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Cowpastures: artwork at Harrington Park Lake

The public art installation called 'Cowpastures' at Harrington Park Lakeside walkway is an example of wayfinding, placemaking, memorialisation and urban development.

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Cowpastures Memorial, Picton

The Picton Cowpastures Memorial mural is the first memorial to the historic Cowpastures and its Wild Cattle in the Macarthur region.

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10 things every politician should know about history

10 things every politician should know about history.

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Mundane objects tell an interesting story

Utility covers are mundane objects that tell interesting stories about the past in an area. Others consider then to be a form of street art and street aesthetic.

1973 New Cities Campbelltown Camden Appin Structure Plan · Argyle Street · Bridges · Camden · Camden Bridge · Camden Story · Colonial Camden · Community identity · Cowpastures · Cowpastures River · Cultural Heritage · Economy · Engineering Heritage · Engineering History · Floods · Frontier violence · Governor Macquarie · Heritage · History · Hume Highway · Industrial Heritage · Infrastructure · Living History · Local History · Macarthur · Memorial · Memorialisation · Memorials · Monuments · Motoring History · Nepean River · Place making · Placemaking · Railway · Sense of place · Technology · Transport · Travel · Urban history · Utilities

The Cowpastures bridge at the Nepean River crossing

Access across the Nepean River has been an issue since European settlement. The problem was solved by building a bridge with the first in 1826, the next in 1860 followed by 1900 and 1976.

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Local girls go to London

In the mid-20th century it was not unusual for local Camden women to travel overseas by ship. They were part of an exodus seeking adventure and new horizons. They wanted to see the world and they did. The story of one of these young women, Shirley Dunk and her best friend Beth Jackman, has been told in a recently published article in Anglica by the University of Warsaw.

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The West Journal

A new lifestyle magazine, The West Journal, has appeared in the local area and makes an interesting addition to the media landscape.

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Local identities, Colin and Dorothy Clark

The life and times of Colin and Dorothy Clark were examples of active citizenship. Together they shaped a future for themselves in Camden and served their community, church and family.

1920s · Camden · Camden Council · Community identity · Cricket · Cultural Heritage · Entertainment · Football · Heritage · History · Leisure · Local History · Onslow Park · Parks · Place making · Recreation · Second World War · Sport · Storytelling · Uncategorized · War at home

Sunday sport banned in Camden

Camden has a fine tradition of sport and sporting events back into the 19th century. But one day in 1925 Camden’s civic leaders banned Sunday sport at Onslow Park.

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Camden War Cemetery

Camden War Cemetery has the graves of a number of service personnel from the Second World War who were killed while based in the local area.