This blog post tells the story behind the Camden Teamsters Memorial in John Street, Camden, NSW.
The memorial is a tribute to the teamsters, bullockies and carriage drivers who travelled the Yerranderie Road between the mining town of Yerranderie and Camden through the Burragorang Valley.
The memorial has a rear wheel from a flat-top wagon, a…[Read more]

This blog post gives an overview of the Camden Material and Colour Guide. The guide provides property owners of heritage buildings in the Camden Heritage Conservation Area with tips and hints on restoration and conservation of their houses. The guide provides colour schemes on building exteriors and interiors by housing styles between 1840 and…[Read more]

This dissertation looks at the classification and categorisation of manga in public libraries in the UK, focusing on the SELMS consortium as a case study. Using a mixed-methods approach, a literature review and questionnaire was carried out, and data from library catalogues was collected and analysed. This was done in order to: identify how manga…[Read more]

Mesmerism provided Edgar Allan Poe with a framework in which to reimagine logical and poetic rigor.

Using the Information Seeking and Communication Model (2013) as a framework (2013), this study investigates information behaviour and communication during COVID-19. It also reflects on information during previous crises, in order to provide recommendations for healthcare librarians to help manage the spread of COVID-19.

Crafted as part of an MSc in Library Science dissertation, this study meticulously unveils the intricate relationship between Brazil’s socioeconomic and cultural landscape and the evolving preferences in reading habits. The narrative unfurls against a backdrop where physical books are perceived as financially elusive, especially for low-income…[Read more]

This blog post is about a spring festival in Camden, NSW, called Celebrate Camden.
The brainchild of Vicki Sutherland from the Camden Chamber of Commerce, it aimed to promote Camden as a viable tourist and shopping destination.
The festival had mixed success and was held in 1994 and 1995, to be replaced by the Cowpastures Bicentennial.

All around the community in the Macarthur region are cultural artefacts that are representations of the settler-colonial narrative of the Cowpastures, which was variously a colonial frontier, a government reserve, and a formal region.
Today, the material culture of the Cowpastures is hidden in plain sight and appears to have been ‘forgotten’ by…[Read more]