Category: Urban Planning

Camden Produce Market and Camden Community Garden, sites of community engagement
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Camden Produce Market and Camden Community Garden, sites of community engagement

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The Camden Produce Market and the Camden Community Garden are active sites of community engagement on land gifted to the Camden community by Llewella Davies.

Oran Park Raceway: the finishing line as new horizons open up
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Oran Park Raceway: the finishing line as new horizons open up

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Oran Park is a new suburb on Sydney's urban fringe on the site of the former Oran Park Raceway.

Supermarkets come to Camden, consumerism and modernism
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Supermarkets come to Camden, consumerism and modernism

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Self-service supermarkets were one expression of consumerism and modernism in Camden NSW

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

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

Goulburn’s Belmore Park, a space of memories and monuments
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Goulburn’s Belmore Park, a space of memories and monuments

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In central Goulburn is an urban park with formal paths and gardens that dates back Victorian times. The park has evolved to become a landscape of monuments and memorials.

Camden needs a residential heritage-style guide
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Camden needs a residential heritage-style guide

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Camden Needs A Residential Heritage Style Guide to provide assistance to home owners to conserve and restore their historic cottages.

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

Lost Campbelltown heritage
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Lost Campbelltown heritage

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The lost built heritage of a country town on Sydney's urban fringe at Campbelltown

Elderslie, a suburb on Sydney’s fringe
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Elderslie, a suburb on Sydney’s fringe

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A history of continuity and change Elderslie is a suburb of Camden, the traditional land of the Dharawal people.  It lies on the southern end of the Camden Municipality, 62 km southwest of Sydney, on the rural-urban fringe. Elderslie borders the Nepean River to the west, Narellan Creek to the north, Camden By-Pass to the… Continue reading Elderslie, a suburb on Sydney’s fringe

Sydney’s urban fringe: a transition zone of hope and loss
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Sydney’s urban fringe: a transition zone of hope and loss

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Sydney’s rural-urban fringe is a site of winners and losers. It is a landscape where dreams are fulfilled and memories are lost. The promises of land developers in master-planned suburban utopias meet the hope and expectations of newcomers.