Tag: Storytelling

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.

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..

Governor Macquarie’s visit to the Cowpasture 1810
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Governor Macquarie’s visit to the Cowpasture 1810

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In November 1810, Governor Lachlan Macquarie (1762-1824) and Mrs Elizabeth Macquarie visited the Cowpastures. On that occasion, the Governor and Elizabeth Macarthur met the Dharawal people.

Camden Showgirl, an enduring pageant
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Camden Showgirl, an enduring pageant

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Miss Showgirl, an enduring anachronism at a rural festival that brings the community together and celebrates the areas rural heritage and agriculture