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Governor Macquarie tours Cow Pastures and Illawarra 1822

Governor Macquarie (SLNSW) Lachlan Macquarie on tour Governor Lachlan Macquarie, accompanied by Mrs Macquarie,  made his final visit to the Cowpastures and the Campbelltown area in January 1822. He inspected the area around Cawdor, Camden Park, Brownlow Hill, and Macquarie Grove. Macquarie also descended into the Illawarra and travelled through the area around Tom Thumb… Continue reading Governor Macquarie tours Cow Pastures and Illawarra 1822

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Presentations 2008 Paper presented the Australian Historical Association Conference at the University of Melbourne Camden, the role of heritage in the making of place in a New South Wales country t… Source: Presentations

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Being a Historical Detective

There are a number of steps involved in being a historical detective and conducting an investigation (historical research).

Aesthetics · Agriculture · Attachment to place · Australia · Belonging · British colonialism · Colonial Camden · Colonial frontier · Colonialism · Community identity · Convicts · Cowpastures · Cultural Heritage · Cultural icon · Curtilage · Economy · Elderslie · England · Farming · Frontier violence · Georgian · Gothic · Heritage · Historical consciousness · Historical Research · Historical thinking · History · Landscape · Landscape aesthetics · Local History · Local Studies · Macarthur · Narellan · Place making · Ruralism · Sense of place · Settler colonialism · Storytelling · Stuart Park Wollongong

John Hawdon of Elderslie in a settler society

John Hawdon of Elderslie was part of the story of settler colonialism in New South Wales in the early 19th century.