Category: Community work

‘Baker, The Artist, The Influencer’, the exhibition
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‘Baker, The Artist, The Influencer’, the exhibition

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The Alan Baker Art Gallery Macaria in John Street Camden has a new exhibition 'Baker, The Artist, The Influencer' running until September 2023.

Narellan Community Mosaic Project: art in the park
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Narellan Community Mosaic Project: art in the park

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The Narellan Community Mosaic Project was commissioned in 2005 by Camden Council with funding from the NSW Department of Planning. This artwork is one of number in Elyard Reserve in Narellan.

Camden Show 2023
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Camden Show 2023

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The Camden Show is on again after floods and Covid stopped it in recent years. The show is back with all the bells and whistles of the past with some new innovations. A must see is the 2023 Camden Show.

An amazing woman, Sheila Murdoch
Camden Bowling Club · Carrington Aged-Care Complex · Catholic Women's League · Community identity · Community work · Cultural Heritage · Entertainment · Family history · Genealogy · Heritage · Living History · Local History · Local Studies · Memory · Motherhood · Music · Music history · Orangeville · Place making · Radical history · Roman Catholic Church · Second World War · Sense of place · Storytelling · The Oaks · Volunteering · Volunteerism · Wartime · Weddings · Wollondilly Shire Council · Women's history

An amazing woman, Sheila Murdoch

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Sheila Murdoch was a community worker, musician and mother of five children. She was a rural woman from Orangeville who served her community, church and family.

WSU Sculpture Award and Exhibition Campbelltown
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WSU Sculpture Award and Exhibition Campbelltown

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

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

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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.

Angels of Mercy, Red Cross volunteers
Art · Blue Plaques · British Red Cross · Community work · Country Women's Association · CWA · First World War · Heritage · Lady Helen Munro Ferguson · Media · Memory · Motherhood · Myths · Nationalism · Newspapers · Patriotism · Poster Art · Red Cross · Second World War · Social History · Volunteering · Volunteerism · War · War at home · Wartime · Women's history · World War One

Angels of Mercy, Red Cross volunteers

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For the many during the First World the Red Cross became the soldier's guardian angel. The metaphor was expressed in poster, literature, the popular press and a host of other locations.

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