Month: March 2023

Camden Show 2023
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Camden Show 2023

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The Camden Show is on again after floods and Covid stopped it in recent years. The show is back with all the bells and whistles of the past with some new innovations. A must see is the 2023 Camden Show.

Goanna on the loose, public art
Art · Attachment to place · Belonging · Craft · Design · Monuments · Narellan · Place making · Public art · Sense of place · Storytelling · Uncategorized

Goanna on the loose, public art

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In Elyard Reserve Narellan NSW there is representation of a goanna climbing a pole. A local public artwork.

Mosaic bench: public artwork at Narellan
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Mosaic bench: public artwork at Narellan

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In a corner of Elyard Reserve at Narellan is a mosaic tiled bench. This colourful artwork was commissioned in 2009 and is hidden in plain sight.

Young Woman trumps the Showgirl
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Young Woman trumps the Showgirl

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In late 2022 the Camden Show Society announced that Rubey Williams had been named the Camden Show 2023 Young Woman of the Year. The competition had been rebranded by the Royal Agricultural Society in 2019.