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A wedding and a little bit of 1920s modernism

The 1925 wedding of Frank Duesbury to Ethel Burford was a touch of modernism.

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2017 Fisher’s Ghost Art Award

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

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Camden Airfield and No 32 Squadron RAAF

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.

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Victorian librarian with attitude or a ghostly presence in the Camden Museum.

What is the truth in storytelling? There are lots of stories. Who owns the correct story? Find one version at the Camden Museum.

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Cobbitty Anglican Church, a little bit of England celebrates 190 years

The English-style village of Cobbitty celebrates 190 years of the presence of the Anglican church.

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Whiteman & McIntosh, Camden Colonial Families Celebrate a Moderne Wedding at Cobbitty

A modern Cobbitty wedding for two important colonial families, the McIntosh family and the Whiteman family was an important social event in the district calendar.

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The White House Farm, a lost Camden mid-20th century icon

The White House Farm is a lost part of the heritage of Camden NSW from the mid-20th century

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Out and about at Cobbitty Markets

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

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Macarthur regional identity

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

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The Bennett wagon, a piece of transport history

The historic Bennett (Percival) Wagon is a cultural icon of a different time when horse and bullock teams were kings of the road.