Meeting and Public Talk – Pianists of the Blue Mountains by Colin Semmler

Blue Mountains Historical Society 99 Blaxland Road, Wentworth Falls, NSW, Australia

Colin Semmler, a member of BMHS, will present the first monthly talk for 2026. He will speak to his very well researched and recently completed book about the pianists of the Blue Mountains entitled "The Show Must Go On".

$5

BMHS Annual McLaughlin Lecture – “Fish without Bicycles” by Dr Catherine Bishop

Lawson Mechanics Institute Great Western Highway, Lawson, NSW, Australia

Australian feminist Irina Dunn coined the phrase ‘a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle’ in 1970. Hers was a rallying cry that rings true today, although women are still fighting for true equality. But what of women before the 1970s? The Blue Mountains’ own Beryl McLaughlin was one woman who proved […]

$5