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St Alban’s Anglican Church Leura

23. March 2009

Leura Then & Now On Sunday 15th March at 9.30am the people of St Alban’s Anglican Church Leura will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the laying of the foundation stone of the church building. Bishop Peter Watson will be the guest preacher at the celebration service. Everyone is welcome to attend. The foundation stone of the present [...]

History of local papers in the Blue Mountains

3. November 2008

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The Local Studies section in Springwood library has a fascinating history of local papers in the Blue Mountains starting with The Mountain Advertiser in the mid 1870’s, followed by another 42 individual papers since then, and that is not counting the publications produced mainly for visitors! The Echo is a very traditional name for a newspaper but [...]