Uncovering the history of Leura as recorded in local newspapers
Below is a chronological list of articles tagged Sale of Leura Estate.
Land on Leura on Easy Terms (Poultry Farm).
Advertising. Saturday 25 May 1889, Katoomba Times, p3.
Reprinted 2 times.
O'Regan's poultry farm ad includes land in Leura.
Land is the Source of All Wealth.
Advertising. Saturday 25 May 1889, Katoomba Times, p3.
Reprinted 2 times.
Uses a recent high-value sale in Katoomba to promote Leura property.
Another Purchaser For Leura Estate.
Jottings. Saturday 25 May 1889, Katoomba Times, p2.
J. H. Mitchell is doing business with him.
Leura, the New Model Township.
Advertising. Saturday 25 May 1889, Katoomba Times, p4.
Early ad listing the benefits of purchasing at the Leura Estate.
Swiss Villas at Leura.
Advertising. Saturday 8 June 1889, Katoomba Times, p4.
Reprinted 3 times.
Advertising for the sale of the Leura Estate.
Land on Leura on Easy Terms (Poultry Farm).
Advertising. Saturday 15 June 1889, Katoomba Times, p3.
Reprinted 28 times.
O'Regan's poultry farm ad includes land in Leura.
Local Jottings.
Jottings. Saturday 15 June 1889, Katoomba Times, p2.
Public attention is centred on Burlington Palace Hotel.
Give Honour to Whom Honour is Due.
Advertising. Saturday 15 June 1889, Katoomba Times, p3.
Sales piece for the Leura Estate with a Racecourse bent.
The New Racecourse at Leura.
Advertising. Saturday 22 June 1889, Katoomba Times, p3.
Advertising for the Leura Estate focused on the proposed racecourse.
The Katoomba Racing Club Proposed Racecourse Near Leura.
Advertising. Saturday 13 July 1889, Katoomba Times, p3.
Reprinted 3 times.
Advertising the estate sale based on the proposed racecourse.
The Lyre Bird.
Advertising. Saturday 13 July 1889, Katoomba Times, p3.
Reprinted 2 times.
Eyre informs the public that a lyre bird was shot on Leura Estate and is being taxidermied.
The Leura Estate.
Advertising. Saturday 27 July 1889, Katoomba Times, p3.
Reprinted 3 times.
Advertising the Leura Estate at length, pointing out the proposed Racecourse.
The Wealthy Squatters From the Far West.
Advertising. Saturday 27 July 1889, Katoomba Times, p3.
Reprinted 2 times.
Advertises the Racecourse, the Burlington Palace Hotel, and land sales at Leura Estate.
The Lady of Lyons.
Advertising. Saturday 3 August 1889, Katoomba Times, p3.
Reprinted 2 times.
Ad for Leura Land including an anecdote about a lady intending to open a boarding-house.
The Katoomba Racing Club.
Advertising. Saturday 10 August 1889, Katoomba Times, p3.
Reprinted 2 times.
In advertising Leura land, Eyre reprints a letter from Lord Carrington re the racecourse.
Who Are They Who Ride in Carriages?.
Advertising. Saturday 24 August 1889, Katoomba Times, p3.
Reprinted 2 times.
Eyre hammers home the point about rising land values in Leura.
Land in Leura is looking up in value.
Jottings. Saturday 24 August 1889, Katoomba Times, p2.
Per title
Another Richmond in the Field.
Advertising. Saturday 24 August 1889, Katoomba Times, p3.
Reprinted 2 times.
Eyre reports an investment company is interested in taking on Leura, among other enticements.
The Man that Built His House Upon a Rock.
Advertising. Saturday 24 August 1889, Katoomba Times, p3.
Reprinted 2 times.
Eyre reports high resale values in Leura Estate.
Leura is attracting many visitors. Jottings. Saturday 31 August 1889, Katoomba Times, p2.
The Gem of the Blue Mountains!.
Advertising. Saturday 7 September 1889, Katoomba Times, p3.
Reprinted 2 times.
Eyre reports an imminent rail platform, competing investment companies, the racecourse, and the clearing of Tusculum (now Tennyson) Avenues.
Leura land is still inquired for. Jottings. Saturday 14 September 1889, Katoomba Times, p2.
Eyre is selling a lot of the Leura land.
Jottings. Saturday 28 September 1889, Katoomba Times, p2.
As title.
The Proposed New Racecourse Has Been Surveyed.
Advertising. Saturday 28 September 1889, Katoomba Times, p3.
Reprinted 2 times.
The surveyor and Mr. Goyder have marked out the racecourse; buy Leura land now.
Five miles of streets have been made at Leura.
Jottings. Saturday 5 October 1889, Katoomba Times, p2.
Leura is one of the most developed estates on the Blue Mountains.
One of Dacey's patent tree and stump extractors.
Jottings. Saturday 12 October 1889, Katoomba Times, p2.
Eyre has purchased a high-tech tree clearance device to be used by Robert Marshall.
Mr. R. Marshall is getting a "daisy" to draw stumps at Leura.
Jottings. Saturday 12 October 1889, Katoomba Times, p2.
Robert Marshall will receive a new machine to remove stumps and trees at Leura.
The Railway Platform and Siding at Leura.
Jottings. Saturday 26 October 1889, Katoomba Times, p2.
Less-than impartial report that Eyre paid half the cost of building a platform and siding.
Leura, Katoomba East.
Advertising. Saturday 26 October 1889, Katoomba Times, p3.
Reprinted 5 times.
Land sale ad, railway platform granted and paid for.
Now the fine weather has set in.
Jottings. Saturday 23 November 1889, Katoomba Times, p2.
Weather is good, people are looking to buy in Leura.
Good News for Leura.
Advertising. Saturday 30 November 1889, Katoomba Times, p3.
Reprinted 4 times.
Extensive sales pitch based around the confirmed Leura Platform and Siding, and a Grand Picnic to celebrate its completion.
It is rumored that there will be.
Jottings. Saturday 30 November 1889, Katoomba Times, p2.
Rumored there will be £20,000 worth of property listed in Leura in coming 18 months.
Good News for Leura.
Advertising. Saturday 4 January 1890, Katoomba Times, p4.
Extensive sales pitch based around the confirmed Leura Platform and Siding, and a Grand Picnic to celebrate its completion.
Land on Leura on easy terms (Poultry farm).
Advertising. Saturday 4 January 1890, Katoomba Times, p1.
Reprinted 21 times.
O'Regan's poultry farm ad includes land in Leura.
William Eyre is offering himself as a candidate for election as Alderman.
Advertising. Saturday 18 January 1890, Katoomba Times, p3.
Eyre goes all out on his election campaign on a platform of massive debt-fuelled expenditure on Katoomba in order to raise property prices