Category: Lost Sydney

El Caballo Blanco, A Forgotten Past
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El Caballo Blanco, A Forgotten Past

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El Caballo Blanco was a horse show and theme park located at Catherine Fields on Sydney rural-urban fringe

Lost Campbelltown heritage
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Lost Campbelltown heritage

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The lost built heritage of a country town on Sydney's urban fringe at Campbelltown

Sydney’s urban fringe: a transition zone of hope and loss
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Sydney’s urban fringe: a transition zone of hope and loss

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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.