Category: Second World War

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.

Nepean River, more than a water view
Aesthetics · Attachment to place · British colonialism · Camden · Cobbitty · Colonial Camden · Community identity · Cowpastures · Cultural Heritage · Cultural icon · Entertainment · Floods · Heritage · Historical consciousness · History · Landscape aesthetics · Leisure · Local History · Macarthur · Memory · Menangle · Myths · Nepean River · Place making · Ruralism · Second World War · Sense of place · Settler colonialism · Sydney's rural-urban fringe · Town planning · Urban growth · Urban Planning · urban sprawl · War · War at home · Water

Nepean River, more than a water view

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The Nepean River and its floodplain is much more than just a water view. It is cultural and natural icon in the Sydney basin.

Camden Bibliography a Biography of a Country Town
Architecture · Art · Attachment to place · Cafes · Camden · Camden Airfield · Camden Gasworks · Camden High School · Camden Museum · Cobbitty · Colonial Camden · Colonialism · Community identity · Convalescent hospital · Convicts · Cowpastures · Edwardian · Elderslie · England · Entertainment · Farming · Fashion · Festivals · Heritage · Historical consciousness · Historical Research · Historical thinking · History · Interwar · Landscape aesthetics · Leisure · Local History · Local newspapers · Macarthur · Memorials · Menangle · Modernism · Monuments · Movies · Narellan · Newspapers · Philanthropy · Place making · Red Cross · Retailing · Second World War · Sense of place · Sydney's rural-urban fringe · Tourism · Volunteering · War

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.

Camden Airfield and the RAAF Central Flying School
Anzac · Attachment to place · Camden · Camden Airfield · Camden at war · Camden Story · Community identity · Cultural Heritage · Cultural icon · England · Film · Film Making · Heritage · Historical consciousness · Historical Research · Historical thinking · History · Local History · Local Studies · Macquarie Grove · Memorials · Modernism · Monuments · Myths · Place making · Placemaking · RAAF · RAF · Second World War · Sense of place · USAF · War · War at home · Wartime · World War Two

Camden Airfield and the RAAF Central Flying School

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