Blue Mountains Dreaming:
The Aboriginal Heritage
Edited Eugene Stockton
This new edition gathers
together new research and information about
the original inhabitants of the Blue Mountains. It provides a fascinating account of
histories, languages, legends and European
contact. More Info
Price (AU$): $60.00
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The Burning Mists of Time
A Technological and Social History of Mining at Katoomba
Philip J. Pells & Philip J. Hammon
The Burning Mists of Time brings together disparate information to tell the fascinationg story of the establishment of the town of Katoomba and the present day Scenic World.
Price (AU$): $60.00
ISBN: 0977563960
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The Artificial Horizon
Martin Thomas
 The author leads his readers through the cultural history of the Blue Mountains west of Sydney in order to probe the 'dreamwork of imperialism'.
Price (AU$): $44.95
ISBN: 0522851517
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Conquering the Blue Mountains
Mark Langdon
Details the planning, construction and operation of the Blue Mountains railway from Penrith to Wallerawang.
Price (AU$): $55.00
ISBN: 1876568305
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Sacred Waters
Dianne Johnson
 The story of the Blue Mountains Gully traditional owners, the Gundungurra people, and the Darug people of the lower Hawkesbury.
Price (AU$): $60.00
ISBN: 1920831371
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Blue Mountains Pictorial Memories
John Low
 The Blue Mountains' rich history is revealed through both words and pictures, from the presence of Aboriginal tribes to the rural peace of country homes and hotels.
Price (AU$): $19.95
ISBN: 0908272375
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The Katoomba-Leura Story
Audrey Armitage
The only available history of these two Mountains towns, with recollections, anecdotes, newspaper reports, personalities like Harry Phillips and Paul Sorenson, and photographs.
Price (AU$): $30.00
ISBN: 0959341110
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On Suspect Terrain
Ross Brownscombe
Journals of all the explorers who first probed the sandstone ramparts of the Blue Mountains between 1795-1820.
Price (AU$): $60.00
ISBN 064643876X
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Somewhat Perilous
Andy Macqueen
Tells the fascinating story of the struggle of European explorers Singleton, Parr, Howe, Myles and Blaxland to find a suitable passage across the northern section of the Blue Mountains into the Hunter Valley from Windsor from 1817 to 1824.
Price (AU$): $30.00
ISBN: 0646438271
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Historic Megalong Valley
Mary Shaw (Second Edition)
A new edition of the history of the Megalong Valley from the original inhabitants, ,the Gundungurra aboriginal people to its settlement and the families that lived there.
Price (AU$): $20.00
ISBN: 9780646500409
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Back from the Brink
Andy Macqueen
Blue Gum Forest stands as the Cradle of Conservation in New South Wales. It lies deep in a valley that was reserved back in 1875 because it was a national spectacle. In 1932 the forest was saved from the axe by bushwalkers—and thus became the heart of today’s Blue Mountains National Park and Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area.
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Frederick Robert D'Arcy
Andy Macqueen
This book reveals the challenges faced by the ordinary surveyor as he battled the bush, recalcitrant convicts and assistants, and enigmatic superiors.
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Place Names of the Blue Mountains and Burragorang Valley
Jim Barrett
This is the story of how the southern Blue Mountains and Burragorandg Valley were named. From ex-convict input which lasted a few decades, and an overlapping remnant of Aboriginal names which perforce must compress a fifty thousand year old culture.
Price (AU$): $15.00
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The Kills of Kedumba: The story of a Blue Mountains Pioneering family
Jim Barrett
English migrant George Kill settled in the Blue Mountains in 1890 and the Kill site was associated with important events in the early history of the Blue Mountains including matters relating to the first exploration of the Lower Cox, the local Aboriginal history.
Price (AU$): $12.50
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Yerranderie: Story of a Ghost Town
Jim Barrett
Steeped in the history of the early cattlemen, the cedar getters and the gold fossickers, for a dozen years Yerranderie lapsed into virtual anonymity, in which time it earned itself the hackneyed yet emotive sobriquet- “Ghost Town”.
Price (AU$): $12.50
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Narrow Neck and the Birth of Katoomba
Jim Barrett
This book sets out to show that the early mining operations were mainly responsible for the establishment of Katoomba as the major centre in the Blue Mountains, and for the opening up of Katoomba's now famous scenic attractions.
Price (AU$): $12.50
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Cox's River: Discovery, History & Development
Jim Barrett
The telling of the story of the Cox is a de facto peep into the vast area of the southern Blue Mountains.
Price (AU$): $15.00
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Kanangra Walls: Discovery & History
Jim Barrett
Kanangra Walls has been called the most beautiful place in Australia.
Price (AU$): $13.00
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Kowmung River: Discovery, History & Development
Jim Barrett
The Kowmung is the largest and noblest tributary of Cox's River.
Price (AU$): $13.00
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Life in the Burragorang
Jim Barrett
A special place and the pioneers that made it their home.
Price (AU$): $15.00
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The First Bushwalker
Jim Barrett
The story of Fred Eden, an English traveler. His extensive travel and keen observations walking around Eastern Australia were recorded in great detail in diary form.
Price (AU$): $13.00
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Blackheath:
Today From Yesterday
Rotary Club of Blackheath
Blackheath: Today From Yesterday records the development of the Blackheath area from the time of the crossing of the Blue Mountains in 1813 to the present day.
Price (AU$): $65.00
ISBN: 0958193452
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Carrington Hotel Katoomba
G.J. Taylor
History of the Grand Lady of the Mountains. The Carrington is a link with the days when Katoomba was the tourist capital of Australia.
Price (AU$): $12.50
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Glen Davis Story
G.J. Taylor
History of the Capertee Valley Shale Oil Project 1938 - 1952.
Price (AU$): $12.50
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Australian Big Cats
Mike Williams & Rebecca Lang
For decades there has been talk of big cats roaming the Australian bush. These large cats - predominantly black - have only afforded their witnesses fleeting glimpses, and left behind tantalising clues: scraps of fur, a paw print or three, unusually large scats, and livestock carcasses surgically dismembered and picked clean of flesh. In their wake, they leave carnage and bewilderment.
Price (AU$): $35.00
ISBN: 9780646530079
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The Yowie: In search of Australia's Bigfoot
Tony Healy & Paul Cropper
This book chronicles the yowie saga from the pre-colonial era to the present day. It contains over 300 carefully documented eyewitness reports and a vast amount of other data, much of which suggests that the damnably elusive creatures really do exist.
Price (AU$): $35.00
ISBN: 9780646469645
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Newnes: History of a Blue Mountains Oil-Shale Town
G.J. Taylor
An introduction to the history of the one time unique village and industrial complex.
Price (AU$): $12.50
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Macquarie's Kingdom
Almis Simankevicius
The story of Lachlan Macquarie's twelve year rule in N.S.W. from 1810-1821.
Price (AU$): $25.00
ISBN: 0957896832
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Aunty Joan Cooper
Through the Front Door
Elizabeth Frias
A Darug and Gundungurra story.
Price (AU$): $30.00
ISBN: 9780957924314
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The Spark of Megalong
Bob Yates
Yarns from one hundred years of bushfire fighting in Megalong Valley and the Blue Mountains.
Price (AU$): $25.00
ISBN: 2770000003476
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Cassocks in the Wilderness: Remembering the Seminary at Springwood
Chris Geraghty
In Cassocks in the Wilderness, the author tells the story of his highly regulated life as a young seminarian locked away in the isolation of a sandstone building in the Blue Mountains.
Price (AU$): $24.95
ISBN: 0867863161
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Pathways to History
Greg Powell
Price (AU$): $16.95
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Cullenbenbong
Bernard O'Reilly
Covers the childhood of Bernard O'Reilly. Boyhood adventures, family joys and sadnesses are all told in his own inimitable style together with mountain legends heard around the firesides of the Blue Mountains' pioneers.
Price (AU$): $12.00
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Green Mountains and Cullenbenbong
Bernard O'Reilly
Born in 1903 to a pioneering Irish-Catholic family, Bernard O'Reilly spent his first twelve years in the secluded Kanimbla Valley of the Blue Mountains of New South Wales.
Price (AU$): $39.95
ISBN: 9780858812192
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From Katoomba to Jenolan Caves:
The Six Foot Track
Jim Smith
Stories behind the construction of the track, its long decline, and the 1984 re-opening re explained as well as practical suggestions on how to enjoy the track today are given.
Price (AU$): 45.00
ISBN: 9780909325428
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Lindeman Pass
Jim Smith
Price (AU$): $5.50
ISBN: SPECIAL
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Fore: 100 Years of Leura Golf Club
Stanle W Croker
Leura Golf Club is the oldest in the Blue Mountains. This is the history of the club from 1902-2002 Centenery.
Price (AU$): 50.00
ISBN: 9780646447179
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The Prince of Whips
John Low & Jim Smith
Price (AU$): $5.50
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Lithgow’s Small Arms Factory and its People Vol 1: 1907 to 1950
Tony Griffiths
A great story covering the first 40 odd years of the Small Arms factory and its people.
Price (AU$): $30.00
ISBN: 0975064614
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Lithgow’s Small Arms Factory and its People Vol 2: 1950 to 1990
Tony Griffiths
Tony Griffiths captures how the Factory “breathed” over the period 1950 to 1990. He melds together details of people who were significant to the Factory’s history and the social environment in the area.
Price (AU$): $30.00
ISBN: 9780975064627
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Creative Connections
Blue Mountains Writers & Artists
This book highlights some of the many writers and artists that have lived and worked under the spell of the Blue Mountains.
Price (AU$): $9.95
ISBN: 9780646521688
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