Victorian librarian with attitude or a ghostly presence in the Camden Museum.

October 14, 2017October 16, 2017 camdenhistorynotesLeave a comment

What is the truth in storytelling? There are lots of stories. Who owns the correct story? Find one version at the Camden Museum.

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Cobbitty Anglican Church, a little bit of England celebrates 190 years

October 8, 2017June 6, 2023 camdenhistorynotes2 Comments

The English-style village of Cobbitty celebrates 190 years of the presence of the Anglican church.

Australia · British colonialism · Camden · Colonialism · Cowpastures · Governor Macquarie · History · Landscape aesthetics · Local History · Settler colonialism

The Cowpastures, just like an English landscape

October 6, 2017 camdenhistorynotes3 Comments

The Cowpastures district of colonial New South Wales was just like an English landscape for some early settlers.

Local History · Macarthur · Newspapers · War

The local ‘rag’, the future of local newspapers

October 3, 2017October 21, 2019 camdenhistorynotes4 Comments

What the is the future of the local newspaper in the disruptive digital age?

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The White House Farm, a lost Camden mid-20th century icon

September 15, 2017March 4, 2024 camdenhistorynotes

The White House Farm is a lost part of the heritage of Camden NSW from the mid-20th century

Cobbitty · Festivals · Macarthur · Sense of place · Tourism

Out and about at Cobbitty Markets

September 2, 2017September 2, 2017 camdenhistorynotesLeave a comment

On a frosty Saturday recently the CHN blogger attended the Cobbitty Markets. The carpark was covered with a light shade of white while the thermometer hovered around zero degrees. The markets have been on Cobbitty Public School site for what seems likes for ever. The stalls are tucked around every conceivable corner. In the front… Continue reading Out and about at Cobbitty Markets

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Thomas Walker Convalescent Hospital Concord NSW

August 13, 2017August 13, 2017 camdenhistorynotes2 Comments

Out at Concord, located in Sydney's inner west, is the magnificent building of the former Thomas Walker Memorial Hospital for Convalescents, that is now the school Rivendell. It was recently open for inspection by the City of Canada Bay Heritage Society. The heritage society organises regular open days to continually raise public awareness of this… Continue reading Thomas Walker Convalescent Hospital Concord NSW

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Macarthur regional identity

July 29, 2017 camdenhistorynotes5 Comments

The Macarthur region is an area made of the Camden, Campbelltown and Wollondilly Local Government areas and is a formal region with an arbitrary political boundary. Regions come in all shapes and sizes from formal regions with definite boundaries, to geographic regions based on landform types, to regions of the imagination with no real boundaries… Continue reading Macarthur regional identity