For most Australians, Camden is associated with the Macarthurs, the owners of
Camden Park and the pre-eminent family in early colonial New South Wales. But as
important are the people the Macarthurs and their neighbour George Macleay
settled on the land as tenant farmers, and the labourers and tradespeople who
came to live at Camden after the village was laid out in 1841.
This is history 'from below' by a fine historian. It is about individual men
and women and how they saw themselves, their religious faith, their
relationships with the land, each other, landlords and nearby Sydney. People
change, Camden changed, as one generation succeeds another and rural Camden is
bound ever more closely to the metropolis.
Contents:
List of Maps/Diagrams
Introduction
1. First Impressions
2. The Last Years of Invasion
3. Imprinting Patterns on the Land
4. Village Life
5. Farming
6. The Patterns Scattered
7. Married Couples
8. Traffic, Conversation and Faith
9. New Men and Women
10. End and Continuation
Appendix 1. Bounty Immigrants to Camden 1837-9
Appendix 2. Birth Intervals and Size of Families
Appendix 3. Camden Officials
Appendix 4. The Camden Aborigines
Notes
Bibliography
Sources of Illustrations
Index
