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What is Camden’s heritage, does it really matter and what does it mean?
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What is Camden’s heritage, does it really matter and what does it mean?

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What is Camden’s heritage, does it really matter and what does in mean?

Australia Day 2018 in Camden
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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.

Jeff McGill’s Pictorial History Campbelltown and District
Attachment to place · Cafes · Campbelltown · Colonialism · Community identity · Farming · Festivals · First World War · Governor Macquarie · Heritage · Historical consciousness · Historical Research · Historical thinking · History · Interwar · Local History · Macarthur · Monuments · Myths · Newspapers · Place making · Second World War · Sense of place · Theatre · War

Jeff McGill’s Pictorial History Campbelltown and District

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Local historian and photographer Jeff McGill takes a fresh look at the history of Campbelltown in a new book

Former Camden High school site has a new retirement village development
Camden Gasworks · Camden High School · Camden Story · Camden Town Centre · Contamination · Gas · Heritage · Historical Research · History · Living History · Local History · Local Studies · Lost Camden · Place making · Placemaking · Sense of place · Service utilities · Urban history · Utilities

Former Camden High school site has a new retirement village development

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The old Camden High site will be reborn as a retirement village

The White House Farm, a lost Camden mid-20th century icon
Advertising · Architecture · Attachment to place · Business · Business History · Cafes · Camden · Cultural Heritage · Economy · Entertainment · Food · Heritage · History · Leisure · Lifestyle · Local History · Lost Camden · Modernism · Place making · Restaurant · Sense of place · Storytelling · Urban growth · Urban history · Urban Planning · urban sprawl

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

Showtime in Camden 2014
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Showtime in Camden 2014

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The annual festival of farming returns to the Camden Showground at the end of March again. The show has been the most crucial country festival in the district for over 100 years. In 2019 the show attracted over 40,000 visitors and was a huge success.

St John’s Church Camden, the soul of a country town
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St John’s Church Camden, the soul of a country town

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On the hill overlooking the Camden town centre is St Johns Church> It is a representation of the community's historic, moral and emotional heart, its sense of place, the town's soul.

Sydney’s urban sprawl invades the Macarthur region
1968 Sydney Region Outline Plan · 1973 New Cities Campbelltown Camden Appin Structure Plan · 20th century · Attachment to place · Camden · Campbelltown · Collective Memory · Country town · Cultural Heritage · Local History · Local Studies · Macarthur · Macarthur region · Memory · Peri-urban region · Place making · Placemaking · Regionalism · rural-urban fringe · Ruralism · Sense of place · Stereotypes · Storytelling · Sydney's rural-urban fringe · Urban development · Urban growth · Urban history · Urban Planning · Urbanism

Sydney’s urban sprawl invades the Macarthur region

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Urban sprawl has invaded the Macarthur region. It is re-run of the planning policies of the 1970s.

175th Anniversary of Camden’s foundation, 1840-2015
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175th Anniversary of Camden’s foundation, 1840-2015

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A Photographic Essay                              Source: Camden Images

The Camden Fibro Cottage and its connection to mid-century housing styles
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The Camden Fibro Cottage and its connection to mid-century housing styles

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The Camden fibro cottage symbolizes the mid-20th century's affordable housing solution, catering to the working class in a post-war Australia. Representing nostalgia and simplicity, these homes were practical yet modern. Although their popularity declined due to issues like poor insulation and asbestos risks, they remain a significant aspect of Camden's architectural heritage.