Ian Willis Independent Scholar Commons username: @iwillis ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1751-8263 Following 2 members View ProfileActivitySites 1CORE deposits 56Following 2Followers 1Groups 7DiscussionsDocs Academic InterestsAustralian historycritical humanitarianism studiesLocal studiesPlace studies;Red Cross Commons GroupsHCAgricultural HistoryGender StudiesHistoryMedical HumanitiesPlace StudiesSettler ColonialismUrban Studies Recent Commons Activity deposited Celebrate Camden 93, a spring… in the group Place Studies deposited Celebrate Camden 93, a spring… in the group History deposited Celebrate Camden 93, a spring… in the group Agricultural History deposited The Memory Landscape of the C… in the group Settler Colonialism deposited The Memory Landscape of the C… in the group Place Studies Work Shared in COREArticlesGraeme Clark, a world-famous Camden identityUnlock Camden, a local history festivalCamden New South WalesActivation of Campbelltown’s public spaces using public artMaking Camden History: local history and untold stories in a small communityBanking was central to Camden’s prosperityCamden The Interwar Heritage of a Country TownThe memory of the Cowpastures in monuments and memorialsRed Cross humanitarianism and female volunteers in AustraliaA new horizon on Sydney’s urban frontier: the St Elmo land releases.‘Just like England’, a colonial settler landscapeBook chaptersConclusion (preprint)Blog PostsCelebrate Camden 93, a spring festivalMemorial plaque to Jennifer Eggins, a founder of local tourismCamden Library and Museum public artNarellan Heritage Walking Tour‘Alan’s Art Deco’ exhibition at MacariaBillie Holiday on stage at the Belvoir Street TheatreNarellan Library Murals, a wall of public artVoluntary labour worth thousands of dollars to the Camden MuseumUnlock Camden 2023, a festival celebrating our pastThe Sydney Harbour Bridge, an engineering marvel‘Fibro Majestic’, a new exhibition at the Campbelltown Arts Centre, a reviewCamden Historical Society, 60 years of local history, 1957-2017Public art at Camden Council Administration OfficesMenangle School of Arts hall, the heart of a village, under redevelopmentNational Herbarium at ABG wins architecture gongCultural and heritage tourism adds $6.4 million a year to the local economy Types of public art in the Macarthur RegionPublic art at Campbelltown brightens up the Queen Street precinctThe Cowpastures Region 1795-1840Book reviewsJeff McGill, Rachel: Brumby hunter, medicine woman, bushrangers’ ally and troublemaker for good … the remarkable pioneering life of Rachel Kennedy, Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2022, 324 pp, ISBN 9781760879983.PresentationsThe Memory Landscape of the Cowpastures in memorials, monuments and muralsThe memory of the Cowpastures in monuments, memorials and muralsOtherCamden History Journal September 2023 v5 n6Camden History, Journal of the Camden Historical Society. March 2023 v5n5Newspaper articleMotherhood -built communities and the nationCamden’s Purple Haze is a Sight to SeeThe Camden District was a field of dreamsCommunity Workers – Colin and Dorothy ClarkLocal museum and art gallery add $1.7 million annuallyMenangle arts hall concerts that helped war efforts – is being rebuiltThe Burragorang Valley, a lost Gothic fantasyConvicts in the Cowpastures an untold storyThe Camden Fibro Cottage – a not so humble abodeCamden War CemeteryWhen Peppertrees were all the rageColonial hotel is still servingA marvellous Edwardian buildingThe Enduring Face of the Camden ShowgirlMiss Showgirl an enduring anachronismCowpastures in monuments, memorials and murals A Camden Link to the First RailwayCamden, a Macarthur family ventureThe quay transforms from transport to tourist meccaSydney’s Customs House – a means of collecting taxes Blog Posts
