Category: Historical Research

Oran Park Raceway: the finishing line as new horizons open up
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Oran Park Raceway: the finishing line as new horizons open up

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Oran Park is a new suburb on Sydney's urban fringe on the site of the former Oran Park Raceway.

Missing wartime photographs re-appear at Menangle
Anzac · Attachment to place · Community identity · First World War · Heritage · Historical consciousness · Historical Research · Historical thinking · History · Local History · Memorials · Menangle · Monuments · Sense of place · Volunteering · War

Missing wartime photographs re-appear at Menangle

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Missing wartime photographs re-appear at Menangle

Goulburn Evening Penny Post and its Art-Deco newspaper office and printery
1920s · 1930s · Architecture · Art · Attachment to place · Business · Business History · Collective Memory · Communications · Community identity · Cultural Heritage · Entertainment · Fashion · Goulburn · Heritage · Historical consciousness · Historical Research · Historical thinking · History · Interwar · Local History · Local newspapers · Local Studies · Media History · Memory · Modernism · Newspapers · Place making · Placemaking · Sense of place · Storytelling · Tourism · Urban history · Victorian

Goulburn Evening Penny Post and its Art-Deco newspaper office and printery

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In 1935 a moderne Art-Deco style office was opened for the Goulburn Evening Penny Post

‘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.

Dungog’s Royal Hotel, an Art Deco Bush Pub
1920s · 1930s · Advertising · Aesthetics · Architecture · Attachment to place · Built heritag · Business · Business History · Community identity · Country town · Cultural and Heritage Tourism · Cultural Heritage · Cultural icon · Design · Dungog · Economy · Fashion · Heritage · Historical consciousness · Historical Research · History · Hotel History · Hotels · Interwar · Lifestyle · Local History · Local Studies · Modernism · Place making · Placemaking · Royal Hotel Dungog · Sense of place · Storytelling · Urban growth · Urban history

Dungog’s Royal Hotel, an Art Deco Bush Pub

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The Dungog Royal Hotel is an example of an Interwar Art Deco style hotel in an Australian country town

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

A local treat at The Argyle Affair
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A local treat at The Argyle Affair

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

Former Camden High school site has a new retirement village development
Camden Gasworks · Camden High School · Camden Story · Camden Town Centre · Contamination · Gas · Heritage · Historical Research · History · Living History · Local History · Local Studies · Lost Camden · Place making · Placemaking · Sense of place · Service utilities · Urban history · Utilities

Former Camden High school site has a new retirement village development

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The old Camden High site will be reborn as a retirement village

Camden Airfield and No 32 Squadron RAAF
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Camden Airfield and No 32 Squadron RAAF

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The RAAF Base Camden at Camden Airfield was the home of 32 Squadron during the Second World War. The members of the squadron have developed a special relationship with the local community that has been marked by tragedy and celebrations.