Tag: Memory

Whiteman commercial buildings in Camden, an example of adaptive re-use
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Whiteman commercial buildings in Camden, an example of adaptive re-use

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The Whiteman's General Store, a historic Victorian colonial building in Camden, has been successfully repurposed through the Burra Charter principles of adaptive reuse, maintaining its architectural integrity. Operating continuously for over 135 years, it now houses various retail and professional outlets, contributing significantly to the town's charm and community identity.

Australian Newspaper History Group Newsletter Extracts by Ian Willis
Attachment to place · Camden · Camden Show · Campbelltown · Communications · Community identity · Cultural Heritage · Cultural icon · Entertainment · Fashion · Festivals · Heritage · Historical consciousness · Historical Research · Historical thinking · History · Living History · Local History · Local newspapers · Macarthur · Narellan · Newspapers · Place making · Ruralism · Sense of place · War

Australian Newspaper History Group Newsletter Extracts by Ian Willis

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Extracts from the Australian Newspaper History Group by Ian Willis about Macarthur region local newspapers in New South Wales

An art exhibition of war and peace
Aesthetics · Anzac · Art · Camden · Community identity · Cultural Heritage · First World War · Landscape aesthetics · Memorials · Memory · Place making · Sense of place · Streetscapes · War · War at home

An art exhibition of war and peace

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An art exhibition of war and peace with Camden artists Greg Frawley and Roger Percy.

Cobbitty Anglican Church, a little bit of England celebrates 190 years
Aesthetics · Architecture · Attachment to place · British colonialism · Built heritag · Church History · Churches · Cobbitty · Colonialism · Commemoration · Community identity · Cowpastures · Cultural Heritage · Cultural icon · Denbigh · England · Fashion · Festivals · Heritage · Historical consciousness · Historical thinking · History · Landscape aesthetics · Living History · Local History · Local Studies · Macarthur · Memorialisation · Memorials · Memory · Monuments · Moveable Heritage · Myths · Place making · Placemaking · Regionalism · Ruralism · Sense of place · Settler colonialism · Settler Society · Small communities · St Paul's Church Cobbitty · St Pauls Church Cobbitty · Storytelling · Urban development · Victorian · Village

Cobbitty Anglican Church, a little bit of England celebrates 190 years

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The English-style village of Cobbitty celebrates 190 years of the presence of the Anglican church.

Camden Reflects on Anzac Day 2017
Anzac · Architecture · Attachment to place · Camden · Community identity · Cultural Heritage · Cultural icon · First World War · Heritage · Historical consciousness · Historical Research · Historical thinking · History · Local History · Macarthur · Memorials · Modernism · Monuments · Myths · Parks · Place making · Red Cross · Second World War · Sense of place · War

Camden Reflects on Anzac Day 2017

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Camden Reflects on Anzac Day 2017

El Caballo Blanco, A Forgotten Past
Architecture · Art · Attachment to place · Australia · Catherine Fields · Community identity · Cultural Heritage · Cultural icon · Entertainment · Fashion · Festivals · Heritage · History · Holidays · Leisure · Local History · Lost Sydney · Macarthur · Memory · Modernism · Music · Myths · Place making · Retailing · Sense of place · Sydney · Sydney's rural-urban fringe · Theme Parks · Tourism

El Caballo Blanco, A Forgotten Past

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El Caballo Blanco was a horse show and theme park located at Catherine Fields on Sydney rural-urban fringe

Sydney’s Royal Botanic Gardens
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Sydney’s Royal Botanic Gardens

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The Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney, Australia, cover 29 hectares of gardens and 51 hectares of surrounding parkland. Established in 1816, it is the oldest colonial botanic garden in Australia, attracting 4 million visitors annually. With historical significance dating back to 1788, the Gardens reflect changing landscape styles and serve as a popular public space.

Lost Campbelltown heritage
Aesthetics · Architecture · Attachment to place · Campbelltown · Colonialism · Community identity · Cultural Heritage · Cultural icon · Edwardian · Entertainment · Farming · Fashion · Georgian · Heritage · Historical consciousness · Historical thinking · History · Hotels · Interwar · Leisure · Local History · Lost Sydney · Macarthur · Memory · Modernism · Place making · Railway · Retailing · Ruralism · Sense of place · Settler colonialism · Streetscapes · Sydney's rural-urban fringe · Tourism · Town planning · Urban growth · Urban Planning · urban sprawl · Urbanism · Victorian

Lost Campbelltown heritage

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

The Perkins family album of Cawdor
20th century · Agricultural heritage · Agriculture · Agriculture history · Camden · Camden Story · Cawdor · Collective Memory · Cowpastures · Cultural Heritage · Farming · Floods · Harold Perkins Photographer · Historical Research · Historical source · Local History · Local Studies · Memory · Photographs · Photography · Placemaking · Storytelling

The Perkins family album of Cawdor

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Photographs tell a story about the local area and represent a moment frozen in time. The Perkins family donated a family photograph album to the Camden Historical Society and it tells the story of the Cawdor area..

Camden Airfield and the RAAF Central Flying School
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Camden Airfield and the RAAF Central Flying School

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Camden Airfield and the RAAF Central Flying School