Peter Mylrea wrote an article about Camden photographers in 2005 for the Camden History Journal. This is especially true for events that occurred before the development of television or digital technologies. Photographs provide a rare glimpse of a particular second in time, which will never again be repeated. The History Skills website argues that photographs are excellent sources. For the viewer, it as a form of nostalgia, where they create a romanticized version of the past accompanied by feelings that the present is not quite as good as an earlier period. The observer has a glimpse of a world before the present. The viewer of an old photograph is a time traveller into another world and is given a snapshot of a moment frozen in time. Nostalgia is a defence mechanism against upheaval.Ī glass plate negative from the Roy Dowle Collection at The Oaks Historical Society. In response to today’s COVID-19 crisis, we are turning to old movies, letter writing and vintage fashion trends more than ever. As Harriet Richards from the University of Melbourne writes: Old photographs provide an entry to a world that was apparently more authentic than the present. The rural vistas are enhanced by the Nepean River floodplain that surrounds the town and provides the visitor with a sense of the town’s farming heritage. A number of these privately owned houses are still dotted throughout the local area. The picturesque rural landscapes that surround Camden were once part of the large estates of the landed gentry and their grand houses. The authentic sights, sounds and smells of the show ring and surrounds enlightened and entertained in a feast for the senses. The 2019 Camden Show provided an immersive experience for participants and observers alike in a host of farming activities. A country style show is held here every year in March and the visitor can take in local handicrafts in the show hall (1894) or watch the grand parade in the main arena. At the end of Argyle Street the visitor can stroll around Camden Showground (1886). Local people still do their shopping as they have done for years and stop for a chat with friends and neighbours. As the visitor proceeds along Argyle Street, Camden’s main street, apart from the busy hum of traffic, people and outdoor cafes, the casual observer would see little difference from 70 years ago. The saleyards (1867) are still next door and the rural supplies stores are indicative that Camden is still ‘a working country town’. Picton (Stonequarry in 1841 renamed Picton in 1845)Ī 1915 view of Commercial Banking Co building at corner of Argyle and John Street Camden (Camden Images) ![]() James and William Macarthur (Camden Park) The image is likely to be around the 1890s and re-enforces the notion of Cobbity as an English-style pre-industrial village in the Cowpastures (PHM) Private villages in the Cowpastures Village This Charles Kerry Image of St Paul’s Anglican Church at Cobbitty is labelled ‘English Church Cobbitty’. Rev William Cowper (1812 by grant) then Charles Cowper, son (1834 by purchase) William Hovell (1816 by grant) then Frances Mowatt (1830 by purchase)Įdward Lord (1815 by grant) then John Dickson (1822 by purchase) John Oxley (1815 by grant) then Elizabeth Dumaresq (1858 by purchase) Jarvisfield (at Stonequarry, later Picton) William Campbell (1816 by grant) then Murdock Campbell, nephew (1827 by inheritance) Gabriel Louis Marie Huon de Kerilliam (1810 by grant) then James Chisholm (1816 by purchase) John Oxley (1816 by grant) then Francis Irvine (1827 by purchase) then John Hawdon (1828 by lease) John Macarthur (1805 by grant, additions by grant and purchase)Ĭharles Hook (1812 by grant) then Rev Thomas Hassall (1828 by purchase) Peter Murdock (1822 by grant) then Alexander McLeay (1827 by purchase) EstateĪbbotsford (at Stonequarry, later Picton) There were other types of English folk in the Cowpastures and they included convicts, women, and some freemen. This was particularly noted by another Englishman, John Hawdon. ![]() ![]() ![]() These Englishmen were also known as the Cowpastures gentry, a pseudo-self-styled-English gentry.Īll men – they lived on their estates when they were not involved with their business and political interests in Sydney and elsewhere in the British Empire.īy the late 1820s, this English-style gentry had created a landscape that reminded some of the English countrysides.
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