Brendan Wacher made this documentary as a short solo project in 2014. Not only is the factory itself an amazing piece of history, but its influence on the town of Lithgow was also very interesting. Multiple streets around the factory were named after weapons, and there had been some quite heavy anti-aircraft guns around Lithgow… Read More »
Ask Roz Lake Macquarie – PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE WEEK – Stephen Carter. From the age of 9yrs, Steve has been captivated by photography, his early interest getting serious at 17 when he took a senior high school photography course, learning the foundations of his trade such as light, composition, developing and the use of SLR… Read More »
Queensland climber Muriel Patten becomes the first women to climb the First Sister, Katoomba, 1934. Bert Salmon is above her as both solo the climb. With a female climbing culture firmly established in Queensland by the early 1930s, January 1934 saw 16 Queenslanders—including 7 women—travelling to Katoomba in the Blue Mountains on a ‘rock-climbing holiday’.… Read More »