Blue Mountains City Library, Local Studies Collection

Blue Mountains City Library, Local Studies Collection

Material related to the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales.

Officer in charge: Local Studies Librarian

Material relating to the Blue Mountains, NSW.

On the Library catalogue includes a wealth of easily accessible digitised Local Studies material. The oral history collection brings together over 100 interviews from Capturing Community Memories, Speaking of the Past and The Blue Gum Forest Oral History projects. The Local Studies photograph collection includes over 4,000 images held in the Blue Mountains Image Library and on Flickr. Local Studies Chronicles blog articles and Blue Mountains fact sheets are full text searchable and cover a variety of local topics. Also provided are links to historic Blue Mountains Newspapers held on Trove.

An extensive collection of books, maps, newspapers, archives and photographs about the Blue Mountains is also held.

Specific records included:

• Katoomba Municipality: Rate and valuation records, 1889-1934 (Microfiche).
• Blue Mountains Shire Council: Rate and valuation records, 1907-1947 (Microfiche).
• Various: Newspapers, 1882-1991 (Microfilm 6.3m).

Open by appointment, Monday to Friday 10am-5pm.

One day's advance notice of visit required. Extended access can be arranged for ongoing research projects via a Reader's Ticket.

General reference assistance available.

General copying services available.

Revised 8 March 2023

• Local Studies (Thematic area)