent, donations, large and small, have combined to make the Library the world's largest collection of Australian historical documents.



LINKS TO:-
Molong Express and its founders 
http://leathemhistory.blogspot.com.au/2013/11/the-molong-express-and-its-founding.html