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
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
Blue Mountains Historical Society Dear Members and Friends, BMHS 80th Anniversary Celebrations – 22 August at the Carrington Hotel, Katoomba BMHS members and friends are
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
The Blue Mountains Historical Society (BMHS) organizes periodic day excursions, including historical bus tours to significant colonial sites like Sydney’s Vaucluse House. To
The History Of Pharmacies in Katoomba- A Talk by Paul Innes- 6/ 6/26 To watch the talk please click on the link below
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
Keith Maxwell discusses his, & Michael Keats, OAM book, ‘Splendour Rock’ in the wild dog mountains, Its connection to local WW2 bushwalkers who didnt return
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. To View click on this link https://drive.google.com/file/d/15yyAwvbxRJrNZ0ymuz7dnFqOjR2jgoAs/view?usp=sharing
“Fish without Bicycles” The Blue Mountains Historical Society (BMHS) held its annual McLaughlin Lecture on Saturday 28 February 2026 at the Lawson Mechanics Institute,
The Show Must Go On – A talk about the history of Pianbo players in the Blue Mountains by Colin Semmler. This talk was given
