Category: Historical thinking

‘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.

Australia Day 2018 in Camden
Attachment to place · Australia · Australia Day · Camden · Camden Museum · Camden Red Cross · Camden Story · Collective Memory · Commemoration · Community celebrations · Community Engagement · Community identity · Cowpastures · Cultural Heritage · Entertainment · Fashion · Festivals · First World War · Heritage · Historical consciousness · Historical thinking · History · Holidays · Leisure · Local History · Memorial · Memorialisation · Memorials · Memory · Myths · Nationalism · Philanthropy · Place making · Placemaking · Red Cross · Sense of place · Tourism · Volunteering · War · War at home · Wartime

Australia Day 2018 in Camden

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Australia Day 2018 in Camden drew large crowds to the town centre for the festival for the street parade.

Nepean News at Camden Produce Market
Community identity · Elizabeth Farm · Historical consciousness · Historical thinking · History · Local History · Local newspapers · Macarthur · Newspapers · Place making

Nepean News at Camden Produce Market

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A new local newspaper the Penrtih published Nepean News has made an appearance in the Macarthur Region

Supermarkets come to Camden, consumerism and modernism
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

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

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

Camden Airfield and No 32 Squadron RAAF
Anzac · Attachment to place · Camden · Camden Airfield · Camden Story · Community identity · Cultural Heritage · Floods · Heritage · Historical consciousness · Historical Research · Historical thinking · History · Landscape · Local History · Local Studies · Macarthur · Macquarie Grove · Memory · Menangle RAAF Airfield · Modernism · Nationalism · Patriotism · Place making · Second World War · Sense of place · Storytelling · War · War at home · Wartime

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.

Victorian librarian with attitude or a ghostly presence in the Camden Museum.
Attachment to place · Camden Museum · Colonial Camden · Community identity · Edwardian · Heritage · Historical consciousness · Historical thinking · History · Myths · Sense of place · Victorian · Women's diaries · Women's Writing

Victorian librarian with attitude or a ghostly presence in the Camden Museum.

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What is the truth in storytelling? There are lots of stories. Who owns the correct story? Find one version at the Camden Museum.

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 Bennett wagon, a piece of transport history
Agricultural heritage · Agriculture · Appin · Attachment to place · British colonialism · Burragorang Valley · Business · Camden · Camden Museum · Camden Story · Colonial Camden · Colonialism · Communications · Community identity · Cultural Heritage · Cultural icon · Economy · Engineering Heritage · Families · Family history · Farming · Heritage · Historical consciousness · Historical Research · Historical thinking · History · Living History · Local History · Local Studies · Lost trades · Macarthur · Memory · Moveable Heritage · Myths · Pioneers · Place making · Placemaking · Ruralism · Sense of place · Settler Society · Silver mining · Storytelling · Teamsters · Traditional Trades · Transport · transport history · Yerranderie

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.

Anzackery and Vimyism, national military myths
Anzac · Australia · Canada · Community identity · Cultural Heritage · Cultural icon · Festivals · First World War · Heritage · Historical consciousness · Historical Research · Historical thinking · History · Local History · Medical history · Modernism · Monuments · Moveable Heritage · Myths · Place making · Sense of place · War

Anzackery and Vimyism, national military myths

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Anzackery and Vimyism, national military myths derived in wartime in Australia and Canada