Category: Camden Museum

What is Camden’s heritage, does it really matter and what does it mean?
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What is Camden’s heritage, does it really matter and what does it mean?

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What is Camden’s heritage, does it really matter and what does in mean?

Celebrity author at Camden Museum
British colonialism · Camden Museum · Colonial Camden · Colonialism · Community identity · Convicts · Cultural Heritage · Elizabeth Farm · Farming · Georgian · Gothic · Governor Macquarie · Heritage · History · Landscape aesthetics · Local History · Macarthur · Myths · Place making · Settler colonialism · Victorian

Celebrity author at Camden Museum

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Author Michelle Scott Tucker recently spoke at the Camden Museum about her new book Elizabeth Macarthur A Life at the Edge of the World

The Cowpastures, GLAM and schools
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The Cowpastures, GLAM and schools

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Schools visits are part of the activities of organisations in the GLAM sector in the Macarthur region.

GLAM, trusted sources and the local museum
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GLAM, trusted sources and the local museum

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Trusted sources in the GLAM sector and the local museum

Australia Day 2018 in Camden
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Australia Day 2018 in Camden

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Australia Day 2018 in Camden drew large crowds to the town centre for the festival for the street parade.

Victorian librarian with attitude or a ghostly presence in the Camden Museum.
Attachment to place · Camden Museum · Colonial Camden · Community identity · Edwardian · Heritage · Historical consciousness · Historical thinking · History · Myths · Sense of place · Victorian · Women's diaries · Women's Writing

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

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

The Bennett wagon, a piece of transport history
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The Bennett wagon, a piece of transport history

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The historic Bennett (Percival) Wagon is a cultural icon of a different time when horse and bullock teams were kings of the road.

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.