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Narellan ‘Gayline’ Drive-In Movie Theatre, a touch of modernism

The Narellan Gayline Drive-In Movie Theatre in Camden was a defining feature of the local 1960s-1980s culture, offering a relaxed, family-friendly movie experience. The drive-in's success peaked in the early 1970s but eventually closed in 1990 due to changing lifestyles and real estate development. It provided a memorable experience for many local residents, offering a nostalgic look back at a bygone era.

1920s · 1930s · 1973 New Cities Campbelltown Camden Appin Structure Plan · 20th century · Agriculture history · Attachment to place · Belonging · Camden Council · Camden Council Heritage Advisory Committee · Camden Mayor · Camden Museum · Camden Produce Market · Camden Story · Camden Town Centre · Camden Town Farm · Colonialism · Commemoration · Country town · Cowpastures · Cultural and Heritage Tourism · Cultural Heritage · Entertainment · Festivals · Food · Heritage · History · Interwar · Living History · Local History · Local Studies · Macarthur · Memorialisation · Place making · Ruralism · Sense of place · Social History · Storytelling · Symbolism · Tourism · Unlock Camden · Urban history

Unlock Camden 2023, a festival celebrating our past

Unlock Camden is a history festival that celebrates the Camden story through walks, art, images, stories, and a host of other activities. Events are centred in historic the John Street precinct around the Alan Baker Art Gallery Macaria.

Aesthetics · Agricultural heritage · Agricultural modernism · Architecture · Attachment to place · Australia · Belgenny Farm · Business · Camden Park House and Garden · Community identity · Cowpastures · Cultural Heritage · Cultural icon · Dairying · Engineering Heritage · Engineering History · Farming · Food · Heritage · Historical consciousness · Historical Research · Historical thinking · History · Industrial Heritage · Lifestyle · Living History · Local History · Local Studies · Lost Sydney · Macarthur · Memory · Menangle · Mid-century modernism · Modernism · Monuments · Myths · Place making · Placemaking · Ruralism · Sense of place · Sydney · Sydney's rural-urban fringe · Tourism · Town planning · Urban growth · Urban Planning · urban sprawl · Urbanism · USA · Utilities

The Rotolactor, a Menangle milking marvel

The Rotolactor was Menangle's milking marvel. A rotating dairy that was a tourism attraction and an example of industrial modernism on the colonial property Camden Park estate.

Aesthetics · Art · Attachment to place · Belonging · Camden Show · Colonial Camden · Colonialism · Community identity · Cowpastures · Crafts · Entertainment · Farming · Festivals · Food · Gardening · Heritage · Historical consciousness · History · Leisure · Lifestyle · Living History · Local History · Local Studies · Lost trades · Memory · Myths · Place making · Produce · Public art · Re-enactments · Ruralism · Sense of place · Tourism

Living history at a country festival

Living history was on display at a country show with the real sounds sights and smells of the farm

Agricultural heritage · Agriculture · Attachment to place · Belgenny Farm · Camden · Camden Museum · Camden Park House and Garden · Colonial Camden · Communications · Community identity · Cultural Heritage · Cultural icon · Dairying · Economy · Education · Entertainment · Families · Farming · Festivals · Food · Heritage · Historical consciousness · Historical Research · Historical thinking · History · House history · Howell Living History Farm · Landscape aesthetics · Leisure · Living History · Local History · Local Studies · Memory · Moveable Heritage · Place making · Produce · Re-enactments · Ruralism · Sense of place · Storytelling · Theatre · Theme Parks · Tourism · USA

The living history movement finds new supporters

The living history movement finds new supporters in Camden

20th century · Advertising · Architecture · Attachment to place · Built heritag · Business · Business History · Camden · Camden Story · Camden Town Centre · Community identity · Country town · Cultural Heritage · Cultural icon · Fashion · Food · Heritage · Historical consciousness · Historical thinking · History · Lifestyle · Local History · Local Studies · localism · Memory · Modernism · Place making · Placemaking · Retailing · Sense of place · Shopping · Storytelling · Supermarkets · Urban growth · Urban Planning · Urbanism · Women's history

Supermarkets come to Camden, consumerism and modernism

Self-service supermarkets were one expression of consumerism and modernism in Camden NSW

Aesthetics · Attachment to place · Cafes · Camden · Communications · Community identity · Cultural Heritage · Cultural icon · Entertainment · Festivals · First World War · Food · Heritage · Historical consciousness · Historical Research · History · Leisure · Living History · Local History · Macarthur · Memory · Modernism · Music · Place making · Red Cross · Retailing · Ruralism · Sense of place · Tourism · Women's history

A local treat at The Argyle Affair

One Camden festival held recently was The Argyle Affair at the Camden showground.

Advertising · Architecture · Attachment to place · Business · Business History · Cafes · Camden · Cultural Heritage · Economy · Entertainment · Food · Heritage · History · Leisure · Lifestyle · Local History · Lost Camden · Modernism · Place making · Restaurant · Sense of place · Storytelling · Urban growth · Urban history · Urban Planning · urban sprawl

The White House Farm, a lost Camden mid-20th century icon

The White House Farm is a lost part of the heritage of Camden NSW from the mid-20th century

Architecture · Cafes · Camden · Community identity · Cultural Heritage · Cultural icon · Entertainment · Food · Heritage · Historical consciousness · Historical Research · History · Holidays · Interwar · Leisure · Local History · Macarthur · Memory · Modernism · Place making · Retailing · Sense of place

Camden Cafes and Milk Bars

Cafes and Milk Bars were a vibrant part of the retail precinct of any country town in Australia