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      • Building the Katoomba Coal Mine 1878 – 1882
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      • Reverse Engineering the Bleichert Ropeway
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      • Graham Alcorn’s Walk To Minihaha Falls
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      • The History of Catalina racetrack as told by John Lanser. 7/10/2023
      • ‘Private Ryan and the lost peace- Douglas Newton ‘
      • Blue Mountains Byways
      • David King – AKA Dingo Darbo
      • Collit’s Inn – Uncovering the Past
      • Dick Adams (APM OAM) talks about ” A Yankee Trooper, William Wallace Hollister”
      • HARRY DILLON ‘MACQUARIE’
      • Chris Weber History Of Disasters In The Blue Mountains
      • Kate O’Neill talks about Woodford Academy and the 17th Century Dutch master painting
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