Category Archives: Blue Mountains History

Ask Roz Blue Mountains range of eMags

By | September 12, 2022

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Eddy Lookout, Mount Victoria

By | September 12, 2022

Eddy Lookout, Mount Victoria was named after Mr E. M. G. Eddy, Chief Commissioner of Railways, in recognition of his management of Mountain railway traffic. Here: https://w3w.co/reacting.tenant.figures Edward Miller Gard Eddy (1851-1897), railway commissioner, was born on 24 July 1851 in England, son of Edward Miller Eddy, marine engineer. In November 1895, a ceremony was… Read More »

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HISTORIC ~ Rock-Fall kills worker on road

By | June 20, 2022

On the 16th of November 1953, Kenneth Joseph Cleary was killed while constructing the road into the Kanimbla Valley. The SMH of 17th November 1953 reported “ROCK-FALL KILLS WORKER ON ROAD KATOOMBA, Monday. Kenneth Joseph Cleary, 21, of Macquarie Road, Camden, was killed instantly this afternoon when two tons of overhanging rock fell and crushed… Read More »

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