Category: Tourism

Living History at Belgenny
Aesthetics · Agricultural heritage · Agriculture · Attachment to place · Belgenny Farm · Colonialism · Community identity · Cultural Heritage · Cultural icon · Dairying · Economy · Education · Entertainment · Farming · Festivals · Heritage · Historical consciousness · Historical thinking · History · History of a house · House history · Howell Living History Farm · Industrial Heritage · Landscape · Lifestyle · Living History · Local History · Local Studies · Memory · Place making · Re-enactments · Ruralism · Schools · Sense of place · Storytelling · Tourism · Traditional Trades · USA · Volunteering · Volunteerism

Living History at Belgenny

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An informative talk was given on Howell Living History Farm USA recently at Belgenny Farm Camden NSW

The Cowpastures, GLAM and schools
Aesthetics · Art · Attachment to place · British colonialism · Camden · Camden Museum · Colonial Camden · Colonialism · Community identity · Cowpastures · Edwardian · England · Farming · Historical consciousness · Historical Research · Historical thinking · History · Interwar · Landscape aesthetics · Local History · Macarthur · Modernism · Monuments · NSW History K-10 Syllabus · Place making · Ruralism · Schools · Sense of place · Settler colonialism · Tourism · Urbanism · Victorian

The Cowpastures, GLAM and schools

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Schools visits are part of the activities of organisations in the GLAM sector in the Macarthur region.

GLAM, trusted sources and the local museum
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GLAM, trusted sources and the local museum

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Trusted sources in the GLAM sector and the local museum

Sheer Fantasy Experience
Aesthetics · Art · Campbelltown Art Centre · Community identity · Festivals · Historical consciousness · Historical thinking · Leisure · Local History · Macarthur · Modernism · Place making · Sense of place · Sydney · Tourism

Sheer Fantasy Experience

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Sheer Fantasy Experience is an innovating and challenging art exhibition.

Address to Camden Council supporting a motion for a heritage protection sub-committee
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Address to Camden Council supporting a motion for a heritage protection sub-committee

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Address to Camden Council supporting a motion for a heritage protection sub-committee

A country show comes to town
Agricultural heritage · Agriculture · Attachment to place · Camden · Camden Show · Camden Showgirl · Camden Story · Colonial Camden · Community identity · Cultural Heritage · Education · Entertainment · Farming · Heritage · Historical consciousness · Historical thinking · History · Lifestyle · Living History · Local History · Local Studies · Memory · Miss Showgirl · Modernism · Myths · Place making · Ruralism · Sense of place · Showgirl competition · Storytelling · Tourism · Transport · Volunteering · Young Woman Competition

A country show comes to town

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The 2018 Camden Show is the 132nd event of this festival celebrating local rural life. In 2019 over 40,000 attended the annual festival.

Alan Baker Art Gallery opening at Macaria, a brush of class
Architecture · Art · Attachment to place · Belonging · Camden · Camden Art Group · Colonial Camden · Community identity · Cultural Heritage · Cultural icon · Entertainment · Gender · Heritage · Historical consciousness · Historical Research · Historical thinking · History · History of a house · House history · Interwar · Landscape · Landscape aesthetics · Lifestyle · Living History · Local History · Local Studies · Macaria · Macarthur · Memory · Modernism · Place making · Public art · Sense of place · Tourism · Victorian · Women's history

Alan Baker Art Gallery opening at Macaria, a brush of class

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The 2018 opening of the Alan Baker Art Collection in the colonial gentleman's townshouse of Macaria in Camden's John Street heritage precinct.

Goulburn Evening Penny Post and its Art-Deco newspaper office and printery
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Goulburn Evening Penny Post and its Art-Deco newspaper office and printery

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In 1935 a moderne Art-Deco style office was opened for the Goulburn Evening Penny Post

Australia Day 2018 in Camden
Attachment to place · Australia · Australia Day · Camden · Camden Museum · Camden Red Cross · Camden Story · Collective Memory · Commemoration · Community celebrations · Community Engagement · Community identity · Cowpastures · Cultural Heritage · Entertainment · Fashion · Festivals · First World War · Heritage · Historical consciousness · Historical thinking · History · Holidays · Leisure · Local History · Memorial · Memorialisation · Memorials · Memory · Myths · Nationalism · Philanthropy · Place making · Placemaking · Red Cross · Sense of place · Tourism · Volunteering · War · War at home · Wartime

Australia Day 2018 in Camden

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Australia Day 2018 in Camden drew large crowds to the town centre for the festival for the street parade.

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.