Category: Historical Research

The Perkins family album of Cawdor
20th century · Agricultural heritage · Agriculture · Agriculture history · Camden · Camden Story · Cawdor · Collective Memory · Cowpastures · Cultural Heritage · Farming · Floods · Harold Perkins Photographer · Historical Research · Historical source · Local History · Local Studies · Memory · Photographs · Photography · Placemaking · Storytelling

The Perkins family album of Cawdor

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Photographs tell a story about the local area and represent a moment frozen in time. The Perkins family donated a family photograph album to the Camden Historical Society and it tells the story of the Cawdor area..

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.

Cowpastures Bicentennial Celebrations 1995, the beginning of a settler society
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Cowpastures Bicentennial Celebrations 1995, the beginning of a settler society

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Local festival In 1995, the Camden community held a 12-month programme of events to celebrate the bicentennial of the naming of the Cow Pastures by Governor Hunter in 1795 and the discovery of 61 head of wild cattle. The discovery of the cattle herd was an important event in the life of the fledgling colony… Continue reading Cowpastures Bicentennial Celebrations 1995, the beginning of a settler society

Camden Airfield and the RAAF Central Flying School
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Camden Airfield and the RAAF Central Flying School

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Camden Airfield and the RAAF Central Flying School