Category: Attachment to place

The army arrives at Narellan
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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.

John Hawdon of Elderslie in a settler society
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John Hawdon of Elderslie in a settler society

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

The seaside holiday
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The seaside holiday

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Seaside holidays on the NSW South Coast has been a popular holiday spot for Camden families. This is the story of seaside holidays in the Wollongong area.

Viewing the Cowpastures landscape
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Viewing the Cowpastures landscape

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The early colonists of the Sydney area viewed the landscape from a number of different perspectives according to historian Grace Karskins in her book The Colony a History of Early Sydney (2009) and this also applied to the Cowpastures.

Sydney’s urban fringe: a transition zone of hope and loss
1968 Sydney Region Outline Plan · 1973 New Cities Campbelltown Camden Appin Structure Plan · Airds · Attachment to place · Belonging · Camden · Camden Story · Campbelltown · Elderslie · History · Hope and loss · Land releases · Landscape · Landscape aesthetics · Leppington · Local History · Local Studies · localism · Lost Sydney · Macarthur · Mount Annan · Mount Gilead · Narellan · Oran Park · Place making · Regionalism · rural-urban fringe · Ruralism · Sense of place · Storytelling · Sydney's rural-urban fringe · The Oaks · Town planning · Transition zone · Uncategorized · Urban development · Urban growth · Urban history · Urban Planning · urban sprawl · Urbanism

Sydney’s urban fringe: a transition zone of hope and loss

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Sydney’s rural-urban fringe is a site of winners and losers. It is a landscape where dreams are fulfilled and memories are lost. The promises of land developers in master-planned suburban utopias meet the hope and expectations of newcomers.

Sydney’s urban sprawl invades the Macarthur region
1968 Sydney Region Outline Plan · 1973 New Cities Campbelltown Camden Appin Structure Plan · 20th century · Attachment to place · Camden · Campbelltown · Collective Memory · Country town · Cultural Heritage · Local History · Local Studies · Macarthur · Macarthur region · Memory · Peri-urban region · Place making · Placemaking · Regionalism · rural-urban fringe · Ruralism · Sense of place · Stereotypes · Storytelling · Sydney's rural-urban fringe · Urban development · Urban growth · Urban history · Urban Planning · Urbanism

Sydney’s urban sprawl invades the Macarthur region

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Urban sprawl has invaded the Macarthur region. It is re-run of the planning policies of the 1970s.

Do or Die! Heritage and urban planning in the burbs
Adaptive Re-use · Agricultural heritage · Architecture · Attachment to place · Belonging · Camden · Community identity · Cultural Heritage · Cultural icon · Edwardian · Family history · Farming · Heritage · Historical consciousness · History · History of a house · House history · Interwar · Kirkham · Lifestyle · Local History · Local Studies · Macarthur · Narellan · Place making · Ruralism · Sense of place · Storytelling · urban sprawl

Do or Die! Heritage and urban planning in the burbs

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There is a loss of Edwardian farming heritage on the urban-rural interface on Sydney’s edge. There is a distinct lack appreciation amongst many contemporaries of simple robust country farm cottages.

Nepean River, more than a water view
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Nepean River, more than a water view

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The Nepean River and its floodplain is much more than just a water view. It is cultural and natural icon in the Sydney basin.

Cobbitty New Year’s Day Village Sports Day Benefits War Effort
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Cobbitty New Year’s Day Village Sports Day Benefits War Effort

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Cobbitty Sports Day on New Year's Day, 1915 A major event on the social calendar of a number of picturesque villages in the Camden district was the annual New Year’s Day Sports Carnivals. Cobbitty's St Paul's Anglican Church 1910 (Camden Images) The New Year's Sports Day was part of the English traditions brought to the… Continue reading Cobbitty New Year’s Day Village Sports Day Benefits War Effort

Camden Bibliography a Biography of a Country Town
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Camden Bibliography a Biography of a Country Town

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Camden Bibliography is a list of primary and secondary sources of the Camden township and district.