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Manager's house, Camden Park 1842

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Henry Curzon Allport
Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, State Library of Tasmania
State Library of Tasmania
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(Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office)

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Allport, Henry Curzon

State Library of Tasmania

Camden

One of the most important towns in Sydney's hinterland, Camden was shaped by its landed gentry from the time of John Macarthur's original land grant in 1805, until the Macarthur family influence faded in the 1950s. Camden dairy products and farm produce went to the Sydney markets, but the town resisted Sydney-based decisions and remains ambivalent about its proximity to the city.

Economy

With the arrival of Europeans, the traditional economy of Aboriginal clans was disrupted, and gave way to the convict economy of the Commissariat and government stores. But this closed economy was soon opened by free settlement, whaling and sealing, shipping and farming success, making Sydney the port for a vast hinterland. Depressions and booms alternated, bringing poverty and prosperity to the city. Sydney's growth and diversity mean that regional economies now exist within the Sydney region.

Agriculture

Residential building

Camden Park Estate

Estate established by John Macarthur on land granted from 1790, and still in the hands of his descendants.

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Camden

Suburb situated on the floodplain of the Nepean River, on the traditional land of the Dharawal people. It was shaped by its landed gentry from the time of John Macarthur's original land grant in 1805, until the Macarthur family influence faded in the 1950s.

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