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Issue

Date

19th C ROYALTY TO MOUNTAINS

story, Harry Peckman guide

28

2013 Jul-Aug

2011 AGM Will Holmes ‘a Court

to be guest speaker at Everglades

13

2011 Jan-Feb

ABORIGINAL COMMEMORATION

Jummangunda Ngunninga

30

2013 Nov-Dec

ABORIGINAL CULTURAL HERITAGE

misconceptions, archaeological research etc

17

2011 Sep-Oct

ABORIGINAL CULTURE

cultural heritage, need for dialogue

20

2012 Mar-Apr

ABORIGINAL LIFE

recorded by Barralier

20

2012 Mar-Apr

ABORIGINES

how they managed the land

28

2013 Jul-Aug

ABORIGINES local

spelling Darug, Dharug, Dharuk etc

19

2012 Jan-Feb

ACROSS THE BLUE MOUNTAINS

new music CD by Jim Low

28

2013 Jul-Aug

AFGHANISTAN

stolen artefacts returned

23

2012 Sep-Oct

AGNES BANKS

2 chimneys, history of property?

1

2009 Jan-Feb

AIR CRASH Wirraway 1940

Hazelbrook

19

2012 Jan-Feb

ANTARCTIC TREK

changed communication technology

28

2013 Jul-Aug

ANZAC CENTENARY GRANTS

available, guidelines

30

2013 Nov-Dec

ARCHDUKE FRANZ FERDINAND 1893

visited Wentworth Falls, Govett’s Leap & Zig Zag

11

2010 Sep-Oct

AUSTRALIAN ANIMAL ART

to remain in Britain

30

2013 Nov-Dec

AUSTRALIAN CINEMA

men & women of the bush

29

Sep-Oct 2013

AUSTRALIAN HERITAGE STRATEGY

Federal Govt, call for ideas, suggestions

30

2013 Nov-Dec

AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM

plan to revamp exhibition space

28

2013 Jul-Aug

BARRALIER Francis Louis

French ambassador, explorer, Aborigines

17

2011 Sep-Oct

BARRALIER Francis Louis

French exile, exploration, journal

20

2012 Mar-Apr

BASHIR GOVERNOR Marie

continuing support for BM heritage

27

2013 May-Jun

BATHURST

significance of western crossings

28

2013 Jul-Aug

BEAUCHAMP Hon. NSW Governor

visited Springwood, banished from England

17

2011 Sep-Oct

BEERSHEBA correction re Aust Light Horse

also re Wallgrove Army Camp

13

2011 Jan-Feb

BELLS LINE OF ROAD

Pt 1, Alexander Bell junior

30

2013 Nov-Dec

BEN HALL'S BATHURST RAID

1863, planned festival

27

2013 May-Jun

BENALONG d. 1803

believe grave is near Kissing Point

25

2013 Jan-Feb

BERYL McLAUGHLIN lecture 5. 3. 2011

speaker John Ellison, Wentworth Falls School of Arts

13

2011 Jan-Feb

BETTER PLANNING NETWORK

to protect heritage, especially Aboriginal

27

2013 May-Jun

BI-CENTENNIAL TRIBUTES

George Evans & William Cox

30

2013 Nov-Dec

BICENTENARY EVENTS FOR 3 YEARS

commenced May 11, 2013

27

2013 May-Jun

BILLS HORSE TROUGHS

overview, depression years

22

2012 Jul-Aug

BLAXLAND Gregory grave site

report, headstone photo

21

2012 May-Jun

BLAXLAND Gregory London medals

gold & silver, for Australian grown wines

26

2013 Mar-Apr

BLAXLAND LAWSON WENTWORTH

bronze bust, Terrance Plowright

26

2013 Mar-Apr

BLAXLAND LAWSON WENTWORTH

need to recognise explorers' companions

27

2013 May-Jun

BLAXLAND LAWSON WENTWORTH

rare manuscripts, Mitchell Library

26

2013 Mar-Apr

BLAXLAND LAWSON WENTWORTH 1813

the "tale that grew in the telling"

27

2013 May-Jun

BLUE MOUNTAINS

collection of early travel writings

8

2010 Mar-Apr

BLUE MOUNTAINS

heritage sites listed

8

2010 Mar-Apr

BLUE MOUNTAINS

literary index & map project

13

2011 Jan-Feb

BLUE MOUNTAINS BOTANIC GARDENS

new Aboriginal heritage tour

28

2013 Jul-Aug

BLUE MOUNTAINS CITY COUNCIL

heritage review of LEP 1991

12

2010 Nov-Dec

BLUE MOUNTAINS CULTURAL CENTRE

finished, Bob Debus, traditional lands

25

2013 Jan-Feb

BLUE MOUNTAINS CUSTOMS

customs & excise duty, Newnes, Glen Davis

6

2009 Nov-Dec

BLUE MOUNTAINS during WW2

overview of research for publication

22

2012 Jul-Aug

BLUE MOUNTAINS EARLY 20th C MAPS

on computers at Springwood Library & BMHS

25

2013 Jan-Feb

BLUE MOUNTAINS EXPLORERS' TRAIL MAP

idea being explored

29

2013 Sep-Oct

BLUE MOUNTAINS FAMILY HISTORY

Society’s successful seminar, Boat People 1788-1922

15

2011 May-Jun

BLUE MOUNTAINS GARDENS

overview, related to 2013 crossing

24

2012 Nov-Dec

BLUE MOUNTAINS HERITAGE AREA

World Heritage Exhibition Centre at Mt Tomah

13

2011 Jan-Feb

BLUE MOUNTAINS HISTORICAL MATERIALS

new R.A.H.S. website, photos & text

28

2013 Jul-Aug

BLUE MOUNTAINS HISTORY CONFERENCE

May 10, 2014, Carrington Hotel

30

2013 Nov-Dec

BLUE MOUNTAINS HISTORY JOURNAL

No 4. available online

30

2013 Nov-Dec

BLUE MOUNTAINS JOURNEYS

accounts compiled by Ken Goodlet

26

2013 Mar-Apr

BLUE MOUNTAINS LAND USE PLAN

to be exhibited

30

2013 Nov-Dec

BLUE MOUNTAINS police 1846

to quell Maori uprising in NZ

3

2009 May-Jun

BLUE MOUNTAINS REGION

educational & research body proposed

23

2012 Sep-Oct

BLUE MOUNTAINS SANDSTONE

small grants for building restoration etc

30

2013 Nov-Dec

BLUE MOUNTAINS SHIRE Lawson

William Cox engineer, Percy Wilson president etc

13

2011 Jan-Feb

BLUE MOUNTAINS WW2 project

need for individuals’ stories

13

2011 Jan-Feb

BMACHO

Facebook page

29

2013 Sep-Oct

BMACHO

joins Better Planning Network, lobby group

25

2013 Jan-Feb

BMACHO 2012 AGM

management changes

21

2012 May-Jun

BMACHO 2012 History Conference

support by Louise Markus MP, Prof Ian Jack

18

2011 Nov-Dec

BMACHO 2014

planned history conference

28

2013 Jul-Aug

BMACHO COMMITTEE

at Scenic World

19

2012 Jan-Feb

BMACHO CONFERENCE

background, Bendigo Bank support

23

2012 Sep-Oct

BMACHO CONFERENCE

success, overview

24

2012 Nov-Dec

BMACHO CONFERENCE 2012

Silas Clifford-Smith, on survival in strange land

21

2012 May-Jun

BMACHO CONFERENCE 2014

planned May 10, The Carrington

29

2013 Sep-Oct

BMACHO GRANTS workshops

re grants & RAHS workshop of land records

18

2011 Nov-Dec

BMACHO HISTORY CONFERENCE

Bendigo Bank financial support

22

2012 Jul-Aug

BMACHO MANAGEMENT new committee

K Frappell, W Hawkes, P Moppett, J Winston

27

2013 May-Jun

BMACHO new member

Eskbank Rail Heritage Centre

18

2011 Nov-Dec

BMACHO Pamela Smith

new president from Springwood Historians

15

2011 May-Jun

BMACHO SUPPORT

formation of a Western Crossing Foundation

25

2013 Jan-Feb

BMACHO SUPPORT

grant application for digitising local papers

30

2013 Nov-Dec

BMCC Heritage Advisory Council

public participation welcomed

16

2011 Jul-Aug

BMCC museum advisor funded

part time, Lynn Collins

15

2011 May-Jun

BRADMAN Don at Blackheath

scored a century

18

2011 Nov-Dec

BRADMAN HOUSE RECOGNITION

19th C annual National Trust Heritage Award

27

2013 May-Jun

BRAEMAR SPRINGWOOD

history of historic house, & Thomas William Garrett

5

2009 Sep-Oct

BRIDGE ST. SYDNEY

proposed sale of 3 sandstone buildings

29

2013 Sep-Oct

BURMA MUSEUMS inside & outdoors

under strict control

25

2013 Jan-Feb

BUSHFIRES & FAMILY HISTORY

need for preservation of records & artefacts

25

2013 Jan-Feb

BUSHFIRES BM & LITHGOW

overview, effect on heritage properties

30

2013 Nov-Dec

CABEL CLERICAL INDEX ONLINE

Sydney Diocese 1788-1961

27

2013 May-Jun

CAMBODIAN EXHIBITION

report

12

2010 Nov-Dec

CAMPBELL Harold Kenneth family life

1st AIF, d.1916, & Blaxland monument

24

2012 Nov-Dec

CANOWINDRA FISH FOSSILS

360 million years old, significant

29

2013 Sep-Oct

CAPTAIN COOK PISTOL

sold at auction

28

2013 Jul-Aug

CARCOAR

court house history, grant for restoration

7

2010 Jan-Feb

CHRISTISON Ray

won IMAGinE award

30

2013 Nov-Dec

CITY OF ADELAIDE clipper

historic ship, emigrants Scotland to Australia

21

2012 May-Jun

COAL MINES

no longer in existence, western BM region

6

2009 Nov-Dec

COASTAL EXPLORERS journals

Cook, Banks, Furneaux, Phillip etc

19

2012 Jan-Feb

COCKATOO ISLAND brutal history

Biloela Industrial & Reformatory for Girls

26

2013 Mar-Apr

COLLECTIONS SRNSW workshop

Nov, 2012, topics to be covered

21

2012 May-Jun

COLONIAL PAST & public history

defined, sources eg from maps

24

2012 Nov-Dec

COLONIAL SOCIETY & beyond eg Katoomba

overview, Aboriginal & European use

24

2012 Nov-Dec

COLONIAL WOMEN of note

Caroline Chisholm, Elizabeth Veale, Elizabeth Macarthur

9

2010 May-Jun

COMMEMORATIVE HOLEY DOLLAR COINS

free to local school children

27

2013 May-Jun

CONVICT FEMALE FACTORIES

overview, women eg at Parramatta

15

2011 May-Jun

CONVICT FEMALE FACTORY

transported women, conditions, stories

23

2012 Sep-Oct

COOERWULL HOUSE LITHGOW

sandstone heritage, Andrew Brown

26

2013 Mar-Apr

COOK James

naval pension for his nanny goat

11

2010 Sep-Oct

COOK Joseph MLA Hartley Prime Minister

Primitive Methodist, miners’ union

20

2012 Mar-Apr

COOK Sir Joseph & Dame Mary

Lithgow's Prime Minister

28

2013 Jul-Aug

COOK Sir Joseph & Lady Mary

talk by Wendy Hawkes

30

2013 Nov-Dec

COOK Sir Joseph & Dame Mary

exhibition, talks

29

2013 Sep-Oct

COX William

launch of book by descendant

23

2012 Sep-Oct

COX William & road builders

overview of the man &achievement

23

2012 Sep-Oct

COX'S RIVER & CALEY'S REPULSE

names by Gov Macquarie on false premise

25

2013 Jan-Feb

COX'S ROAD

Hartley Valley geology etc

30

2013 Nov-Dec

COX'S ROAD

to seal would be vandalism

28

2013 Jul-Aug

COX'S ROAD HERITAGE SIGNAGE

$20,000 grant to Lithgow Council

26

2013 Mar-Apr

COX’S ROAD

remnants to be heritage listed

18

2011 Nov-Dec

COX’S ROAD origins bi-centenary forum

interest in commemoration of 1813 crossing

13

2011 Jan-Feb

COX’S ROAD 1814

John Ross, convict labourer, emancipation etc

11

2010 Sep-Oct

COX’S ROAD 1814 alignment

overview, + Emu Ford & Woodford precincts

24

2012 Nov-Dec

COX’S ROAD Signage

underwritten

19

2012 Jan-Feb

CRONJE The Brumby Brigand

story of wild stallion

28

2013 Jul-Aug

D’ARCY Frederick Robert

colonial surveyor, explorer and artist

11

2010 Sep-Oct

DARWIN Charles

and Wallerawang

5

2009 Sep-Oct

DARWIN Charles

more Darwinia in Blue Mountains

4

2009 Jul-Aug

DARWIN Charles

unique Darwinia in Blue Mountains & pictogram letter

2

2009 Mar-Apr

DARWIN Charles b1809

introduction to bicentenary etc

1

2009 Jan-Feb

DARWINIA in Blue Mountains

books, including Voyage of Beagle etc.

3

2009 May-Jun

DAVIS Annie

opinionated, gossiping, go-getter governess

25

2013 Jan-Feb

DAWES Lieut. William

first recorded white man on Blue Mountains

10

2010 Jul-Aug

DIGITAL AGE

methods of sourcing information

22

2012 Jul-Aug

DIGITAL HERITAGE

NLA’s move to preserve

21

2012 May-Jun

DIXON THOMAS RN postcard

‘Inflexible’, buried Katoomba d. 1921

18

2011 Nov-Dec

DONAHOE Bold Jack death

story, connection with The Weatherboard

10

2010 Jul-Aug

DOOMSDAY BOOK

overview

16

2011 Jul-Aug

DUCKHOLE GLENBROOK

coal chute, steam driven pump

26

2013 Mar-Apr

EAST KURRAJONG

Arthur family oak trees etc

9

2010 May-Jun

EDGEWORTH DAVID William

geology, Antarctic exploration, Woodford

16

2011 Jul-Aug

ELIZABETH 1828 convict women

book released in Cork, Ireland

11

2010 Sep-Oct

EMANCIPISTS

Macquarie’s attitude & role

12

2010 Nov-Dec

ESKBANK HOUSE LITHGOW

built 1842, Lithgow social & industrial history

9

2010 May-Jun

ESKBANK HOUSE LITHGOW

original kitchen flagstone floor revealed

25

2013 Jan-Feb

ESKBANK HOUSE LITHGOW

recognised in museum awards, Leake-Sutton Quilt

13

2011 Jan-Feb

EUCALYPT OIL

boiling for, in Blue Mountains

4

2009 Jul-Aug

EVANS Dave Felixman of Echo Point

identity, life, request more information

21

2012 May-Jun

EVANS George

life & property of surveyor/explorer

28

2013 Jul-Aug

EVANS George William

road survey, reward, pillar restored

16

2011 Jul-Aug

EVANS George William

survey road to open up interior

26

2013 Mar-Apr

EVERGLADES

Leura Garden Festival & Retro exhibition

17

2011 Sep-Oct

EVERGLADES

Leura garden festival, vintage & retro

20

2012 Mar-Apr

EVERGLADES

overview, character, seasonal changes

23

2012 Sep-Oct

EVERGLADES exhibition

‘Life & Art” by Jurgis Miksevicius

18

2011 Nov-Dec

EVERGLADES Leura

modernism, art deco, gardens etc

3

2009 May-Jun

EVERGLADES fire fighting pump

Bendigo Bank financial support

22

2012 Jul-Aug

EVERGLADES Guy McIlrath

horticulturalist’s award

19

2012 Jan-Feb

FAMILY HISTORY resource reorganisation

planned orientation sessions

21

2012 May-Jun

FAULCONBRIDGE

Prime Ministers Corridor of Oaks

8

2010 Mar-Apr

FISHER John death

work on behalf of National Trust

22

2012 Jul-Aug

FITZGERALD Dr Shirley

keynote speaker 2012 conference

20

2012 Mar-Apr

FITZGERALD Dr Shirley

keynote speaker for 2012 heritage conference

17

2011 Sep-Oct

FRANKLIN Miles & “mountain mates”

Jill Roe’s topic at BMACHO conference

22

2012 Jul-Aug

FRAZER MEMORIAL CHURCH SPRINGWOOD

history, gardens, jacarandas etc

30

2013 Nov-Dec

GARRETT Thomas William 1858-1943

historic Ashes tour, connection with Braemar, cricket

5

2009 Sep-Oct

GLEN DAVIS

now ghost town of National Oil P/L, shale oil works

12

2010 Nov-Dec

GLENBROOK

pointsman’s cottage to station master’s house

4

2009 Jul-Aug

GLENBROOK Bill’s horse trough

relocation, plaque etc

14

2011 Mar-Apr

GLENBROOK plane crash 1941

story of events, plaque

21

2012 May-Jun

GLENBROOK WW1 soldiers

names and details

12

2010 Nov-Dec

GOODLET Ken

Images for Hazelbrook mural

20

2012 Mar-Apr

GOVETT William

fraudulent maps etc

19

2012 Jan-Feb

GOVETT’S LEAP

fact and legend

18

2011 Nov-Dec

GRANT GVEHO program

to cover administration costs etc

16

2011 Jul-Aug

GRANT Telstra

for workshops

16

2011 Jul-Aug

GRAVE INSCRIPTION

false, view of Aborigines

19

2012 Jan-Feb

GREATER BM WORLD HERITAGE

centre at Mt Tomah, new attraction

18

2011 Nov-Dec

HAMMERHEAD CRANE Sydney Harbour

National Trust to oppose removal

26

2013 Mar-Apr

HARTLEY school 1869+

description of early buildings etc

15

2011 May-Jun

HARTLEY ROCK over 3 million years old

fossilised brachiopod, with embedded shells

26

2013 Mar-Apr

HARTLEY workshop topics

Aboriginal heritage, nearby heritage treasure

21

2012 May-Jun

HARTLEY'S MOMENTS IN TIME EXHIBITION

to capture essence of crossing

27

2013 May-Jun

HAWKESBURY DISTRICT

reference to new work on early settlement

6

2009 Nov-Dec

HAWKESBURY-NEPEAN to CUDGEGONG

overview, history & heritage, BMACHO area

2

2009 Mar-Apr

HAZELBROOK MURAL

story of painted historical mural

17

2011 Sep-Oct

HAZELBROOK Wirraway crash 1940

oral history used to piece story together

21

2012 May-Jun

HERITAGE

BMCC agrees to establish advisory committee

15

2011 May-Jun

HERITAGE

comments on publication

20

2012 Mar-Apr

HERITAGE

value to historians & local historians

21

2012 May-Jun

HERITAGE ADVISORY COMMITTEE

delays etc, relevance of heritage etc

14

2011 Mar-Apr

HERITAGE ADVISORY COMMITTEE

names, backgrounds,

18

2011 Nov-Dec

HERITAGE NSW

New govt. creates heritage ministry

15

2011 May-Jun

HERITAGE NSW

outline of inventory & registers

7

2010 Jan-Feb

HERITAGE SITE MONITORING BMCC

outline of responsibility for register of heritage sites.

2

2009 Mar-Apr

HIGHWAY “PROGRESS” heritage villages

loss of, eg Taggett of Hazelbrook

24

2012 Nov-Dec

HISTORY & ART

exhibition at Tarella

26

2013 Mar-Apr

HISTORY CONFERENCE 2012

Carrington Hotel venue

16

2011 Jul-Aug

HISTORY WEEK 2012 theme

“Threads. They wore what!”

21

2012 May-Jun

HMAS SYDNEY

heritage listed

17

2011 Sep-Oct

HMAS SYDNEY & HSK KORMORAN

wrecks heritage listed

20

2012 Mar-Apr

HOBBY THOMAS AUG. 1815

naming of Hobby's Reach

29

2013 Sep-Oct

HOLLAND Valerie & Frank

work for Kurrajong-Comleroy Historical Society

15

2011 May-Jun

HOPE Pte Edward James

& other Springwood WW1 servicemen

12

2010 Nov-Dec

HORSE RACING Mudgee

connection with Poseidon

15

2011 May-Jun

HORSE TROUGHS

19-20th C, George Bills troughs, distribution

7

2010 Jan-Feb

HUNTER Henry James d. 1923

grave restoration, dedication as war grave at Lawson

6

2009 Nov-Dec

HUNTER Henry James grave Lawson

BMFHS research on ANZAC grave

2

2009 May-Jun

INDEXES

BMFHS access to information

14

2011 Mar-Apr

INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE

cultural heritage ignored

18

2011 Nov-Dec

JACK Dr. Ian

recognition for outstanding contribution

15

2011 May-Jun

JENOLAN CAVES

2 day trips by horse drawn coaches

19

2012 Jan-Feb

JENOLAN CAVES

medal mystery

4

2009 Jul-Aug

JOYNTON-SMITH James 1911+

Carrington Katoomba etc

19

2012 Jan-Feb

KANDOS MUSEUM

$12000 Aboriginal heritage grant

28

2013 Jul-Aug

KANIMBLA SHIRE

became part of Blue Mountains Shire

13

2011 Jan-Feb

KATOOMBA Lilianfels

restoration story, details

6

2009 Nov-Dec

KATOOMBA MINING CAMP

archaeological study below Scenic World

1

2009 Jan-Feb

KATOOMBA SCENIC WORLD

mines, book The Burning Mists of Time

4

2009 Sep-Oct

KATOOMBA WALTZ music sheet

dedicated to Sir Frederick Darley

16

2011 Jul-Aug

KELLY'S BUSH & VIENNA COTTAGE

planned visit by Blue Mtns National Trust

26

2013 Mar-Apr

KENEALLY Thomas

Blackheath History Forum speaker

20

2012 Mar-Apr

KENEALLY Thomas

speaker at Blackheath History Forum

17

2011 Sep-Oct

KOPERBERG Jan

elected president B.M. Family History Society

13

2011 Jan-Feb

KOPERBERG Jan

recognition of Western Crossing work

30

2013 Nov-Dec

KURRAJONG

new transport & communication museum

8

2010 Mar-Apr

KURRAJONG family on land for 184 years

family & local history

5

2009 Sep-Oct

KURRAJONG BRUSH

first school built 1837

5

2009 Sep-Oct

KURRAJONG COLLECTIONS

pictorial local history

15

2011 May-Jun

KURRAJONG Family History Group

heritage award for work undertaken

24

2012 Nov-Dec

KURRAJONG-COMLEROY H. S.

& President John Cooper

18

2011 Nov-Dec

L.E.P. processes

explained by BMCC, incl. Heritage

16

2011 Jul-Aug

LAND RECORDS WORKSHOP

access to digital information

20

2012 Mar-Apr

LANDMARKS NEW BOOK

by Lawson Priest & Father Eugene Stockton

30

2013 Nov-Dec

LAPSTONE ZIG ZAG RAILWAY

overview construction etc

20

2012 Mar-Apr

LAPSTONE ZIG ZAG RAILWAY

historical background, grades, viaduct

17

2011 Sep-Oct

LAWSON Christmas Swamp

then Blue Mountain, locations identified by distance

9

2010 May-Jun

LAWSON community hall

1896, history of uses

10

2010 Jul-Aug

LAWSON H J Hunter’s Grave

BMFHS research on ANZAC grave

3

2009 May-Jun

LAWSON McNair Building

history of area and building

12

2010 Nov-Dec

LAWSON Horse Trough

Douglass Square, Mrs Alice Meagher

20

2012 Mar-Apr

LAWSON Horse Trough

Meagher life, benefactor, Douglass Square

17

2011 Sep-Oct

LAWSON San Jose 1879

origin, sanatorium, Stratford Girls’ School etc

14

2011 Mar-Apr

LAWSON SYDNEY ROCK

re original rail cutting, geology, rare species etc

21

2012 May-Jun

LAWSON-HAZELBROOK

remnant of 1867 railway line

23

2012 Sep-Oct

LEARY John BMACHO president

achievements & awards & other key members

13

2011 Jan-Feb

LENNOX BRIDGE convict built

earliest arched stone bridge in mainland Australia

3

2009 May-Jun

LEURA Everglades

modernism, art deco, gardens etc

3

2009 May-Jun

LEWIN John William “Wild Art’

NSW State Library, 1815 collection

21

2012 May-Jun

LIDSDALE HOUSE Lithgow

Paul Sorensen’s gardens to be restored

13

2011 Jan-Feb

LIGHT HORSE INTERCHANGE

symbolic memorial on M4

12

2010 Nov-Dec

LILIANFELS Katoomba

restoration story, details

6

2009 Nov-Dec

LINDEN OBSERVATORY Ken Beames

description, listed on state heritage

8

2010 Mar-Apr

LINDSAY Norman

drawings from novels exhibition notice

18

2011 Nov-Dec

LINDSAY Norman

restoration of seahorse fountain

4

2009 Jul-Aug

LINDSAY Norman

special exhibition

23

2012 Sep-Oct

LINDSAY Norman painting studio

grant funds towards restoration

21

2012 May-Jun

LINDSAY Norman’s Magic Pudding

overview

5

2009 Sep-Oct

LITHGOW & D. FHS life memberships

Kathy Brennan & Jan Saundercock

19

2012 Jan-Feb

LITHGOW Cemetery Walk ANZAC day

12 veterans’ graves

22

2012 Jul-Aug

LITHGOW Cultural Heritage

new officer, Eskbank House & Museum

18

2011 Nov-Dec

LITHGOW Eskbank House

built 1842, Lithgow social & industrial history

9

2010 May-Jun

LITHGOW FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY

2012-2013 committee

22

2012 Jul-Aug

LITHGOW FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY

launch of War Hero Project

24

2012 Nov-Dec

LITHGOW FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY

silver anniversary, & Yvonne Jenkins

14

2011 Mar-Apr

LITHGOW Fire In The Mine

Mining Museum Exhibition

26

2013 Mar-Apr

LITHGOW Heritage officer

Naomi Parry resigned, new role

17

2011 Sep-Oct

LITHGOW Migration & Settlement

study in assn with Powerhouse Museum

28

2013 Jul-Aug

LITHGOW MINER’S UNION

Methodists key positions

20

2012 Mar-Apr

LITHGOW MINER’S UNION

western coalfield, Methodist preachers

17

2011 Sep-Oct

LITHGOW Museums’ Networking Group

formed, for education, promotion etc

24

2012 Nov-Dec

LITHGOW RESEARCH CENTRE

at Small Arms Factory, legacy of John Wray

9

2010 May-Jun

LITHGOW STATE COAL MINE

historical background & decline

18

2011 Nov-Dec

LITHGOW STATE COAL MINE 1916-1964

pictorial history, includes stories of workers

3

2009 May-Jun

LITHGOW STATE MINE

exhibition, historic artefacts of trade unions

3

2009 May-Jun

LITHGOW War Hero Project

photos & artefacts

25

2013 Jan-Feb

LITHGOW War Stories

sought by Lithgow Family History Soc.

19

2012 Jan-Feb

LITTLE WHEENY CREEK

mill race survives floods

21

2012 May-Jun

LOCOMOTIVE MUSEUM Valley Heights

award from Office of Rail Heritage

13

2011 Jan-Feb

LOW John O.A.M. award

for historic research etc

22

2012 Jul-Aug

LYGON Hon.William 7th Earl Beauchamp

Governor of NSW 1899-1901

20

2012 Mar-Apr

LYONS John

Woodford Academy lad survived Beersheba change

12

2010 Nov-Dec

MacLEOD Morgan

overview of role in historical societies, papers

4

2009 Jul-Aug

MACQUARIE Elizabeth

life, in the colony, bush excursions

10

2010 Jul-Aug

MACQUARIE Gov. Lachlan

achievements as seen 200 years later, Hawkesbury

7

2010 Jan-Feb

MACQUARIE Gov. Lachlan

bicentenary celebrations

7

2010 Jan-Feb

MACQUARIE Gov. Lachlan

bicentenary dinner, attended by Gov. Marie Bashir

13

2011 Jan-Feb

MACQUARIE Gov. Lachlan

Caley’s Repulse erroneously named by Macquarie

7

2010 Jan-Feb

MACQUARIE Gov. Lachlan

named Spring-Wood, monument & plaque

8

2010 Mar-Apr

MACQUARIE Gov. Lachlan

passion for horse racing

11

2010 Sep-Oct

MACQUARIE Gov. Lachlan

Scottish tomb cared for by National Trust of Australia

8

2010 Mar-Apr

MACQUARIE Gov. Lachlan sculpture

unveiled, Terrance Plowright

26

2013 Mar-Apr

MACQUARIE MONUMENT

Springwood, Gov. Macquarie camped 27.4.1815

9

2010 May-Jun

MALLETT CAROLINE 19th C activist

Mrs Edgeworth David, forward 19th C thinker

18

2011 Nov-Dec

MAPPING SEMINAR Bathurst

overview of current technology

9

2010 May-Jun

MAPPING workshop

photo of Sir Thomas Mitchell’s theodolite

7

2010 Jan-Feb

MAYAN CALENDAR

carbon dating on ancient beam

27

2013 May-Jun

MILLIS Ian heritage farming project

Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award

24

2012 Nov-Dec

MINES Katoomba Scenic World

book, The Burning Mists of Time

4

2009 Sep-Oct

MINING CONFERENCE Australian

final session State Mine, Lithgow

7

2010 Jan-Feb

MITCHELL David Scott

book collector etc, benefactor Mitchell Library

10

2010 Jul-Aug

MOLLENHAUER Heather death

overview of life and voluntary work

13

2011 Jan-Feb

MONUMENTS & MEMORIALS

plaques, tablets, specific examples eg Sydney

24

2012 Nov-Dec

MOORECOURT SPRINGWOOD

Charles Moore 1820-1895, house, history

25

2013 Jan-Feb

MOPPETT Patsy

individual member

19

2012 Jan-Feb

MOTOR CARS historic overview

includes first, local examples

19

2012 Jan-Feb

MT BLAXLAND

significant features of Cox's Road

26

2013 Mar-Apr

MT IRVINE

forests, timber milling etc, & Mt Wilson later

14

2011 Mar-Apr

MT TOMAH

Waradah Goomeda exhibition

20

2012 Mar-Apr

MT TOMAH

Waradah Goomeda exhibition

17

2011 Sep-Oct

MT TOMAH BM BOTANIC GARDENS

timeline

29

2013 Sep-Oct

MT TOMAH BOTANIC GARDEN

giant eucalypts, daffodils etc

22

2012 Jul-Aug

MT TOMAH BOTANIC GARDEN

history of site

11

2010 Sep-Oct

MT TOMAH BOTANIC GARDEN

now Blue Mtns Botanic Garden, Mt Tomah

14

2011 Mar-Apr

MT TOMAH rainforest

ancient rainforest saved, history, future

2

2009 Mar-Apr

MT VICTORIA & DIST. HISTORICAL SOCIETY

museum grant

30

2013 Nov-Dec

MT VICTORIA & DIST. HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Robert Cameron as acting president

13

2011 Jan-Feb

MT VICTORIA EXHIBITION

community involvement & chronology

28

2013 Jul-Aug

MT VICTORIA MUSEUM

collection at historically significant railway station

6

2009 Nov-Dec

MT VICTORIA MUSEUM

new displays to commemorate crossing

27

2013 May-Jun

MT VICTORIA white lady

figure of women carved into rock

23

2012 Sep-Oct

MT WILSON

contributions of Des Barrett and Arthur Delbridge

7

2010 Jan-Feb

MT WILSON & MT IRVINE

volcanic geology of the area

6

2009 Nov-Dec

MT WILSON 19C Turkish Baths

description, stained glass windows

2

2009 Mar-Apr

MT WILSON basalt

by Mitchell, Govett, Wilkinson, later sampling, zircons

7

2010 Jan-Feb

MT WILSON Red Admiral Exhibition

Patrick White’s years at Mt Wilson

22

2012 Jul-Aug

MT YORK CEMETERY Hartley Vale

closed cemetery with Lithgow LGA heritage order

6

2009 Nov-Dec

MUDGEE Colonial Inn Museum

local heritage, Mudgee historic overview

24

2012 Nov-Dec

MUDGEE early horse racing

silver anniversary, & Yvonne Jenkins

14

2011 Mar-Apr

MUDGEE Historic Houses

book launch

24

2012 Nov-Dec

MULGOA bicentenary

overview of history, historic buildings

5

2009 Sep-Oct

MUMS CHILDREN & MUSTARD GAS

preview of planned WW2 book

26

2013 Mar-Apr

MUSEUMS

organisation, value, overseas examples

2

2009 Mar-Apr

MUSEUMS Workshop

to be facilitated by Lynn Collins

28

2013 Jul-Aug

NATIONAL LIBRARY

new Treasures Gallery, Australiana

18

2011 Nov-Dec

NATIONAL MUSEUM AUSTRALIA

holds over 200 bark paintings

30

2013 Nov-Dec

NATIONAL TRUST

advocacy role, BM places of interest

11

2010 Sep-Oct

NATIONAL TRUST Awards 2013

5 local women won awards

30

2013 Nov-Dec

NATIONAL TRUST Board

new directors - Clive Lucas, Alan Kerr

29

2013 Sep-Oct

NATIONAL TRUST Properties

slow revenue streams, effects

19

2012 Jan-Feb

NEPEAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY

joined BMACHO

30

2013 Nov-Dec

NEUTRAL BAY Headstone Query 1898

story, from Bowenfels Cemetery

29

2013 Sep-Oct

NEVILL 3 brothers WW1

research of war service

19

2012 Jan-Feb

NEWSPAPERS & GENEALOGY

from wooden screw press to modern times

27

2013 May-Jun

NORTON Dr James MLC 1824-1906

Echora, Springwood, love of horticulture

26

2013 Mar-Apr

NSW HERITAGE NETWORK

new group established

30

2013 Nov-Dec

NSW LAND RECORDS early compilation

UNESCO recognition of Old Registers 1-9

6

2009 Nov-Dec

NSW PLANNING REFORMS

editorial, heritage ignored

24

2012 Nov-Dec

NSW POLICE FORCE

150 years

19

2012 Jan-Feb

OLD TOONGABBIE

stories over time of 55 governors

29

2013 Sep-Oct

ONE TREE HILL school

sale at £5 fell through, overview of history

15

2011 May-Jun

OPERA HOUSE

Utzon's Opera House exhibition

30

2013 Nov-Dec

PAPER BASED COLLECTIONS

storage, restoration etc archival materials

29

2013 Sep-Oct

PARAGON CAFE KATOOMBA

in need of funding for urgent repairs

25

2013 Jan-Feb

PARAGON THE

Friends of the Paragon formed

30

2013 Nov-Dec

PARAGON THE

joined BMACHO

30

2013 Nov-Dec

PARAGON THE KATOOMBA

background, Zacharia Simos family business

29

2013 Sep-Oct

PARRAMATTA FEMALE FACTORY

talk & discussion at BMACHO meeting 14.7.12

21

2012 May-Jun

PARRY Naomi

left Eskbank House & Lithgow Council

20

2012 Mar-Apr

PECKMAN Harry folk songs

story, ‘Tambaroora Gold’ link with BM

8

2010 Mar-Apr

PICTORIAL ARCHIVE Blue Mountains

Blue Mountains Historical Society collection

11

2010 Sep-Oct

PITT TOWN Scot Church

50th anniversary

21

2012 May-Jun

PLAIN OF JARS China

mystery of use etc

16

2011 Jul-Aug

PLANNING ACT

new laws, vigilance imperative

29

2013 Sep-Oct

PLANNING BILL

withdrawn, changes

30

2013 Nov-Dec

POSSUM SKIN CLOAK

how it was made

30

2013 Nov-Dec

POWERHOUSE MUSEUM

Moveable Heritage Fellowship 2013

27

2013 May-Jun

PUNCH & JUDY

350 years

24

2012 Nov-Dec

RAHS ANNUAL CONFERENCE

The Great Divide, Nov, 2013

29

2013 Sep-Oct

RAHS David Carment

new president

15

2011 May-Jun

RAILWAY JOURNEYS TO UPPER MOUNTAINS

travel times, before & after Oct 20, 2013

29

2013 Sep-Oct

RAILWAY TEN TUNNELS

100 year celebration of construction

11

2010 Sep-Oct

RARE MANUSCRIPTS

of Lawson, Wentworth & Blaxland

25

2013 Jan-Feb

RAWLING Steve AM

singer, songwriter, Kurrajong HS President

30

2013 Nov-Dec

RICKWOOD Dr Peter

individual member

20

2012 Mar-Apr

RIFLE Lee-Enfield No. 1

overview of supply of service rifles, Lithgow SAF

1

2009 Jan-Feb

ROBERT HOWARD Memorial Award

to Vicki Wilson, re Fromelles story

18

2011 Nov-Dec

RODD Eliza 1831 grave

‘Glenroy’ Hartley, Governor’s visit

15

2011 May-Jun

ROME

archaeologists' massive soil heap

30

2013 Nov-Dec

ROSS John

convict labourer on Cox’s Road 1814, later life

11

2010 Sep-Oct

ROSS Sebastian John

silhouette artist,

20

2012 Mar-Apr

ROSS Sebastian John

silhouette artist, agricultural shows, Katoomba

17

2011 Sep-Oct

RYAN Paddy stonemason

work, life enigma

22

2012 Jul-Aug

SANDSTONE BUILDINGS

conservation work, Ron Powell

19

2012 Jan-Feb

SCENIC RAILWAY KATOOMBA

collection of visual images over time

23

2012 Sep-Oct

SCENIC RAILWAY KATOOMBA

final trip of old carriages

25

2013 Jan-Feb

SCENIC WORLD KATOOMBA

sculpture exhibition, Michael Mandel

19

2012 Jan-Feb

SCENIC WORLD KATOOMBA

talk & discussion at BMACHO meeting 14.7.12

21

2012 May-Jun

SCENIC WORLD Sculpture Exhibition

in heritage rain forest

27

2013 May-Jun

SCHOOL OF ARTS

& Mechanics Institutes early 19th

16

2011 Jul-Aug

SCHWEPPES Jacob

fizzy soda water & later

29

2013 Sep-Oct

SCOTT Robert Falcon 1912

centenary of fatal journey

19

2012 Jan-Feb

SCRIVENER Charles Robert

NLA photo by steam engine at Mt. Irvine sawmill

5

2009 Sep-Oct

SEAHORSE FOUNTAIN

Norman Lindsay, fountain restored

14

2011 Mar-Apr

SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL

at Everglades, details

13

2011 Jan-Feb

SHEEP & SHEARING

review, book on contribution to Australia

15

2011 May-Jun

SIMOS Zacharias

Greek migrant, life, The Paragon

25

2013 Jan-Feb

SMALL ARMS FACTORY Lithgow

centenary, historical overview

22

2012 Jul-Aug

SMITH Pte Francis Kings Own Regiment

d. 1836, story, broken headstone

24

2012 Nov-Dec

SPRINGWOOD 1890

petty theft to burglary, reports in Nepean Times

10

2010 Jul-Aug

SPRINGWOOD Braemar

history of historic house & Thomas William Garrett

5

2009 Sep-Oct

SPRINGWOOD emblem

controversy

16

2011 Jul-Aug

SPRINGWOOD Fels St.

named after Fels family, details

9

2010 May-Jun

SPRINGWOOD HISTORIANS

grant for restoration monument & headstone

24

2012 Nov-Dec

SPRINGWOOD HISTORIANS $1000 donation

towards digitisation of The Echo

26

2013 Mar-Apr

SPRINGWOOD Macquarie monument

details of organising monument, transcript of plaque

9

2010 May-Jun

SPRINGWOOD northern area

earliest orchards overview, bushfires etc

15

2011 May-Jun

SPRINGWOOD PTE SMITH

restoration of heritage monuments

29

2013 Sep-Oct

SPRINGWOOD TOWN CREST

designed by Norman Lindsay

15

2011 May-Jun

SPRINGWOOD WW1 soldiers

overview, + Edward Hope in detail

12

2010 Nov-Dec

ST JAMES’ Sydney

National Trust award, spire restoration

15

2011 May-Jun

ST STEPHENS KURRAJONG

Parish registers 1861-1902

30

2013 Nov-Dec

STAMPS launched “Crossing” commemoration

Blaxland, Lawson & Wentworth

23

2012 Sep-Oct

SUMPTER HORSES 4 with BLW

laden with provisions, ammunition etc

27

2013 May-Jun

SYDNEY HARBOUR recognition

as iconic landscape

26

2013 Mar-Apr

SYDNEY HOSPITAL

200 years

18

2011 Nov-Dec

SYDNEY ROCK

geology, on State Heritage Inventory

28

2013 Jul-Aug

SYRIA ANCIENT SITES

archaeological heritage threatened by war

28

2013 Jul-Aug

TARELLA historic house

fuchsia show, open gardens scheme

17

2011 Sep-Oct

TARELLA WENTWORTH FALLS

1890s cottage, John McLaughlin

3

2009 May-Jun

TARELLA WENTWORTH FALLS

background, fuchsia show, open gardens

20

2012 Mar-Apr

TERRACOTTA WARRIORS in Sydney

from China’s First Emperor’s burial site

13

2011 Jan-Feb

TEXTILES & FASHIONS 2012

Glynis Jones to present at Conference

18

2011 Nov-Dec

THE GULLY KATOOMBA

opened, Festival of Walking

30

2013 Nov-Dec

THE ROCKS

heritage art

11

2010 Sep-Oct

TIMBUKTU World Heritage shrine

an endangered site

22

2012 Jul-Aug

TORRENS TITLE

1850s registration and ownership system

10

2010 Jul-Aug

TRACE 323-281 BC

tetradrachma photo etc

25

2013 Jan-Feb

TRANSIT OF VENUS 6 June 2012

not again for 105 years

21

2012 May-Jun

TURKISH BATH Mt Wilson 1880s

Victorian style, renovations

13

2011 Jan-Feb

TURNER Rex

Blue Mtns Grammar, Springwood 1935-38

16

2011 Jul-Aug

TYLDESLEY 1904-1960

village for Great Western/Tyldesley colliery

6

2009 Nov-Dec

VALLEY HEIGHTS

100 years old in Dec 2013

20

2012 Mar-Apr

VALLEY HEIGHTS locomotive depot

centenary 2014, proposed events

24

2012 Nov-Dec

VALLEY HEIGHTS locomotive depot

historic overview, museum heritage grant

3

2009 May-Jun

VALLEY HEIGHTS Rail Depot

centenary 1913

17

2011 Sep-Oct

VALLEY HEIGHTS rail museum

restored 1892 loco now on site, award, conservation

8

2010 Mar-Apr

VATICAN SMOKE SIGNALS

iron stove & narrow metal chimney

26

2013 Mar-Apr

VINTAGE CLOTHING Dreaming of Dior

Charlotte Smith’s collection

13

2011 Jan-Feb

VINTAGE FASHION

Charlotte Smith’s collection, BM

3

2009 May-Jun

VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS

not ‘force’, historic background

23

2012 Sep-Oct

VOLUNTEERS

forethought, planning, responsibilities

7

2010 Jan-Feb

VOLUNTEERS

re recruiting & keeping volunteers

25

2013 Jan-Feb

WAR MEMORIALS

returned Australians have names on memorials

12

2010 Nov-Dec

WAY FORWARD THROUGH STORIES

Aboriginal culture & heritage

26

2013 Mar-Apr

WELLER Lee grave site

murders by Butler

19

2012 Jan-Feb

WENTWORTH FALLS Hobby’s Reach

Gov. Bashir opened new wing in research centre

12

2010 Nov-Dec

WENTWORTH FALLS Tarella

1890s cottage, John McLaughlin

3

2009 May-Jun

WENTWORTH William Charles

overview, Andrew Tink’s biographer

8

2010 Mar-Apr

WESTERN COLLIERIES

western coalfields no longer being mined

11

2010 Sep-Oct

WESTERN CROSSING 2013

committee, planning, Macquarie Monument

18

2011 Nov-Dec

WESTERN CROSSING 2013-2015

planning for bicentenary

17

2011 Sep-Oct

WESTERN CROSSING 2013-2015

planning in progress

21

2012 May-Jun

WESTERN CROSSING 2013-2015

thoughts, ideas, will it happen?

20

2012 Mar-Apr

WESTERN CROSSING COMMEMORATION

2013 to 2015

28

2013 Jul-Aug

WESTERN CROSSING COMMEMORATION

coins, Cox's Road wall

26

2013 Mar-Apr

WESTERN CROSSING COMMEMORATION

Dr Anne-Maree Whitaker new chair

22

2012 Jul-Aug

WESTERN CROSSING COMMEMORATION

list of events, memorabilia

25

2013 Jan-Feb

WESTERN CROSSING COMMEMORATION

Lithgow City Council Committee etc

19

2012 Jan-Feb

WESTERN CROSSING FOUNDATION

support & steering committee

26

2013 Mar-Apr

WESTERN CROSSING POEM

by Linden bush poet, Gregory North

27

2013 May-Jun

WHITE Patrick

exhibition of years at Mt Wilson

29

2013 Sep-Oct

WINDSOR BMACHO SUPPORT

Thompson Square for National Heritage

27

2013 May-Jun

WINDSOR BRIDGE proposal

+ Thompson Square heritage

18

2011 Nov-Dec

WINDSOR Thompson Square

history, old buildings etc under threat

21

2012 May-Jun

WOLLOMI PINES

discovery etc of heritage forest

28

2013 Jul-Aug

WOODFORD ACADEMY

brief history, sandstone, kitchen, oldest BM ****

1

2009 Jan-Feb

WOODFORD ACADEMY

brief history, sandstone, kitchen, oldest BM buildings

1

2009 Jan-Feb

WOODFORD ACADEMY

experiences, WW1 honour roll restored

12

2010 Nov-Dec

WOODFORD ACADEMY

funds for restoration works

27

2013 May-Jun

WOODFORD ACADEMY

launch, bicentennial school program

30

2013 Nov-Dec

WOODFORD ACADEMY

opening days and times

18

2011 Nov-Dec

WOODFORD ACADEMY

past uses, eucalypt

7

2010 Jan-Feb

WOODFORD ACADEMY

seeks grant for WW1 schools program

28

2013 Jul-Aug

WOODFORD ACADEMY

traffic lights to be installed opposite

30

2013 Nov-Dec

WOODFORD Transit of Venus 1874

tent city, telescopes, observatory domes etc

1

2009 Jan-Feb

WOODFORD WAR MEMORIAL

details of the 4 Woodford soldiers killed

12

2010 Nov-Dec

WOODFORD WW1 memorial

overview, in Woodford Memorial Park

10

2010 Jul-Aug

WORLD HERITAGE INSTITUTE

on-line exhibition

7

2010 Jan-Feb

WORLD HERITAGE Old Govt House

+ Cockatoo Is, Hyde Park Barracks, Old Gt North Rd

11

2010 Sep-Oct

WORLD WAR 1

special patriotic days

16

2011 Jul-Aug

WW1 horses

thousands shipped, one returned

14

2011 Mar-Apr

WW2 DEFENCE SITES HERITAGE

Glenbrook tunnel, anti aircraft gun sites

20

2012 Mar-Apr

WW2 HERITAGE LISTING

Glenbrook tunnel, Lithgow gun emplacements

17

2011 Sep-Oct

WYNDHAM Estate

colonial vineyard’s history

14

2011 Mar-Apr

ZIG ZAG RAILWAY

experiencing difficulties

22

2012 Jul-Aug