John Hill – Blue Mountains Historical Society

Poets, Painters & Pioneers, Banjo Paterson’s Remarkable Family

Poets, Painters & Pioneers, Banjo Paterson’s Remarkable Family. A talk By Heather Knight on 5/10/2024 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AS_8cUJctUL9SqIquOOS2xfQpqyZuOUj/view?usp=sharing

“The Other Bushrangers” – a talk by Dr Meg Foster.

Dr Meg Foster is the Chancellor’s Research Fellow in the Social and Political Sciences Faculty at the University of Technology, Sydney. Her talk was based on her 2022 book, Boundary […]

Fire stories, a lesson in time: the 1957 Leura fires.

Fire stories, a lesson in time: the 1957 Leura fires. Link to video https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-lA8Eu8NcUgLUZ7pHsfcbR78NRbPs2zJ/view?usp=sharing

Official opening of Hobby’s Reach Extensions, Dec 3 1994

Video of the official opening of Hobby’s Reach Research Centre extensions, Dec 3 1994, followed by a tour of Tarella cottage and the grounds. Click on the either the photo […]

Barrallier, a talk by Andy Macqueen, 3 Aug 2024

Meeting & Public Talk – Andy Macqueen: “The Frenchman: Francis Barrallier, life and journeys 1772-1853”. Click on following link: Barrallier, a talk by Andy Maqueen 3 Aug 2024

The Paragon, is it being restored? Some Memories!

The Paragon, is it being restored ? Here are some memories. A restoration partition now surrounds the Paragon. Here is a meeting/presentation involving the ‘Friends of the Paragon’, and others, […]

A showgirl’s Luck & the Lapstone Hotel, a historic perspective

A showgirl’s Luck & the Lapstone Hotel, a historic perspective. John Lanser discusses the first ever ‘Talkie’ made in Australia, and where it was filmed. John illustrates his talk with […]

Peter Doyle discusses the Historic Police photo forensic archive, 1/6/2024

Meeting & Public Talk – Peter Doyle Speaker https://drive.google.com/file/d/1J5kqQmqIcOWCHSKYP2b0GnRENyp9Yjva/view?usp=sharing If the link at the top of the page doesn’t open, copy and paste the above web address into your […]