Aboriginal Grinding Grooves 10,000+ years old. Terramungamine Reserve, Dubbo, NSW, Australia

The Adamstown Hotel in New South Wales, photographed on the 9th of September, 1902.

Notes: It was on the feast of St. Francis Xavier in 1900 that the Sisters of Charity first arrived in Katoomba. Moving into a former guesthouse in Katoomba Street, they converted it into a convent and opened the first Catholic school on the Mountains. In those early years nuns were a novel sight in Katoomba. Vaguely outlined in the mountain mist, their sudden appearance set many a horse and driver on edge. But their place in the community of the mountain town was soon established and pupils…

Notes: The domed iron roof of the Casino, constructed in 1904, was prefabricated and imported from Chicago. Dame Nellie Melba sang there on a number of occasions. Format: B&W photograph, Albert Manning photo, mounted on menu card Licensing: Attribution, share alike, creative commons Repository: Blue Mountains City Library www.bmcc.nsw.gov.au/library/ Part of: Local Studies Collection PF432 Provenance: BMCC Links: dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/hydro_majestic

Format: Glass plate negative. Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. Repository: Tyrrell Photographic Collection, Powerhouse Museum www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/collection=The_Tyrrell_Photographic Part Of: Powerhouse Museum Collection General information about the Powerhouse Museum Collection is available at www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database Persistent URL: www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=29745 Acquisition credit line: Gift of…

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Notes: Looking south east, showing the Catalina flying boat on the swimming lake, speed boat ride, fun fair, Ferris wheel, "monkey house" shelter constructed of cement over wire netting in the foreground. The land was purchased by Horace Gates owner of the Homesdale Guest House and Wentworth Cabaret who, in 1946, felt that a new attraction was needed to bring tourists back to the Blue Mountains after peace was declared. Accordingly he dammed Katoomba falls creek and had an ornamental lake…

Notes: from an album of original Harry Phillips photos presented to Frederick John (Jack) Spellacy (1901-1995) dated 12 April 1935. Format: original B&W photograph Licensing: Attribution, share alike, creative commons. Repository: Blue Mountains City Library www.bmcc.nsw.gov.au/library/ Part of: Local Studies Collection Provenance: Spellacy Family

"ROSEDALE" - Through Time

Notes: behind the musician is The Niagara Cafe, still operating. The chemist shop is the site of Katoomba’s first pharmacist, John Duncan, opened 1887. This became Medlicott Bros Pharmacy in 1905 - the building façade is still intact. It was was later operated by EW Thomas of the Greenwell and Thomas Pharmacy from the 1930s to the 1950s, this business name still survives as a pharmacy in Katoomba Street. Further up the street, the Kodak sign indicates the photographic business of Charles…

Katoomba in the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales in 1905.

Hawkesbury River Station, Brooklyn, NSW, 1919.

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