Short History Snippets telling the Stories of the Blue Mountains will be posted here. The text was written by Robyne Ridge. Spoken by Bruce Ferrier The first History Snippet is […]
Michael Keats, Yuri Bolotin and Brian Fox presented a talk based on their recent book “Khaki and Green”. This is the story of the War Games which preceded the establishment […]
Blue Mountains Historical Society Dear Members and Friends, BMHS 80th Anniversary Celebrations – 22 August at the Carrington Hotel, Katoomba BMHS members and friends are invited to attend a morning […]
On Saturday 4 July 2026, John Lanser, a long term member of the Blue Mountains Historical Society spoke about the history of Katoomba’s own radio station, 2KT that opened in […]
Welcome back to what we hope will be a wonderful 2006 in the life of our Society. Opening hours – BMHS Research Centre – Tuesday and Friday 10am to 2pm […]
1813: A TALE THAT GREW IN THE TELLING [146.10] Siobhan Lavelle explains the title in the forward of her book. It comes from the opening sentence of the foreword in Tolkien’s […]
On a wet and misty mountain morning we set off for the Hawkesbury. The weather really didn’t improve, but we had a wonderful day. After morning tea and a toilet […]
Annual General Meeting President April 2025 Thank you to all our members for their strong support of The Blue Mountains Historical Society during this year. We have averaged 9.6 members […]
BMHS Excursion Wednesday 16 April 2025 Change of Itinerary. Dear BMHS Members, I am writing to let you know that the BMHS Excursion, originally advertised as being about Police, Convicts, […]
Wednesday 19 March 2025 saw Malcolm Turnbull become the 29th Prime Minister to plant an oak tree in the Corridor of the Oaks at Faulconbridge. Three other former prime ministers […]
