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A New Horizon On Sydney's Urban Frontier: The St Elmo Land Releases, Ian C. Willis
A New Horizon On Sydney's Urban Frontier: The St Elmo Land Releases, Ian C. Willis
Ian Willis
The paper examines a series of land releases by land developer Neil McLean on his farm St Elmo at Campbelltown between 1949 and 1961, which eventually formed a concentric ring around the old town centre. McLean was prescient in his understanding of the needs of Sydney's growth well before the Cumberland County Council designated Campbelltown as a satellite city in 1960. His vision and foresight put into action what the founders of the county plan envisaged as part of Sydney's metropolitan rural-urban fringe well before it happened on the city's urban frontier.
Sydney Modernism, A Recent Awakening, Ian C. Willis
Sydney Modernism, A Recent Awakening, Ian C. Willis
Ian Willis
It is pleasing to see that there has been recent interest in Sydney modernism from a number of prominent Sydney cultural institutions. The origins of modernism can be traced back to the 1880s, while Sydney modernism has be identified from the early years of the 20th century to the 1960s.
Greens Motorcade Museum Park Leppington, Ian C. Willis
Greens Motorcade Museum Park Leppington, Ian C. Willis
Ian Willis
One of the icons of the local area that has long disappeared was the car museum and picnic ground know as Greens Motorcade Museum Park at Leppington on the Old Hume Highway.
Convicts In The Cowpastures, An Untold Story, Ian C. Willis
Convicts In The Cowpastures, An Untold Story, Ian C. Willis
Ian Willis
The story of European settlement in the Cowpastures is intimately connected to the story of the convicts and their masters. This story has not been told and there is little understanding of the role of the convicts in the Cowpastures district before 1840. Who were they? What did they do? Did they stay in the district? The convicts that ended up the in Cowpastures district were part of the 160,000 who were transported to the Australian colonies from England, Wales, Ireland and the British colonies. The convicts were a form of forced labour, with a global history that goes back …
Banishment, Transportation And A Penal Settlement, Ian C. Willis
Banishment, Transportation And A Penal Settlement, Ian C. Willis
Ian Willis
On January 26, 1788 a group of sailing ships unloaded their human flotsam and jetsam in Sydney Cove. Amongst those who were landed were souls who were part of the dark story of banishment and exile that dates back to Roman times. The foundation of the Australian nation was just one part of a global story of forced human suffering that is still going on today.
Flood Free Crossing Via Macarthur Bridge, Ian C. Willis
Flood Free Crossing Via Macarthur Bridge, Ian C. Willis
Ian Willis
One of the most important pieces of economic and social infrastructure in the Macarthur area is the Macarthur Bridge. The bridge is also one of the most significant pieces of engineering heritage in the Camden local government area. It provides a highlevel flood free crossing of the Nepean River which can isolate the township of Camden when the numerous low-level bridges in the area are flooded - the Cowpasture Bridge (Camden), the Cobbitty Bridge and the Menangle Bridge.
A Breath Of Fresh Air, Ian C. Willis
A Breath Of Fresh Air, Ian C. Willis
Ian Willis
Fresh air was the order of the day for patients at the newly opened Carrington Centennial Hospital for Convalescents and Incurables at Camden in 1890. The hospital followed the latest methods in medical practice and building architecture from Victorian England based on the writings and approach advocated by Florence Nightingale.