INAUGRAL COMMITTEE MEETING
Held At: Statesman, Hotel Curtin, ACT. 2pm, Sunday 2^nd October 2000

Attendance; Bruce and Shirley Mould, Pattrick Mould, Herb Mould, Dianne Mould, Marion Mould, Richard Mould, John Pattrick, Bruce McEwan, Debbie and James Gilbert and Margaret West.

Apologies: Robin Mould, Peter Mould, Judith Sutton, Robyn and David Monks, Vera Mould, Amanda and Ian FRASER, Isabel Wilkinson, Lynny Ferguson, Patricia Price, George Alpen, Betty Trevaniion, Leigh and Anita Stewart, Roseanne and Ian Collins, Ray and Geoff Parsons, Tony and Jo Mould, Wendy and Henry Rose, Cecilly and Keith Nevell, and Nola Orval. (Sorry if I have missed anybody – let me know please)

Reunion Venue and Date Venue: Cooma RSL Club. Reasoning – This is the best and the cheapest ($50/day) facility available. Seats 350+ people. Excellent variety of meals etc available all hours, at reasonable prices.

Date: Third Weekend in February, 2002. Reasoning – This date avoids long weekends, the tourist season, school holidays and school exams etc.

Committee Positions Filled
Chairperson: Richard Mould
Mailing Secretary: Debbie Gilbert
Typing and Data Entry: Dianne Mould
Tours and Accommodation: Richard Mould
Master of Ceremonies: Pattrick to approach Wendy Rose
Treasurer: Debbie Gilbert
Advertising: Any suggestions
Volunteers to Supervise Research (Genealogy and Family History)
The Family of G.Y. Mould and Augusta Thickness – Bruce McEwan
The Family of Henry Frederick Mould – Marion Mould
The Family of William Richard Mould – John Pattrick and Margaret West
The Family of Frederick John Mould – Bruce, Herb and Shirley Mould
The Family of George Gore Mould – Pattrick Mould, Debbie Gilbert and Anita Stewart Volunteers are urgently required to help these people

Financial Position A number of people have donated $50.00 each to start the ball rolling for ongoing costs. These details will appear in the Treasurer’s report at next meeting.

A collection was taken which covered the cost of the venue for the Committee Meeting at the Statesman Hotel (Hall hire $60.00 plus incidentals)

Budget A rough budget needs to be put together as soon as possible so that we can ascertain what the reunion registration fee will be (not including meals).

Bank Account. It was suggested that the Treasurer establish a bank account as soon as possible.

Mould Family Research Group Newsletter subscriptions received:

Margaret West $20.00 (One Year Subscription)

Bruce Mould $20.00

Herb Mould $20.00

Dianne Mould $20.00

John Pattrick $20.00

Debbie Gilbert $ 5.00 (Current Newsletter)

Next Meeting. We will get together at John Pattrick’s home 8 Kaufline Close, Cooma on Wednesday 6^th December, 2000. (Marion Mould volunteered her home as a venue for a future meeting).

MINI REUNION REPORT
I am very pleased to report that 25 people attended our Canberra Mini Reunion and that it was a huge success. The family of the late Alan Mould from Kingaroy were all there and enjoyed meeting their southern cousins. A number of researchers gave an interesting presentation on the history of G.Y. Mould. There was a large display of genealogy and memorabilia including the Australian Family Tree, the English Family Tree and an incredible number of old photos and family information. A lot of new photos and information came to light. Thank you all for making this a successful get together.

COMMITEE MEETING 6 December 2000

The second Mould Reunion Meeting was held on the 6 December 2000 at John Pattrick’s home, 6 Kaufline Close, Cooma.

Friday 8/9/00 speaking to John Pattrick. He hopes to be at Canberra, his health is looking up. He gave me Margaret West and George Alpen addresses.

Sundry 10/09/00 speaking to Lynny Ferguson, can’t attend mini reunion, gave address for Jenny Harrison, will be at the 2002.

Marion Mould rang – husband of Rob – Marion Mould will be at Canberra and daughter Dianne. Marion has lots of photos, marriage certificates etc to bring to the mini reunion.

HERB MOULD COOMA 03.09.00

Pattrick, Sorry to be slow but I haven’t been the tops "Gout" ? you. Richard and I will help you and be at meeting on 01102000. Unfortunately I lost some of my noted "Archives" but going back next week. Next time you correspond send Isabel Wilkinson Phone No. as I had my books stolen from me up town. I have marked out two deceased Moulds on the list returned. Is Isabel Wilkinson coming down? And any other from the second clutch. I’ll talk to you later mate. Regards Herb PS John Patrick has been crook but I understand is coming good.

(Isabel’s number is 02 6661 3505 – Pattrick)

Patricia Price. Dear Pattrick, Thank you so much for your kind invitation and very much regret not being able to attend. Such a well planned programme. Will forward my family information at a later date these next few months are extremely full for me. Wishing you a happy and successful reunion. With best regards. Patricia Price.

Other members: Flo Constance, Robin Mould, Peter Mould, Judith Sutton, Robyn and David Monks, Vera Mould, Amanda Fraser, Isabel Wilkinson, Lynny Ferguson, Patricia Price, George Alpen, Betty Trevaniion, Anita Stewart, Roseanne Collins, Ray Parsons, Tony Mould, Wendy Rose, Cecilly Nevell, and Nola Orval. (Sorry if I have missed anybody – let me know please)

BUDGET/FINANCE/FUND RAISING
Coordinated by - ?
URGENT - Determine a Registration Fee that will cover all the costs of the committees below.
Volunteers are urgently required

ADVERTISING
Coordinated by - ?

Direct Mail-outs to family members. Pattrick has started this. Could everybody please help with contact addresses, the ones we have are listed below. Please add your families' addresses and check that yours is right?

Metropolitan and Regional Daily Papers, Letters to the editor of all, Pattrick has the addresses. Someone to volunteer to write the press release and select a photo.

Family History Societies and Historical Societies in Australia. Send the press release to them all..

Local Papers - a few biographies/stories/photos. Somebody from the Monaro to coordinate please.

Coordinated by - ?
I have prepared an initial draft as a starting point for discussion at the next meeting, please contribute your thoughts.

RECEPTION/REGISTRATION COMMITTEE
Coordinated by - ?

Registration Forms for mailing. Pattrick has put together an example, see below. (These were used for the initial gathering)

Information package - reply's to registration forms
To be coordinated by - ?

Fill in information required by the committees:
Bus or car requirements for transport to sites.
Activities for family members not interested in the reunion
Visitors Centre details
Baby sitting requirements.
Youth Activities.

Information required by the visitors:
Program - a start has been made below.
Maps - one local map with the sites marked on it.
Accommodation - Phone, email and address of Cooma Visitors Centre should suffice.
Local billets.
Transport available to Cooma from Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Canberra?

Name Tags
Prices, numbers, etc.

Programs
Should be posted out with receipts. And given out with receipts on the day.

Maps
Has somebody got a good map of the district that covers the sites we are visiting, that I can copy from, post it to me please?
Should this be inserted in the program or the information package or both?

DISPLYS AT THE VENUE
To be coordinated by - ?

Photos
To be coordinated by - Marion Mould

Memorabilia
To be coordinated by - Herb Mould & Helper (Colin Mould?)
GY and Maria original photos, birth and marriage certificate, Doctors certificate
Family Bibles, Travelling Desk, Wills (Pattrick) etc
Boyd Mould's book and tapes, Glen Hall's Book (Pattrick), Reg Mould's Booklet
(Pattrick), John Pattrick's writings (John Pattrick). The Fraser, McGufficke, Mackay, Reynolds, Stewart etc books.
Coat of Arms - Tony Mould

Genealogy/Family Trees
To be coordinated by - ?
The Master Genealogist Program
To be coordinated by - ?
Pattrick has made a very tentative start on the data entry, can anybody help, I have a couple of copies of the program, Debbie Gilbert has one to. This program will generate an excellent Family Tree for display on the day.

Ian Mould's Family Tree Document
To be coordinated by - Richard Mould?

To be displayed and for sale on the day.
Richard to organise copying etc.

GY Moulds Second Family
To be coordinated by - Bruce McEwan?
Being put together by Bruce McEwan, I don't know what program he is using? As long as it can create a Gedcom file we will be able to use it in the book.

Books, CD's etc.
Coordinated by - Pattrick Mould?
The Mould Book (any suggestions for a name, Fowey to Cooma etc.)
Sales:
Hopefully we will have a bit of a dummy set up by the day, and we will take orders from that. Any other suggestions
Contents:
Family Tree including photos where possible.
Information to be supplied by:
The Family of G.Y. Mould and Augusta Thickness – Bruce McEwan
The Family of George Gore Mould – Pattrick Mould, Debbie Gilbert and Anita Stewart
The Family of Frederick John Mould – Bruce, Herb and Shirley Mould
The Family of Maria Elisabeth Mould/William Jardine/John Wright - ?
The Family of William Richard Mould – John Pattrick and Margaret West
Volunteers are urgently required to help these people

History of the Family in England including biographies of any direct ancestors.
I urgently need someone to help me sort out all the research material I have received.

Biographies of:
GY Mould his wives his children and his grandchildren and any other descendants whose biographies are available. All biographies to contain as many photos as possible.

Volunteers to Supervise Research (Genealogy and Family History)
GY Mould and Maria Cranch - ?
The Family of G.Y. Mould and Augusta Thickness – Bruce McEwan
2^nd Generation
The Family of George Gore Mould – Pattrick Mould, Debbie Gilbert and Anita Stewart
The Family of Frederick John Mould – Bruce, Herb and Shirley Mould
The Family of Maria Elisabeth/William Jardine/John Wright - ?
The Family of William Richard Mould – John Pattrick and Margaret West
3^rd Generation
The Family of Henry Frederick Mould – Marion Mould
Volunteers are urgently required to help these people

Reunion photos.
A pictorial of official and private photos taken on the weekend.

The Mould Family History CD;
To contain all the information and photos in the book, orders taken on the day.

The WebPages and Newsletter (Could possible be set up with the book etc)
To be coordinated by - ?
We will require a Computer (PC) with modem and supervisor is required.

Souvenirs and Novelty Items (Commercial companies could man their own displays?)
To be coordinated by - ?
Family Crest - Coat of Arms
Contact manufacturers - anybody have the address etc?
Cups, plates, key rings etc., with photos of GY Mould, Coat of Arms etc. Is there anybody that does this locally?

ACTIVITIES FOR THE YOUNGSTERS
Baby sitting availability.
Scheduled youth activities that are on that weekend.
Train trips, Pool, Sports, Tennis etc?

FRIDAY
8.30 - 9.00 am REGISTRATION AT RSL
9.00 am. Choice of non-family orientated activities i.e.
Snowy Scheme Tour
Historical Tour of the Monaro etc.
6.00 - 7.00 p.m. REGISTRATION AT RSL
7.00 p.m. WELCOME DINNER AT RSL
10 minute speaker on Mould Family History (Cornwall - Devon)
Ted Egan/Boyd Mould Video
Displays manned/Photo, book and literature orders taken

SATURDAY

8.30 - 9.00 am REGISTRATION AT RSL
9.00 am. OFFICIAL OPENING AND WELCOME BY THE MAYOR AT RSL
9.30 am. 10 minute speaker on Mould Family History (London - Sydney - Adaminaby)
10.00 am. CAR CONVOY TO BOCCONOC AND ADAMINABY
Boconoc - Fraser's House, Graves and House Foundation (Bruce?)
Adaminaby - Church, School, Cemetery and Stewarts Displays (Herb/Anita)
Lunch in Adaminaby - Catered (CWA, Church, Red Cross?)
7.00 p.m. DINNER FUNCTION AT RSL (MC Amanda Fraser)
10 minute speaker On Mould History (Gore's - Boconoc - Adaminaby - Cooma)
Countdown of attendees i.e. Grandchildren, Great Grandchildren, GG Gran's etc
Displays manned/Photo, book and literature orders taken.

SUNDAY
8.30 - 9.00 am REGISTRATION AT RSL
9.00 am CHURCH SERVICES (Where?) (Contact Ian Litchfield re Christ Church?)
11.00 am REUNION GROUP PHOTOS TAKEN AT RSL
12.30pm LUNCH AT RSL
10 minute speaker on the children of GY Mould
1.30 p.m. CAR CONVOY TO CHRIST CHURCH, NEVILLE LOCKER'S, GEGEDZERICK
Christ Church GY Mould Graves etc, Neville Locker's - relics etc., Gegedzerick - Fraser and Mould graves.
6.00 p.m. FAREWELL GATHERING AT RSL - Thank you's etc
Displays manned/Photo, book and literature orders taken

C/- Pattrick Mould

46 Rome Street,

Toowoomba Qld 4350

9th September 2001

I hope you will take the time to read this letter.

A number of family members have attended a few meetings with the purpose of holding a Family Reunion. The organising is going ahead in leaps and bounds, but we need help and registrations from as many family members as possible. If you and your family intend to come along please let us know as soon as you can by filling in the attached registration form.

As the majority of the people interested at this stage are from the George Yonge Mould family, it has been a general consensus of those interested that Cooma would be the best place to hold a reunion. Primarily, so that everyone attending would have the opportunity to visit places of historical interest i.e. George Yonge Mould’s grave in Cooma, the house ruins and graves of other members of the family at Boconoc, and other historical sites such as the Churches at Adaminaby and Cooma. The date and venue chosen are the Cooma RSL, Fri 15^th - Sun 17^th Feb 2002.

Could you please help us update our addresses, genealogy and photographic libraries so that we can put on the best display possible? Our first priority is to put together a comprehensive mailing list of as many family members as possible. I have attached a list of the names and addresses of the family members we have been able to put together so far, we are missing complete families, so we need all the help we can get. We also need to update the family tree and gather more photos and memorabilia, so that we can put together a comprehensive display at the reunion. I would be grateful if you would consider helping us out by sending as much information as you can. More information in regard to these items is attached

I look forward to hearing from you in the near future, please help if you can.

Yours Sincerely

Pattrick Mould

Send to: or contact Pattrick at:

MOULD FAMILY REUNION Ph: 07 4638 5135

Pattrick Mould Fax: 07 4632 5326

TOOWOOMBA Q 4350

Please send me further information.

Names of Family

Street:

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Town/Suburb Post Code

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Name:

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Street:

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Town/Suburb Post Code

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Program, Local Maps and Accommodation Contacts.

Details of transport available to Cooma from Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Canberra.

MOULD REUNION REPLY (CONT’D)

ٱ Advertising ٱ Reception/Name-tags etc

ٱ Meals and Accommodation ٱ Photographs and Memorabilia

ٱ Genealogy/Family trees ٱ Biographies.

ٱ Displays ٱ Historical Tour

ٱ Coordination with the Monaro Family History Group and the Historical Society

ٱ Other, please nominate

Our first priority is to put together a comprehensive list of as many family members as possible. I have attached a list of the names and addresses of the family members we have been able to put together so far. You can no doubt see how incomplete this list is, we are missing complete families, so we need all the help we can get in this area, as soon as possible please. As a starting point, I have the following names but no addresses: Nancy Curry, Joan Mould, Gladys Mould, George Alpen, Margaret Doyle, Jennifer Harrison. PLEASE HELP.

Before we hold the reunion we need to update the family tree, so that we can display a comprehensive tree on the day. We also intend to publish a book for the reunion, this would contain all the family history we can put together at this stage. Please contribute if you can.

The information we need includes the names, date and place and any other details you have about all the births, marriages, deaths of your family members, especially of your own family, and if possible of your sisters, brothers, parents, grandparents and great-grandparents. (If you have this information on a computer, a disc would be great, alternatively if you have a genealogy program a ‘Gedcom file’ would be even better).

A number of people have sent me essays/notes about their family history. I would be very grateful if you would consider doing the same. I will be happy to receive material that is typed, handwritten, taped etc. If you would prefer to be interviewed let me know.

articles passed to you from other family members,

your story,

the story of your children,

recollections about your childhood,

memories of your parents and grand parents,

details of where you family have lived,

a story about a prominent family member,

Or something I haven’t thought of.

Photographs Marion Mould 02 6452 1057, is coordinating this venture.

Any photographs you can lend us of members of the first five generations in Australia would be greatly appreciated. We would get negatives made and get them back to you as soon as possible. If you don’t feel comfortably with lending us your photos that’s okay, would it be possible for you to get negatives made for us? We intend to use Theo Schoo of Schoo’s Studio in Cooma to reproduce all the photos, so you can leave originals with him to make the negatives. Any photos of family groups of living members are most welcome to, but we have to watch the expenditure so we would appreciate you getting the negatives done, where possible.

I am aware that there is a lot of memorabilia out there (bibles, books, original portraits, paintings of homes, cutlery, crockery, copies of birth and marriage certificates etc It would be great to be able to display it all at the gathering. If you could let us know what you could bring along, that will allow us to organise space and cabinets etc for display purposes. Also, if we can list some of this material it will encourage people to come and have a look, so as to ensure a more successful weekend

Would you please give serious consideration to being involved and helping us put this gathering together. Your skills are needed. We need people to be on the committees and take responsibility for the following areas: Program, Venue, Invitations and Correspondence, Reception/Name-tags, Advertising, Meals, Accommodation, Photographs and Memorabilia, Genealogy and Family History, PA System, Data Entry, Displays, Historical Tour, Master of Ceremonies, Coordination with the Monaro Family History Group and the Historical Society and more. You don’t need to live in the Cooma District to do these jobs. And we also need helpers to assist those with these responsibilities. Can you help? Please drop me a line, phone or email me as soon as you can.

Yours Sincerely

Pattrick Mould