A member of the Blue Mountains Historical Society, Keith Painter, will speak to his recently published book, “Thirty Blue Mountains Lookouts ~ the views, the
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
‘Colourised ‘ Film footage of Katoomba in the 1920’3, 1930’s and 1950’s. Filmed by local Pharmacist Gordon McCredie. Generously shared by Granddaughter Laura Candy &
BMHS Meeting and Public Talk – Wal Walker – The Squatters’ Grab Wal Walker spoke about the failure of governments, administrations and the judiciary to
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
Gordon McCredie was a pharmacist in Katoomba, and a keen amatuer filmmaker. His Grandaughter,. Laura Candy, & family shared a selection of his work pertaining
John Lanser related some early stories of the history of Jenolan Caves to a packed house. His illustrated talk featured a short early 1917 silent
Bill Phippen, OAM, presented a talk about the life of Kathleen M Butler who, for many years, worked along side the NSW government engineer, John
How to breathe life into Family History- Vivianne Byrnes. 5th April 2025 Link to Video https://drive.google.com/file/d/174Xaizg-EqVsn5iPxOumtF356Fyw0p_H/view?usp=sharing Vivianne Byrnes holds a BA DipEd from Macquarie University,
Mr Paul Innes, a long term member of BMHS, well known in the Blue Mountains as the Carrington Historian and the proprietor of Blue Mountains
Ralph Bennett talked about the history of printing and his family’s long association with Printing and the Blue Mountains. Ralph’s talk was based around a
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.
