The living history movement finds new supporters in Camden
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Local agricultural bureau takes major prize at Camden Show
The Menangle Agricultural Bureau took out a first prize at the 1937 Camden Show in the district exhibit. The bureau had entered its agricultural display of fruit, vegetables and other produce. The Camden News reported the display was constructed with over 3000 apples.
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First Remembrance Day in Camden
The first Remembrance Day occurred in Camden in 1946
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Camden Hospital Nurses’ Quarters: cloistered veils
Over 700 people witnessed the opening of the Camden Hospital Nurses’ Quarters were opened in 1962 by the NSW Health Minister WF Sheahan.
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Gardens: a special place
The gardens of the Macarthur region are a special place for wellness and wellbeing. The provide a quiet and contemplative landscape for relaxation and thought.
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An afternoon of art may offer serotonin mood boost, welcome distraction from chronic pain
An afternoon of art may offer serotonin mood boost, welcome distraction from chronic pain
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Neither “Middle Ground” nor “Native Ground”: Reading the Life of Goggey, an Aboriginal Man on the Fringes of Early Colonial Sydney
via Neither “Middle Ground” nor “Native Ground”: Reading the Life of Goggey, an Aboriginal Man on the Fringes of Early Colonial Sydney
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What is Camden’s heritage, does it really matter and what does it mean?
What is Camden’s heritage, does it really matter and what does in mean?
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The Authenticity of Landscape
Some thought on how landscape in understood and idealised.
On Thursday, October 11, at 4:00pm – 6:00pm (Australian Hearing Hub, Level 5, Room 212, Macquarie University) the Markers of Authenticity Seminar Series will continue with two speakers, Dr Alicia Marchant (ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions: Europe 1100–1800, University of Western Australia) and Dr Emily O’Gorman (Department of Geography & Planning, Macquarie University).
Our theme for this seminar is the Authenticity of Landscape. Our speakers will be discussing the way that landscape is understood and idealised, as well as how particular configurations of and stages in the development of a landscape are held up as authentic, original, and desirable. The speakers will address these issues in the following papers.
Alicia Marchant, ‘John Hardyng’s Scotland: Landscape, Heritage and Authenticity in the Fifteenth Century’
In 1457, Northumbrian knight John Hardyng (d. c.1465) employed a cartographer to create a map of Scotland for inclusion in his recently completed…
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Band music at the Camden Park House and Garden 2018 Open Day
Band music at the Camden Park House and Garden 2018 Open Day just like the Camden Town Brass Band in 1914.
