Category: Industrial Heritage

The mysteries of a photograph
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The mysteries of a photograph

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How the mysteries of a pretty picture from yesteryear allows you to peel back the layers of the past. Each layer has a meaning and a story that is told by the historian. The stories provide context for the photograph and give it greater meaning.

The Rotolactor, a Menangle milking marvel
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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.

Living History at Belgenny
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Living History at Belgenny

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An informative talk was given on Howell Living History Farm USA recently at Belgenny Farm Camden NSW

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.

Civic Railway Station, revealing part of Newcastle modernism
1920s · 1930s · Adaptive Re-use · Architecture · Attachment to place · Belonging · Built heritag · Communications · Community identity · Cultural Heritage · Design · Heritage · History · Industrial Heritage · Interwar · Local History · Local Studies · Memory · Modernism · Place making · Placemaking · Railway · Railway history · Sense of place · Social History · Storytelling · Transport · transport history · Urban history · Utilities

Civic Railway Station, revealing part of Newcastle modernism

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Civic Railway Station, now closed, reveals some of the aesthetics of Newcastle modernism.

Being a Historical Detective
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Being a Historical Detective

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There are a number of steps involved in being a historical detective and conducting an investigation (historical research).