bluemountains
100 photos and 2 illustrations tagged bluemountains, from 7 members of Flickr Commons.
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- staterecordsnsw
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- powerhousemuseum
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- Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection
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- Royal Australian Historical Society
- State Library of New South Wales
- British Library
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The last upload was April 2022.
Mount Blaxland, Westward of Glenroy, 1813 from Royal Australian Historical Society uploaded December 2013
Topographical Map of Glenroy from Royal Australian Historical Society uploaded December 2013
Map of Hartley, Glenroy and Surrounds from Royal Australian Historical Society uploaded December 2013
Topographical Map of Hartley and surrounds from Royal Australian Historical Society uploaded December 2013
Governor Darling and Governor Bourke from Royal Australian Historical Society uploaded December 2013
A Cave Picnic from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection uploaded May 2013
Grants of land as a reward from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection uploaded May 2013
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Copelands Lookout and Mount Solitary, Jamieson Valley (NSW)
- Mich said:
- anzpaul said:
View of Katoomba Railway Station (NSW) and Carrington Hotel under construction
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Andy Brill said:
A view showing the completed Carrington Hotel, taken by Henry King about one or two years later (mid 1880s): (from Blue Mountains Library)
and Melvin Vaniman's panorama of Katoomba in 1903:
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atkipete said:
Amazing photo, a different scene today.
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Ken Beath said:
Fantastic, very changed. Are there maps of that time?
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Andy Brill said:
Ken Beath Blue Mountains Library may have some early maps . Here is a later one from 1958:
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Ken Beath said:
Andy Brill My main question was how much of Katoomba was there when the hotel was built.
Class 5712 locomotive, 1954
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John Cowper said:
Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection More correctly the caption should read "Locomotive 5712 a member of the D57-class, 1954" From the 1924 classification the first two numerals denoted the class (ie 57 class) the last two the member of that class (ie this is the twelfth locomotive of the 57 class) and the prefix "D" denoted 4 driving axles