On the hill overlooking the Camden town centre is St Johns Church> It is a representation of the community's historic, moral and emotional heart, its sense of place, the town's soul.
Category: Landscape
Goulburn’s Belmore Park, a space of memories and monuments
In central Goulburn is an urban park with formal paths and gardens that dates back Victorian times. The park has evolved to become a landscape of monuments and memorials.
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Sydney’s Royal Botanic Gardens
The Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney, Australia, cover 29 hectares of gardens and 51 hectares of surrounding parkland. Established in 1816, it is the oldest colonial botanic garden in Australia, attracting 4 million visitors annually. With historical significance dating back to 1788, the Gardens reflect changing landscape styles and serve as a popular public space.
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Elderslie, a suburb on Sydney’s fringe
A history of continuity and change Elderslie is a suburb of Camden, the traditional land of the Dharawal people. It lies on the southern end of the Camden Municipality, 62 km southwest of Sydney, on the rural-urban fringe. Elderslie borders the Nepean River to the west, Narellan Creek to the north, Camden By-Pass to the… Continue reading Elderslie, a suburb on Sydney’s fringe
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John Hawdon of Elderslie in a settler society
John Hawdon of Elderslie was part of the story of settler colonialism in New South Wales in the early 19th century.
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Viewing the Cowpastures landscape
The early colonists of the Sydney area viewed the landscape from a number of different perspectives according to historian Grace Karskins in her book The Colony a History of Early Sydney (2009) and this also applied to the Cowpastures.
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Sydney’s urban fringe: a transition zone of hope and loss
Sydney’s rural-urban fringe is a site of winners and losers. It is a landscape where dreams are fulfilled and memories are lost. The promises of land developers in master-planned suburban utopias meet the hope and expectations of newcomers.
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Governor Macquarie’s visit to the Cowpasture 1810
In November 1810, Governor Lachlan Macquarie (1762-1824) and Mrs Elizabeth Macquarie visited the Cowpastures. On that occasion, the Governor and Elizabeth Macarthur met the Dharawal people.
