Category: Macarthur

Jeff McGill’s Pictorial History Campbelltown and District
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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

A local treat at The Argyle Affair
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A local treat at The Argyle Affair

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One Camden festival held recently was The Argyle Affair at the Camden showground.

John Hawdon of Elderslie and his English origins
British colonialism · Colonial Camden · Colonialism · Cowpastures · Elderslie · England · Farming · Heritage · History · Local History · Macarthur · Newspapers · Place making · Sense of place · Settler colonialism

John Hawdon of Elderslie and his English origins

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John Hawdon of Elderslie came from the hamlet of Wackerfield County Durham England in 1828

The history of the local newspaper in the Macarthur region
Camden · Campbelltown · Communications · Community identity · History · Interwar · Local History · Macarthur · Newspapers · Picton · Settler colonialism · Sydney's rural-urban fringe · War

The history of the local newspaper in the Macarthur region

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The local newspapers of the Macarthur region have a very interesting history.

2017 Fisher’s Ghost Art Award
Art · Attachment to place · Campbelltown · Campbelltown Art Centre · Colonialism · Convicts · Cowpastures · Entertainment · Heritage · Leisure · Local History · Macarthur · Myths · Sense of place · Tourism

2017 Fisher’s Ghost Art Award

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The Fishers Ghost Art Award has been an important cultural event in Campbelltown for over 50 years.

Camden Airfield and No 32 Squadron RAAF
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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.

Cobbitty Anglican Church, a little bit of England celebrates 190 years
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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 local ‘rag’, the future of local newspapers
Local History · Macarthur · Newspapers · War

The local ‘rag’, the future of local newspapers

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What the is the future of the local newspaper in the disruptive digital age?

Out and about at Cobbitty Markets
Cobbitty · Festivals · Macarthur · Sense of place · Tourism

Out and about at Cobbitty Markets

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On a frosty Saturday recently the CHN blogger attended the Cobbitty Markets. The carpark was covered with a light shade of white while the thermometer hovered around zero degrees. The markets have been on Cobbitty Public School site for what seems likes for ever. The stalls are tucked around every conceivable corner. In the front… Continue reading Out and about at Cobbitty Markets

Macarthur regional identity
Camden · Campbelltown · Colonialism · Community identity · Historical consciousness · History · Local History · Macarthur · Newspapers · Picton · Place making · Sense of place

Macarthur regional identity

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The Macarthur region is an area made of the Camden, Campbelltown and Wollondilly Local Government areas and is a formal region with an arbitrary political boundary. Regions come in all shapes and sizes from formal regions with definite boundaries, to geographic regions based on    landform types, to regions of the imagination with no real boundaries… Continue reading Macarthur regional identity