Category: Anzac

An art exhibition of war and peace
Aesthetics · Anzac · Art · Camden · Community identity · Cultural Heritage · First World War · Landscape aesthetics · Memorials · Memory · Place making · Sense of place · Streetscapes · War · War at home

An art exhibition of war and peace

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An art exhibition of war and peace with Camden artists Greg Frawley and Roger Percy.

Camden CWA leads way in wartime
Anzac · Attachment to place · Australia · Camden · Community identity · Country Women's Association · Cultural Heritage · Cultural icon · CWA · Heritage · Historical consciousness · Historical thinking · History · Local History · Philanthropy · Place making · Red Cross · Second World War · Sense of place · Volunteering · Volunteerism · War · War at home · Women's Voluntary National Register

Camden CWA leads way in wartime

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Camden CWA leads way in wartime effort at home to help during the Second World War

CWA Camouflage Netting Volunteers
Active citizenship · Anzac · Attachment to place · Australia · Camden · Camden Story · Community identity · Country Women's Association · Craft · Cultural Heritage · Cultural icon · CWA · Gender · Heritage · Historical consciousness · Historical Research · Historical thinking · History · Local History · Local Studies · Macarthur · Memory · Military history · Place making · Red Cross · Second World War · Sense of place · Storytelling · Volunteering · Volunteerism · War · War at home · Wartime · Women's history

CWA Camouflage Netting Volunteers

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CWA Camouflage Netting volunteers contributed thousands of hours towards the war at home during the Second World War

A local newspaper view of the world in an international context
Anzac · Attachment to place · Camden · Campbelltown · Communications · Community identity · First World War · Historical consciousness · Historical Research · History · Local History · Local newspapers · Modernism · Newspapers · Picton · Place making · Sense of place · War

A local newspaper view of the world in an international context

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Provincial newspapers were an archive of local events and set them in the context of the international nature of the First World War

Missing wartime photographs re-appear at Menangle
Anzac · Attachment to place · Community identity · First World War · Heritage · Historical consciousness · Historical Research · Historical thinking · History · Local History · Memorials · Menangle · Monuments · Sense of place · Volunteering · War

Missing wartime photographs re-appear at Menangle

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Missing wartime photographs re-appear at Menangle

Camden Airfield and No 32 Squadron RAAF
Anzac · Attachment to place · Camden · Camden Airfield · Camden Story · Community identity · Cultural Heritage · Floods · Heritage · Historical consciousness · Historical Research · Historical thinking · History · Landscape · Local History · Local Studies · Macarthur · Macquarie Grove · Memory · Menangle RAAF Airfield · Modernism · Nationalism · Patriotism · Place making · Second World War · Sense of place · Storytelling · War · War at home · Wartime

Camden Airfield and No 32 Squadron RAAF

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The RAAF Base Camden at Camden Airfield was the home of 32 Squadron during the Second World War. The members of the squadron have developed a special relationship with the local community that has been marked by tragedy and celebrations.

Anzackery and Vimyism, national military myths
Anzac · Australia · Canada · Community identity · Cultural Heritage · Cultural icon · Festivals · First World War · Heritage · Historical consciousness · Historical Research · Historical thinking · History · Local History · Medical history · Modernism · Monuments · Moveable Heritage · Myths · Place making · Sense of place · War

Anzackery and Vimyism, national military myths

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Anzackery and Vimyism, national military myths derived in wartime in Australia and Canada

Camden Reflects on Anzac Day 2017
Anzac · Architecture · Attachment to place · Camden · Community identity · Cultural Heritage · Cultural icon · First World War · Heritage · Historical consciousness · Historical Research · Historical thinking · History · Local History · Macarthur · Memorials · Modernism · Monuments · Myths · Parks · Place making · Red Cross · Second World War · Sense of place · War

Camden Reflects on Anzac Day 2017

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Camden Reflects on Anzac Day 2017

The army in camp at Narellan in WW2
Anzac · Attachment to place · Australia · Community identity · Heritage · Historical consciousness · Historical Research · Historical thinking · History · Local History · Myths · Narellan · Narellan Military Camp · Place making · Second World War · Sense of place · Technology · War

The army in camp at Narellan in WW2

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The Narellan Military Camp was an important part of the story of wartime Camden during the Second World War.

The army arrives at Narellan
Anzac · Attachment to place · Australia · Historical consciousness · Historical Research · Historical thinking · History · Local History · Narellan · Narellan Military Camp · Second World War · Sense of place · War

The army arrives at Narellan

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The Second World War arrived at Narellan with the establishment of the military camp on Cobbitty Road.