Category: Colonialism

‘Remaking Cities’, a conference with a heady mix of urban delights
Architecture · Attachment to place · Australia · British colonialism · Colonialism · Community identity · Convicts · England · Heritage · Historical consciousness · Historical Research · Historical thinking · History · Local History · Melbourne · Monuments · Myths · Place making · Sense of place · Urban growth · Victorian

‘Remaking Cities’, a conference with a heady mix of urban delights

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The 'Remaking Cities' Urban History Planning History 2018 Conference was held at RMIT University Melbourne.

Carrington Centennial Hospital for Convalescents and Incurables, Camden
Architecture · Attachment to place · Built heritag · Camden · Colonial Camden · Colonialism · Community Health · Community identity · Consumption · Convalescent Home · Convalescent hospital · Cultural Heritage · First World War · Heritage · Historical consciousness · Historical Research · History · Interwar · Local History · Medical history · Modernism · Philanthropy · Place making · Placemaking · Sense of place · Storytelling · Tuberculosis · Volunteering

Carrington Centennial Hospital for Convalescents and Incurables, Camden

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Carrington Centennial Hospital for Convalescents, opened in 1890 in Camden, NSW, embodied Florence Nightingale’s principles, emphasizing fresh air and proper ventilation for recovery. Established by philanthropist WH Paling, it was the first major convalescent facility in New South Wales, providing a restorative environment away from the urban pollution.

Jeff McGill’s Pictorial History Campbelltown and District
Attachment to place · Cafes · Campbelltown · Colonialism · Community identity · Farming · Festivals · First World War · Governor Macquarie · Heritage · Historical consciousness · Historical Research · Historical thinking · History · Interwar · Local History · Macarthur · Monuments · Myths · Newspapers · Place making · Second World War · Sense of place · Theatre · War

Jeff McGill’s Pictorial History Campbelltown and District

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Local historian and photographer Jeff McGill takes a fresh look at the history of Campbelltown in a new book

John Hawdon of Elderslie and his English origins
British colonialism · Colonial Camden · Colonialism · Cowpastures · Elderslie · England · Farming · Heritage · History · Local History · Macarthur · Newspapers · Place making · Sense of place · Settler colonialism

John Hawdon of Elderslie and his English origins

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John Hawdon of Elderslie came from the hamlet of Wackerfield County Durham England in 1828

2017 Fisher’s Ghost Art Award
Art · Attachment to place · Campbelltown · Campbelltown Art Centre · Colonialism · Convicts · Cowpastures · Entertainment · Heritage · Leisure · Local History · Macarthur · Myths · Sense of place · Tourism

2017 Fisher’s Ghost Art Award

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The Fishers Ghost Art Award has been an important cultural event in Campbelltown for over 50 years.

Cobbitty Anglican Church, a little bit of England celebrates 190 years
Aesthetics · Architecture · Attachment to place · British colonialism · Built heritag · Church History · Churches · Cobbitty · Colonialism · Commemoration · Community identity · Cowpastures · Cultural Heritage · Cultural icon · Denbigh · England · Fashion · Festivals · Heritage · Historical consciousness · Historical thinking · History · Landscape aesthetics · Living History · Local History · Local Studies · Macarthur · Memorialisation · Memorials · Memory · Monuments · Moveable Heritage · Myths · Place making · Placemaking · Regionalism · Ruralism · Sense of place · Settler colonialism · Settler Society · Small communities · St Paul's Church Cobbitty · St Pauls Church Cobbitty · Storytelling · Urban development · Victorian · Village

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

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

The Cowpastures, just like an English landscape
Australia · British colonialism · Camden · Colonialism · Cowpastures · Governor Macquarie · History · Landscape aesthetics · Local History · Settler colonialism

The Cowpastures, just like an English landscape

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

Macarthur regional identity
Camden · Campbelltown · Colonialism · Community identity · Historical consciousness · History · Local History · Macarthur · Newspapers · Picton · Place making · Sense of place

Macarthur regional identity

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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

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.

Out and about in Singapore
Colonialism · Heritage · History · Monuments · Uncategorized · Urban growth

Out and about in Singapore

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The CHN blogger has recently been out and about in the Far East and took in some of the historic treasures and heritage gems of Singapore The origins of Singapore are based on British imperial interests with the  East India Company in 1819 when British statesman Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles negotiated a treaty with the Johor Sultanate… Continue reading Out and about in Singapore