Uncovering the history of Leura as recorded in local newspapers
The following 95 articles need transcription.
Mr. Milgate and friends intent to erect a large coffee palace.
Jottings. Saturday 12 April 1890, Katoomba Times, p4.
Milgate is named as leading the Leura Coffee Palace plans
A good sample of Mountain grown potatoes.
jottings. Saturday 22 March 1890, Katoomba Times, p2.
Eyre took some Katoomba potatoes to Sydney as a trade sample.
In the event of my being elected to be the First Mayor of Katoomba.
Advertising. Saturday 11 January 1890, Katoomba Times, p3.
Reprinted 2 times.
Eyre promises if elected as the Mayor to buy the robes of office for the council.
Deputation to the Railway Commissioners.
article. Saturday 22 February 1890, Katoomba Times, p2.
In an article about a railway bridge at Katoomba, acting-Mayor Goyder mentions the railway bridge at Leura.
How it happened at the Leura Falls recently.
Jottings. Saturday 10 May 1890, Katoomba Times, p2.
Short poem about an individual relaxing at the Leura Falls before being bitten by a soldier ant.
A coffee palace is to be established.
jottings. Saturday 8 March 1890, Katoomba Times, p3.
First mention of a coffee palace, though it sites it in Katoomba.
Editorial Saturday January 18 1890.
Editorial. Saturday 18 January 1890, Katoomba Times, p2.
The Editor describes the correct process for the election of aldermen, auditors and mayor.
Wentworth, Katoomba, Leura and Guiva Falls present picturesque views.
Jottings. Saturday 12 April 1890, Katoomba Times, p4.
After massive rains, the waterfalls in Leura and around the mountains look particularly good.
Polling will take place.
Advertising. Saturday 11 January 1890, Katoomba Times, p2.
Reprinted 2 times.
Lists candidates for alderman and records the election date as 18th January 1890.
Over the Blue Mountains.
Article. Saturday 5 April 1890, Katoomba Times, p4.
Reprint from the Daily Telegraph suggesting more government funding necessary to grow tourism in the Mountains, naming Leura Falls.
An embankment between Katoomba and Leura gave way.
jottings. Saturday 15 March 1890, Katoomba Times, p3.
After incredibly heavy rains, a landslide occurred on the railway between the two towns.
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
The Municipal District of Katoomba, The First Election.
Article. Saturday 11 January 1890, Katoomba Times, p2.
Reprinted 2 times.
Pre-election speeches by many candidates for aldermen - Eyre does not appear to have spoken.
To the Electors of the Municipal Council of Katoomba.
Advertising. Saturday 11 January 1890, Katoomba Times, p3.
Reprinted 2 times.
Eyre's election advertisement for alderman in which he considers his Sydney location a selling point.
Tenders for Fencing.
Advertising. Saturday 4 January 1890, Katoomba Times, p3.
Reprinted 2 times.
The Katoomba Land Company seeks tenders for fencing a mile of road opposite the Leura Estate.
Board was very cheap at Leura Villa.
Jottings. Saturday 12 April 1890, Katoomba Times, p2.
I really don't know.
The railway line where the slip occurred.
jottings. Saturday 22 March 1890, Katoomba Times, p2.
The failed embankment between Katoomba and Leura has been repaired.
A sporting gentleman.
Article. Saturday 18 January 1890, Katoomba Times, p2.
A bookmaker is accepting wagers on the outcome of the election; Eyre is bottom at 300 to 1.
Where the railway slip occurred.
jottings. Saturday 22 March 1890, Katoomba Times, p2.
A workman is reported to have known about the potentially dangerous embankment between Leura and Katoomba for a year before it failed.
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.
Katoomba Municipal Council.
Article. Saturday 12 April 1890, Katoomba Times, p4.
Report on a Council meeting with passing mentions of William Eyre and Leura Falls, along with an amusing exchange about night soil.
The First Election.
Article. Saturday 25 January 1890, Katoomba Times, p2.
The first election of the Municipality of Katoomba has taken place; F. C. Goyder became mayor and William Eyre got the wooden spoon.
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.
Railway surveyors were measuring land.
Jottings. Saturday 19 April 1890, Katoomba Times, p2.
Mentions a dangerous gully at Leura when locating the Katoomba railway siding.
The American champion sculler Wm O'Connor came to Katoomba.
jottings. Saturday 22 March 1890, Katoomba Times, p2.
William Joseph O'Connor went shooting lyrebirds in Leura but failed without Bob Marshall's advice.
If one of the Katoomba Railway fettlers had not discovered the leakage.
jottings. Saturday 22 March 1890, Katoomba Times, p2.
Contends that had the embankment slip not been discovered early there would have been a very great accident.
Blue Mountain Views.
Article. Saturday 15 February 1890, Katoomba Times, p2.
Kitch and Co have produced a set of photographs of mountains views, The Rapids, Leura is among them.
Let Us All Have a Blow.
Advertising. Saturday 18 January 1890, Katoomba Times, p3.
Another candidate pokes not-so-gentle fun at Eyre's offer to buy the mayoral robes.
Lovely sample of Mountain grown apples.
Jottings. Saturday 29 March 1890, Katoomba Times, p2.
Eyre took some Mountains apples to sell in Sydney.
Coffee palace to be erected at Leura.
Jottings. Saturday 10 May 1890, Katoomba Times, p2.
Coffee palace shares are nearly half sold, plans to be drawn by Mr William B Hardwick, a Katoomba architect.
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.
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.
Poet's Corner; Leura Falls.
Article. Saturday 7 September 1889, Katoomba Times, p4.
A poem about Leura Falls.
Messrs. W. H. Edwards, A. A. Smith, and Wm. Eyre are coming forward.
Jottings. Saturday 7 December 1889, Katoomba Times, p2.
Eyre and others are putting themselves forward as candidates for Councillors.
A good road gives access from Katoomba to Leura Racecourse.
Jottings. Saturday 5 October 1889, Katoomba Times, p2.
Mentions a walk of only a few minutes from Katoomba to Leura Racecourse.
Burlington Palace Hotel.
Advertising. Saturday 13 July 1889, Katoomba Times, p3.
The plans for the Hotel will be put on public exhibition in Katoomba.
Ten men are at work at the Leura Estate.
Jottings. Saturday 7 December 1889, Katoomba Times, p2.
Ten men are working on the new platform and siding.
We hear that Mr. William Eyre is endeavouring to form a syndicate.
Jottings. Saturday 21 December 1889, Katoomba Times, p2.
Eyre is trying to form a company for the Katoomba Racing and Athletic Club to form the Leura Racecourse.
Racecourse for Leura.
Advertising. Saturday 29 June 1889, Katoomba Times, p3.
Eyre reports the Club approved Leura Racecourse and advertises land for sale.
Upon enquiries made to the Engineer for Existing Railways.
Jottings. Saturday 23 November 1889, Katoomba Times, p2.
Mr. Watson, engineer from Bathurst, has been instructed to build the platform due around Christmas.
Katoomba Racing Club.
Advertising. Saturday 6 July 1889, Katoomba Times, p3.
Reprinted 2 times.
Eyre comments favourably on the formation of the Katoomba Racing Club.
The Blackheath buggy business of Mr. Thomas Esgate.
Jottings. Saturday 2 November 1889, Katoomba Times, p2.
Leura inhabitant John Duff has bought a buggy business in Blackheath.
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.
Proclamation by His Excellency the Right Honourable Charles Robert, Baron Carrington.
Official. Saturday 30 November 1889, Katoomba Times, p2.
The extent of the new Municipality of Katoomba is set out, including the Leura Estate.
Tenders are Invited for Making a Path in Fern Glen.
Advertising. Saturday 5 October 1889, Katoomba Times, p3.
Mr. Goyder calls for tenders to make a path in the Leura Reserve.
Platform and Siding at Leura. Jottings. Saturday 26 October 1889, Katoomba Times, p2.
Should Katoomba be formed into a Municipality, Eyre to stand.
Jottings. Saturday 5 October 1889, Katoomba Times, p2.
Eyre to stand as candidate for Katoomba mayorship.
Katoomba Dairy and Poultry Farm.
Advertising. Saturday 25 May 1889, Katoomba Times, p3.
Advertisement for the farm of Leura resident John Duff.
The Good Templars intend to have a picnic.
Jottings. Saturday 7 December 1889, Katoomba Times, p2.
The Good Templars intend to have a picnic and sports at Leura on New Year's Day.
I believe that Messrs. A. A. Smith, W. Eyre, and W. H. Edwards.
Jottings. Saturday 30 November 1889, Katoomba Times, p2.
Eyre and others may put themselves forward as candidates for Aldermen of Katoomba.
Tenders for making a path in Fern Gully.
Jottings. Saturday 5 October 1889, Katoomba Times, p2.
Calling tenders to make a path in Fern Gully, Leura Reserve.
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.
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.
I.O.G.T. Grand Picnic and Procession at Leura.
Advertising. Saturday 7 December 1889, Katoomba Times, p2.
Advertising the Good Templars' picnic at Leura on New Year's Day.
To the Editor.
Letter. Saturday 29 June 1889, Katoomba Times, p2.
Letter from a resident in support of a racecourse at Katoomba instead of Leura.
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.
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.
The Katoomba Racing Club.
Advertising. Saturday 29 June 1889, Katoomba Times, p3.
Eyre reports the Club approved Leura Racecourse and advertises land for sale, at length.
Tourists inconvenienced in Leura Falls.
Jottings. Saturday 5 October 1889, Katoomba Times, p2.
Tourists who did not tie up their horses had to walk home from Leura Falls.
Leura, Katoomba East.
Advertising. Saturday 26 October 1889, Katoomba Times, p3.
Reprinted 5 times.
Land sale ad, railway platform granted and paid for.
The New Racecourse at Leura.
Advertising. Saturday 22 June 1889, Katoomba Times, p3.
Advertising for the Leura Estate focused on the proposed racecourse.
Leura platform and siding will be finished by the 24th December.
Jottings. Saturday 30 November 1889, Katoomba Times, p2.
Reports the platform will be complete by 24th December.
Leura is attracting many visitors. Jottings. Saturday 31 August 1889, Katoomba Times, p2.
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.
A Conversation.
Article. Saturday 3 August 1889, Katoomba Times, p2.
A poem about a Mountain man telling a Sydneysider about the benefits of the Mountains; including the future Racecourse.
Mr. F. S. Murray has surveyed the racecourse.
Jottings. Saturday 5 October 1889, Katoomba Times, p2.
The surveyor has prepared a plan for the racecourse, and the racecourse company will be formed shortly.
Leura Platform and Siding.
Advertising. Saturday 30 November 1889, Katoomba Times, p3.
Reprint of a letter to Eyre from the somewhat harassed engineer in charge of building the new platform.
Chit Chat By One Who Knows.
Jottings. Saturday 12 October 1889, Katoomba Times, p2.
Eyre may be the first Mayor of Katoomba, but it won't be an easy job.
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.
Chit Chat.
Jottings. Saturday 19 October 1889, Katoomba Times, p2.
\'Our worthy townsman\' will be the first Mayor. Referring to Goyder?
Nice Light Hooded-Buggy.
Jottings. Saturday 2 November 1889, Katoomba Times, p2.
Mr. Duff of Leura's new buggy had a needle left in the seat, inflicting a 'painful puncture'.
Mr. Kitch Taking Views of Leura Falls.
Jottings. Saturday 12 October 1889, Katoomba Times, p2.
A local photographer is taking photos at the Falls.
Editorial.
Article. Saturday 29 June 1889, Katoomba Times, p2.
The Editor cautions against haste in the Racecourse, and points out some potential problems with the scheme.
Land in Leura is looking up in value.
Jottings. Saturday 24 August 1889, Katoomba Times, p2.
Per title
The Railway Commissioners have agreed to put a platform and siding at Leura.
Jottings. Saturday 5 October 1889, Katoomba Times, p2.
A platform and siding will be built at Leura, with Eyre (presumably) paying half the cost.
Tourists lost in Leura Falls.
Jottings. Saturday 5 October 1889, Katoomba Times, p2.
Report of some tourists (and a 'black boy') lost for an hour in Leura Falls, being saved by Bob.
Katoomba Jockey Club.
Article. Saturday 29 June 1889, Katoomba Times, p4.
The Club committee reports Leura the better location for the Racecourse; O'Regan disagrees. The Club is considered a 'rank failure' due to poor turnout and adjourned indefinitely.
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.
Wentworth Falls.
Jottings. Saturday 7 September 1889, Katoomba Times, p2.
The Wentworth Falls in spring 'nearly equals… your far-famed Leura Estate'
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 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.
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.
Eyre is selling a lot of the Leura land.
Jottings. Saturday 28 September 1889, Katoomba Times, p2.
As title.
The Leura platform and siding was paid for.
Jottings. Saturday 23 November 1889, Katoomba Times, p2.
Report that Mr. Eyre has paid for the new platform.
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.
To the Returning Officer of Municipal Council of Katoomba.
Advertising. Saturday 30 November 1889, Katoomba Times, p2.
Reprinted 2 times.
Eyre puts himself forward as candidate for Alderman in the new Municipality of Katoomba.
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.
Waratah and Leichhardt streets are all being made right into Leura.
Jottings. Saturday 5 October 1889, Katoomba Times, p2.
Katoomba streets being extended into Leura Estate.
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.
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.
Leura land is still inquired for. Jottings. Saturday 14 September 1889, Katoomba Times, p2.
The Leura Platform and Siding.
Jottings. Saturday 9 November 1889, Katoomba Times, p2.
The new platform expected to be completed 20th December and celebrated with a grand picnic.
In answer to a requisition from the leading residents of Katoomba.
Jottings. Saturday 5 October 1889, Katoomba Times, p2.
The Sydney and Suburban Mutual Permanent Building and Land Investment Association to establish a presence in Katoomba.
Racecourse for Katoomba measured on the Leura estate.
Jottings. Saturday 28 September 1889, Katoomba Times, p2.
The proposed racecourse has now been measured out.