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WSU Sculpture Award and Exhibition Campbelltown

The Lakes at WSU is an inspiring setting for the 8th WSU Sculpture Award and Exhibition 2018

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Camden Produce Market and Camden Community Garden, sites of community engagement

The Camden Produce Market and the Camden Community Garden are active sites of community engagement on land gifted to the Camden community by Llewella Davies.

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Alan Baker Art Gallery opening at Macaria, a brush of class

The 2018 opening of the Alan Baker Art Collection in the colonial gentleman's townshouse of Macaria in Camden's John Street heritage precinct.

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Oran Park Raceway: the finishing line as new horizons open up

Oran Park is a new suburb on Sydney's urban fringe on the site of the former Oran Park Raceway.

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Macquarie Place: an overlooked city space of monumental importance

Macquarie Place is Sydney's oldest public square, established by Governor Macquarie over 200 years ago. Once a colonial elite space, it has transformed alongside the city into a hub for modern finance. The park features monuments and relics, symbolizing its historical significance and ongoing evolution amid urban change.

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Civic Railway Station, revealing part of Newcastle modernism

Civic Railway Station, now closed, reveals some of the aesthetics of Newcastle modernism.

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Bella Vista Farm, an early part of the Macarthur rural empire

Bella Vista Farm is an early part of the Macarthur family pastoral empire and an important site in the history of colonial NSW.

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Showtime in Camden 2014

The annual festival of farming returns to the Camden Showground at the end of March again. The show has been the most crucial country festival in the district for over 100 years. In 2019 the show attracted over 40,000 visitors and was a huge success.

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Goulburn’s Belmore Park, a space of memories and monuments

In central Goulburn is an urban park with formal paths and gardens that dates back Victorian times. The park has evolved to become a landscape of monuments and memorials.

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Elderslie, a suburb on Sydney’s fringe

A history of continuity and change Elderslie is a suburb of Camden, the traditional land of the Dharawal people.  It lies on the southern end of the Camden Municipality, 62 km southwest of Sydney, on the rural-urban fringe. Elderslie borders the Nepean River to the west, Narellan Creek to the north, Camden By-Pass to the… Continue reading Elderslie, a suburb on Sydney’s fringe