Category: Transport

A country show comes to town, Camden Show 2018
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A country show comes to town, Camden Show 2018

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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.

The Bennett wagon, a piece of transport history
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The Bennett wagon, a piece of transport history

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

Civic Railway Station, revealing part of Newcastle modernism
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Civic Railway Station, revealing part of Newcastle modernism

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Civic Railway Station, now closed, reveals some of the aesthetics of Newcastle modernism.

Beulah and Sydney’s Urban Sprawl
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Beulah and Sydney’s Urban Sprawl

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Beulah estate, Sydney's urban sprawl and the Appin Road