Category: Historical thinking

Aaron Bolot, a Sydney architect, and Camden’s Interwar heritage
Adaptive Re-use · Aesthetics · Architecture · Art · Attachment to place · Belonging · Camden · Camden Show · Community identity · Cultural Heritage · Cultural icon · Economy · Farming · Festivals · Heritage · Historical consciousness · Historical Research · Historical thinking · History · Interwar · Leisure · Lifestyle · Living History · Local History · Local Studies · Macarthur · Memorials · Memory · Modernism · Monuments · Myths · Parks · Place making · Public art · Ruralism · Sense of place · Storytelling · Streetscapes · Theatre · Tourism · Urbanism · War

Aaron Bolot, a Sydney architect, and Camden’s Interwar heritage

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Sydney architect Aaron Bolot designed the extension to the Camden agricultural hall. This building was one of many that were built in Camden during the Intewar period.

Reflections of a travelling scholar
Aesthetics · Attachment to place · Belonging · Cafes · Colonialism · Community identity · Cultural Heritage · Cultural icon · Heritage · Historical consciousness · Historical Research · Historical thinking · History · Lifestyle · Living History · Local History · Local Studies · Memorials · Monuments · Myths · Place making · Second World War · Sense of place · Stereotypes · Storytelling · Streetscapes · Tourism · War

Reflections of a travelling scholar

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Reflections of historian Ian Willis after attending the 2019 RANZ at the University of Warsaw Poland

The Burragorang Valley, a lost Gothic fantasy
1920s · Aesthetics · Agricultural heritage · Agriculture · Architecture · Attachment to place · Australia · Belonging · Burragorang Valley · Colonial frontier · Colonialism · Community identity · Cowpastures · Cultural Heritage · Cultural icon · Edwardian · Ghosts · Gothic · Governor Macquarie · Guesthouse · Heritage · Historical consciousness · Historical Research · Historical thinking · Hotels · Interwar · Landscape · Landscape aesthetics · Legends · Leisure · Living History · Local History · Local Studies · Macarthur · Memory · Mysteries · Myths · Place making · Ruralism · Sense of place · Settler colonialism · Storytelling · Tourism · Travel

The Burragorang Valley, a lost Gothic fantasy

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The Burragorang Valley is a lost Gothic fantasy where many people were attracted to the grandeur and beauty of the valley's landscape. Much of the valley's mystery has been lost under Lake Burragorang.

Living history in southern Queensland
1920s · Adaptive Re-use · Aesthetics · Attachment to place · Belonging · Colonial frontier · Colonialism · Community identity · Cultural Heritage · Cultural icon · Edwardian · Farming · Georgian · Heritage · Historical consciousness · Historical Research · Historical thinking · History · Leisure · Lifestyle · Living History · Local History · Local Studies · Lost trades · Memory · Modernism · Monuments · Moveable Heritage · Movies · Myths · Place making · Retailing · Ruralism · Sense of place · Settler colonialism · Streetscapes · Theatre · Toowoomba · Tourism · Traditional Trades · Travel

Living history in southern Queensland

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Living history in southern Queensland in the regional centre of Toowoomba

The Rotolactor, a Menangle milking marvel
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

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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.

The Camden story, an evolving project
1920s · Aesthetics · Anzac · Architecture · Art · Attachment to place · Australia · Belonging · Cafes · Camden · Camden Airfield · Camden Museum · Camden Show · Colonial Camden · Community identity · Convicts · Country Women's Association · Cultural Heritage · Cultural icon · CWA · Farming · First World War · Gender · Heritage · Historical consciousness · Historical Research · Historical thinking · History · Interwar · Lifestyle · Living History · Local History · Local newspapers · Local Studies · Macarthur · Memory · Modernism · Monuments · Movies · Narellan Military Camp · Place making · Railway · Restaurant · Retailing · Ruralism · Second World War · Sense of place · Tourism · Urban Planning · urban sprawl · Urbanism · War · War at home · Women's history

The Camden story, an evolving project

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The Camden story, a continually evolving project that details some of the parts of the local story.

Movie making Camden style
Aesthetics · Art · Attachment to place · Australia · Belonging · Camden · Camden Airfield · Camden Park House and Garden · Community identity · Cultural Heritage · Cultural icon · Denbigh · England · Entertainment · Farming · Fashion · Festivals · Gothic · Heritage · Historical consciousness · Historical Research · Historical thinking · History · Interwar · Landscape aesthetics · Leisure · Lifestyle · Living History · Local History · Local Studies · Macarthur · Memorials · Memory · Modernism · Monuments · Moveable Heritage · Movies · Myths · Place making · Public art · Re-enactments · Ruralism · Sense of place · Stereotypes · Streetscapes · Sydney · Sydney's rural-urban fringe · Technology · Theatre · Tourism · Travel · TV Series Shows · Victorian · Volunteerism · War

Movie making Camden style

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Filmmakers have long been drawn to Camden's English countryside setting for movie backdrops. The area has hosted various films, including silent movie Silks and Saddles (1921), wartime drama The Rats of Tobruk (1944), series like A Place to Call Home (2012), and modern productions like Peter Rabbit (2018, 2020). It continues to attract filmmakers seeking a classic English aesthetic for their productions.

Going to London
Art · Australia · Belonging · British colonialism · Camden · Colonial Camden · Colonialism · Community identity · Cultural Heritage · Edwardian · England · Fashion · Gender · Heritage · Historical consciousness · Historical Research · Historical thinking · History · Interwar · Living History · Local History · Local Studies · Memory · Modernism · Place making · Sense of place · Settler colonialism · Tourism · Travel · Women's diaries · Women's history · Women's Writing

Going to London

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Going to London was an experience for thousands of young single Australian born women in the 20th century.

Notable women in Camden
Camden · Community identity · Cultural Heritage · Cultural icon · CWA · Edwardian · Elizabeth Farm · Fashion · Heritage · Historical consciousness · Historical Research · Historical thinking · History · Interwar · Living History · Local History · Local Studies · Macarthur · Memory · Modernism · Red Cross · Sense of place · Women's diaries · Women's history · Women's Voluntary National Register · Women's Writing

Notable women in Camden

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Notable women in Camden
On International Women's Day in 2019 it worthwhile reflecting on some of Camden's prominent women over the decades. Camden elite women were formidable figures.

The Camden Story: living history on our doorstep
Aesthetics · Architecture · Art · Attachment to place · Belonging · Camden · Camden Museum · Camden Park House and Garden · Camden Show · Churches · Colonial Camden · Colonialism · Community identity · Cowpastures · Cultural Heritage · Cultural icon · Edwardian · England · Gothic · Heritage · Historical consciousness · Historical Research · Historical thinking · History · Interwar · Lifestyle · Living History · Local History · Local Studies · Macarthur · Memory · Modernism · Myths · Nepean River · Place making · Ruralism · Sense of place · Settler colonialism · Sydney's rural-urban fringe · Tourism · Victorian · War

The Camden Story: living history on our doorstep

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Experience the Camden Story through the living history on our doorstep. Walk the historic Camden town centre precinct and district or visit the exciting Belgenny Farm or view the informative exhibitions at the Camden Museum.