Sunday, December 16, 2018
Saturday, December 15, 2018
Sydney Suburbs: Cambridge Gardens, Cambridge Park, Camden
Continuing an alphabetical look at Sydney’s suburbs . . .
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CAMBRIDGE GARDENS
Location:
Cambridge Gardens is located 54 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.
Name Origin:
The first land grant in the area was made in 1831 to Phillip Parker King, son of the Governor Phillip Gidley King. It became part of the Werrington estate belonging to his sister Mary Lethbridge and was run as a farm until the 1880s when the estate was subdivided into smaller farms.
This area was renamed Cambridge Park.
In 1978, a second primary school was established in Cambridge Park and given the name Cambridge Gardens Public School. Three years later, the name was adopted for the surrounding area and the suburb of Cambridge Gardens was born.
About:
According to the 2016 census, there were 2,014 residents in Cambridge Gardens. 82.0% of people were born in Australia and 89.7% of people spoke only English at home.
Gallery:
Because Cambridge Gardens is a flyspeck of a suburb without any history or tourist spots, it is difficult to find any pics of interest, so here is a photograph of some Maltese puppies at Cambridge Gardens that were advertised for sale in the Trading Post.
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CAMBRIDGE PARK
Location:
Cambridge Park is located 53 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district and is also in the local government area of the City of Penrith.
Name Origin:
See above.
About:
Prior to European settlement, what is now Cambridge Park was home to the Mulgoa people who spoke the Darug language. They lived a hunter-gatherer lifestyle governed by traditional laws, which had their origins in the Dreamtime. Their homes were bark huts called "gunyahs". They hunted kangaroos and emus for meat, and gathered yams, berries and other native plants. Shortly after the arrival of the First Fleet in Australia in 1788, an outbreak of smallpox decimated the local indigenous communities and made it easier for settlers to dispossess them of their land.
Developed mainly in the 1950s, the streets are at right angles to each other, unlike the curving street patterns of the newer suburbs to the north, and the houses are mostly fibro on quarter acre blocks.
According to the 2016 census, there were 6,726 people in Cambridge Park.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.9% of the population.
Gallery:
Comments as for Cambridge Gardens
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CAMDEN
Location:
Camden is a historic town, south-west of Sydney, New South Wales, located 65 kilometres from the Sydney central business district. Camden is the administrative centre for the local government area of Camden Council and is a part of the Macarthur region.
Name Origin:
Explorers first visited the area in 1795 and named it 'Cowpastures' after a herd of cattle that had disappeared was discovered there. In February 1805, Governor King instructed a surveyor to measure 5,000 acres (2,000 ha) for John Macarthur at Cowpastures, where Macarthur had been promised land by the Secretary of State for War and the Colonies, Lord Camden. Macarthur named his property Camden Park in honour of his sponsor.
As Macarthur's wool industry thrived, local citizens began pushing for the establishment of a town in the area to support the industry. Surveyor-General Major Thomas Mitchell suggested Macarthur surrender 320 acres (130 ha) of his land for the purpose to which he refused.
Following his death in 1834, his children decided to subdivide the land and the first lots in the new town of Camden went on sale in 1840.
About:
According to the 2016 census, there were 3,230 residents in Camden, with 80.0% of people born in Australia. The most common other countries of birth were England 4.5%, New Zealand 1.6%. The most common responses for religion in Camden were Catholic 30.7%, Anglican 26.4% and No Religion 19.9%.
On 27 May 2008 Camden Council rejected plans from the Quranic Society to build a 1,200-student Islamic school in the nearby suburb of Cawdor on planning grounds. The site was 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) south of the centre of Camden adjacent to the Camden General Cemetery and 800 metres (2,600 ft) north of the then recently relocated Camden High School. The issue received national and international media coverage, notably because of the level of anti-Islamic opinion expressed. Many residents expressed fear about the presence of Muslims in an area where relatively few Muslims live. Even Prime Minister gave an opinion, that he opposed approval on p0lanning grounds. The Council rejected the application, the Quranic Society appealed to the Land & Environment Court and the Court upheld the rejection, stating that the "development application was not suitable for the rural nature of the land."
Gallery:
Camden, shopping precinct and main street, Argyle Street
Camden, shopping precinct and main street
Camden country scene
Camelot Castle, Camden, used for weddings and as a function centre
Argyle and John Streets, Camden, 1930’s
Original CBC Bank, Camden, 1879.
Later bank premises, the above being a drawing from a catalogue for an 2997 auction
The building today
Riders lined up in Argyle Street, Camden NSW looking northeast towards Elizabeth Street with some shops behind. 1900.'
Camden NSW, Whiteman's Store on Argyle Street, 1923. Owned and operated by four generations of the Whiteman family.
A lithograph of part of John Street in 1888. The buildings from the left are St. Paul’s Catholic Church, built in 1859, the Temperance Hall built in 1837 by The Sons of Temperance Camden Division, the two storey façade of the School of Arts building with the hall behind (indistinct) and a cottage of unknown history which is now the site of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church.
Another view of the Commercial Banking Co building at corner of Argyle and John Street Camden. This pic is from 1915.
Argyle Street, Camden 1940
St Johns Church at the top of John Street overlooking the village of Camden around 1895
2011 Camden Show, Cobb & Co coach
Not all the ships that sail away since Roaring Days are done —
Not all the boats that steam from port, nor all the trains that run,
Shall take such hopes and loyal hearts — for men shall never know
Such days as when the Royal Mail was run by Cobb and Co.
- Henry Lawson, The Lights of Cobb & Co
Friday, December 14, 2018
Funny Friday
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Enjoy Funny Frioday but, as always, should you or any of your Force be caught or killed, the Secretary will disavow any . . . there is a warning that there is risque content ahead.
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A man is in the supermarket when he sees an attractive woman waving to him and smiling. He walks over, unsure of who she is.
“I’m sorry,” he says, “But I don’t think I recognise you.”
“I think you’re the father of one of my children,” the woman says, smiling.
The man’s heart nearly stops as he thinks back to the one time has was unfaithful, at his best friend’s bachelor party. “Are you the stripper?” he asks, astonished. “Are you the one who rubbed whipped cream all over me on the pool table while you slapped my butt with wet celery?”
The woman replies, “No, I’m your son’s math teacher.”
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The main problem with Christmas is getting anything out of your fridge is like playing Jenga!
For those not aware. . .
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A dyslexic terrorist has stormed the London Zoo making random demands. He has taken six ostriches...
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A Roman walks into a bar and asks for a martinus.
“You mean a martini?” the bartender asks.
The Roman replies, “If I wanted a double, I would have asked for it!”
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A Roman walks into a bar, holds up two fingers, and says, “Five beers, please.”
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Finest of Funny Friday:
Three young women are at a cocktail party.
The conversation turns to their position in life and it’s clear that they are trying to one-up each other.
The first one says, “My husband is taking me to the French Riviera for two weeks on vacation” and then looks at the others with a superior demeanor.
The second one says, “Well, my husband just bought me a new Mercedes,” and looks about with considerable pride.
Number three says, “Well, to be perfectly honest with you, we don’t have much money and we don’t have any material possessions. However, one thing I can tell you about my husband is that thirteen canaries can stand shoulder to shoulder on his erect penis.”
After this, the first one looks shamefaced and says, “Girls, I’ve got a confession to make. I was just trying to impress you. You know that vacation I was telling you about? Well, it’s not to the French Riviera, it’s to my parents’ house for two weeks.”
The second one says, “Your honesty has shamed me. It’s not a Mercedes, he bought me a Plymouth.”
“Well,” the third one says, “I also have a confession to make, canary number thirteen has to stand on one leg!”
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Gallery:
Teachers'Christmas Parties
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Corn Corner:
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I've made the world's smallest model of The Titanic.
And people claimed it was unshrinkable.
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Q: If April showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring?
A: Pilgrims
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A recent finding by statisticians shows the average human has one breast and one testicle.
Thursday, December 13, 2018
Quote for the day
Name Bonus:
"The moon unit will be divided into two divisions:
Moon Unit Alpha and Moon Unit Zappa."
- Dr Evil
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
A rose by any other name . . .Part 2
Yesterday I posted an item about a mother who drew the ire of the internet community when she became indignant at someone having nameshamed her daughter Abcde Redford. That’s right, her daughter is named Abcde, pronounced Ab-City.
Here is an item in a similar vein, with reader comments, from the website Bored Panda. The item is at:
Woman Cancels Baby Shower After Friends Ridicule The Name Of Her Unborn Child
Internet comments:
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