The Camden story is a story of place.
The town was founded in 1840 as a private venture by the Macarthur brothers, James and William. They were the sons of colonial patriarch John Macarthur, at the Nepean River crossing on the northern edge of the family’s pastoral property of Camden Park. The town’s site was enclosed on three sides by a sweeping bend in the Nepean River, which has regularly flooded the surrounding farmland and lower parts of the town.
Camden, a Macarthur family venture (CHS, 2022)
Yearning, Longing and The Remaking of Camden’s Identity: the myths and reality of ‘a country town idyll’. (CHN, 2024)
Camden, the making and re-making of familiar places (CHN, 2024)
Camden Police Station and Residence: A Historical Landmark in Camden
Future of the former Camden police barracks: community concerns
Whiteman commercial buildings in Camden, an example of adaptive re-use
Discovering John Peat Reserve: A Hidden Gem
Aaron Bolot, a Sydney architect, and Camden’s Interwar heritage
Interwar Camden, the heritage of a country town
Is Camden a Village? Unpacking History and Marketing
The former Foresters’ Hall, a marvellous Edwardian building
The former Bank of New South Wales building in the country town of Camden
Ferguson’s Australian Nurseries on the urban fringe
Experience Camden’s Vivid Jacaranda Blooms
Storytelling
The Camden story is storytelling at its finest.
The Camden story is an anthology of tales of the daily lives of the fascinating characters from the Camden district of NSW. Many were larger than life, while others have fallen between the cracks of history.
Understanding the Camden Story: History, Community, and Identity
Making Camden History: local history and untold stories in a small community (ISAA Review, 19(1), 23-38, ISSN: 2203-1367, 2023.)
Camden, the best preserved country town on the Cumberland Plain (CHN, 2021)
All of Camden’s characters have an interesting story to tell, which is composed of shades of light and dark, hope and despair, glee and sadness, and many other human emotions.
The storyteller will peel back the layers of the past and reveal the complex interactions and nuances of this small country town from pre-European times to the present.
The Camden area has been the setting for many movies over the decades from the earliest 20th century.
Movie making Camden style (CHN, 2019)
Making short films to promote the 2019 Camden Jacarada festival
Camden Town Centre Enhancement Strategy: Stakeholder Concerns and Community Engagement
Camden Material and Colour Guide, a heritage building guide
‘Alan’s Art Deco’ exhibition at Macaria
Unlock Camden 2023, a festival celebrating our past
The historiography of the Camden story
The historiography of Camden outlines how the Camden story has been told over the generations, from the town’s foundation in 1840.
The Camden Story: the historiography of the history of the country town of Camden NSW
Making Camden History (CHN, 2022)
