Local Studies Chronicles
To enrich your research, the Local Studies Blog articles have been added to the catalogue. Find articles on a range of topics related to Blue Mountains places and people. These articles are full text searchable.
Local Studies Fact Sheets
Essential Blue Mountains history information is now readily available to download in convenient PDF fact sheets. Topics include Origin of Blue Mountains town name, Blue Mountains yowie and The Explorer's Tree. These fact sheets are full text searchable.
Oral Histories
The oral history collection brings together over 100 interviews which can be streamed directly from the library catalogue. It includes the Speaking of the Past project,the Blue Gum Forest Oral History project and the Capturing Community Memories project.
Historical Blue Mountains Newspapers
The catalogue now provides links to our collection of digitised historic newspapers held on Trove. The publications are from 19th and 20th century and represent a number of Blue Mountains, Sydney and regional publications.
Historical Blue Mountains Newspapers
Blue Mountains Image Library
The Local Studies digitised photograph collection contains over 5,000 jpeg images related to the Blue Mountains. These historic photos and postcards are now available to view and download from the catalogue. Over 900 of these images are hosted on Flickr, giving you the opportunity to leave comments and be part of the conversation.
