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25 November, 2025
Bowral Market founder’s legacy lives on
Page Coulson founded the market at Bowral Public School (BPS) in 2010 with just 12 hand picked stallholders. It became one of the biggest markets in NSW attracting locals and tourists from far and wide.
Page Coulson founded the market at Bowral Public School (BPS) in 2010 with just 12 hand-picked stallholders. It became one of the biggest markets in NSW attracting locals and tourists from far and wide.
On Saturday, The Bowral Market will return to BPS for the first time since COVID with a Christmas Market.
COVID restrictions forced the market to find an alternative venue due to the NSW Department of Education’s introduction of COVID restrictions prohibiting anyone other than staff or students from attending school campuses.
Page soldiered on, moving the market to the Bowral Bowling Club car park, even erecting a fence to contain it, but it couldn’t accomodate the vast variety of stallholders and became primarily a produce market.
Page’s widow, Lee Coulson told the Southern Wire, “Page’s primary objective with the market was to attract quality stallholders with items that were not available in the Highlands.
“I hope the new Bowral Market can continue with Page’s vision of an eclectic mix of stallholders and local producers to grow the market. I wish them much success!”
Linda Rosen is now managing the rebooted market.
Tragically, Page developed a sudden and short illness, her husband Lee arranged for palliative care at their home in Berrima where she died on 18 November 2020.
Page’s love of animals saw her rescue and care for miniature horses, support native animals, and eventually establish her own not-for-profit organisation, In Loving Hands.
For further information or to book a stall at the Bowral Market, contact Linda Rosen at sales@resinboardco.com.au or view https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Bw1r7uWcp/
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