Robyne Ridge discusses the recent day excursions / bus tour to Sydney’s Vaucluse House.

The Blue Mountains Historical Society (BMHS) organizes periodic day excursions, including historical bus tours to significant colonial sites like Sydney’s Vaucluse House. To view the talk, please click […]
The History Of Pharmacies in Katoomba- A Talk by Paul Innes- 6/ 6/26

The History Of Pharmacies in Katoomba- A Talk by Paul Innes- 6/ 6/26 To watch the talk please click on the link below https://drive.google.com/file/d/1w-Vmc9S2aH4VHSgDGG4RPTTtqCFIu1Mq/view?usp=sharing
Scenic World Katoomba – social and historic impact

Philip Hammon, past President of our society, grew up and raised his family in the Blue Mountains. He is the retired CEO of Scenic World and is still a Director […]
Splendour Rock – A talk by Keith Maxwell

Keith Maxwell discusses his, & Michael Keats, OAM book, ‘Splendour Rock’ in the wild dog mountains, Its connection to local WW2 bushwalkers who didnt return from the war,our and other […]
The Mclaughlins & Tarella, a talk by Robyne Ridge 11/04/2026

To watch, click on the link below. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xDFDYkC6DDPQJ1V3JIYQeRXbYldtmTgO/view?usp=sharing
The Anzac Day march in Sydney, 1992, as live broadcast by the ABC, digitised from a VHS tape

The Anzac Day march in Sydney, 1992, as live broadcast by the ABC, digitised from a VHS tape. To View click on this link https://drive.google.com/file/d/15yyAwvbxRJrNZ0ymuz7dnFqOjR2jgoAs/view?usp=sharing Auto generated , non […]
Dr Catherine Bishop spoke on the topic “Fish Without Bicycles”. This lecture focuses on local Blue Mountains women who earned their own money, independent of men,

“Fish without Bicycles” The Blue Mountains Historical Society (BMHS) held its annual McLaughlin Lecture on Saturday 28 February 2026 at the Lawson Mechanics Institute, Dr Catherine Bishop spoke on the […]
The Show Must Go On – The History of Piano players in the Blue Mountains by Colin Semmler. /2/2026

The Show Must Go On – A talk about the history of Pianbo players in the Blue Mountains by Colin Semmler. This talk was given at the Blue Mountains Historical […]
Blue Mountain Lookouts – A talk by Keith Painter.

A member of the Blue Mountains Historical Society, Keith Painter, will speak to his recently published book, “Thirty Blue Mountains Lookouts ~ the views, the people, the stories”, his 16th […]
Mr Greg North examines Banjo Paterson’s Boer War experiences as a special war correspondent.

Saturday 4 October 2025. The talk this month was given by Mr Greg North, a long time member of BMHS, who examined Banjo Paterson’s Boer War experiences as a special […]