The origins of the older street names in the Blue Mountains are, in some cases, not easily determined. This is a great shame for, behind the naming of those streets for which we do have information, there are some very interesting stories indeed. Hindman Street in Katoomba is a case in point. In the 1880s and 1890s Katoomba was two quite separate townships: the elite tourist destination high on the hill, centred on the palatial Carrington Hotel; and a working class coal mining settlement in the south that drew miners and their families from other coalfields in the state and … Continue reading The Plucky Rescuer – the story of Hindman Street, Katoomba