Category: Red Cross

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.

Menangle Australian Light Horse Camp
First World War · History · Local History · Menangle · Menangle Army Camp · Red Cross

Menangle Australian Light Horse Camp

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The Australian Light Horse Camp was set up at Menangle in 1916

Thomas Walker Convalescent Hospital Concord NSW
Convalescent hospital · Edwardian · First World War · Historical consciousness · History · Interwar · Local History · Medical history · Red Cross · Second World War

Thomas Walker Convalescent Hospital Concord NSW

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Out at Concord, located in Sydney's inner west, is the magnificent building of the former Thomas Walker Memorial Hospital for Convalescents, that is now the school Rivendell. It was recently open for inspection by the City of Canada Bay Heritage Society. The heritage society organises regular open days to continually raise public awareness of this… Continue reading Thomas Walker Convalescent Hospital Concord NSW

Camden Reflects on Anzac Day 2017
Anzac · Architecture · Attachment to place · Camden · Community identity · Cultural Heritage · Cultural icon · First World War · Heritage · Historical consciousness · Historical Research · Historical thinking · History · Local History · Macarthur · Memorials · Modernism · Monuments · Myths · Parks · Place making · Red Cross · Second World War · Sense of place · War

Camden Reflects on Anzac Day 2017

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Camden Reflects on Anzac Day 2017

Pictorial History of Camden and District
Camden · Colonial Camden · Community identity · Convicts · Cowpastures · Edwardian · Elderslie · Farming · First World War · Floods · Heritage · Historical consciousness · Historical Research · History · Interwar · Local History · Macarthur · Modernism · Place making · Red Cross · Second World War · Sense of place · Settler colonialism · Urban growth · Volunteering · War

Pictorial History of Camden and District

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The history of the Camden District is told in a recent publication that has been recently been republished by Kingsclear Books. Pictorial History of Camden & District.

Lady Street visited Camden in 1934
Camden · First World War · Interwar · Red Cross

Lady Street visited Camden in 1934

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The Red Cross drew many important people to visit Camden during the Inter-war period. One of those was Lady Belinda Street, a member of the Street family, a dynasty of important Sydney barristers and judges. Lady Belinda Street was part of the influential network of friends and contacts that formed the circle that swirled around… Continue reading Lady Street visited Camden in 1934

Angels of Mercy, Red Cross volunteers
Art · Blue Plaques · British Red Cross · Community work · Country Women's Association · CWA · First World War · Heritage · Lady Helen Munro Ferguson · Media · Memory · Motherhood · Myths · Nationalism · Newspapers · Patriotism · Poster Art · Red Cross · Second World War · Social History · Volunteering · Volunteerism · War · War at home · Wartime · Women's history · World War One

Angels of Mercy, Red Cross volunteers

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For the many during the First World the Red Cross became the soldier's guardian angel. The metaphor was expressed in poster, literature, the popular press and a host of other locations.

Cobbitty New Year’s Day Village Sports Day Benefits War Effort
Active citizenship · Attachment to place · British colonialism · British Heritage · British Red Cross · Camden District · Cobbitty · Community celebrations · Community Engagement · Community Health · Community identity · Community organisations · Community work · Cultural Heritage · First World War · Heritage · History · Holidays · Local History · Memory · Monuments · Mount Hunter · New Year's Sports Day · Place making · Red Cross · Storytelling · Village · Volunteering · Volunteerism · War · War at home · Wartime · World War One

Cobbitty New Year’s Day Village Sports Day Benefits War Effort

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Cobbitty Sports Day on New Year's Day, 1915 A major event on the social calendar of a number of picturesque villages in the Camden district was the annual New Year’s Day Sports Carnivals. Cobbitty's St Paul's Anglican Church 1910 (Camden Images) The New Year's Sports Day was part of the English traditions brought to the… Continue reading Cobbitty New Year’s Day Village Sports Day Benefits War Effort

Camden Bibliography a Biography of a Country Town
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Camden Bibliography a Biography of a Country Town

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Camden Bibliography is a list of primary and secondary sources of the Camden township and district.