Series 5: New South Wales country towns and south-western Sydney housing developments, 13 June 2013-23 November 2014 / photographs by Geoff Ambler

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13 June 2013-23 November 2014

Graphic Materials, Photographs

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64 photographs - digital, TIFF files, colour

Oran Park is a suburban development in south-western Sydney on the site of the former Oran Park Motor Racing
Circuit. Home sites began to be available from 2010 as part of a development plan which includes cycling and pedestrian paths, a supermarket, retail complex, a medical and civic centre, library, police station, schools and government agencies. Development is planned until 2030.

Camden Heights is an estate of approximately 60 houses off Lodges Road in Elderslie which began development in 2013.

Birrawa, Gulgong and Dunedoo are towns located in the central west of New South Wales which have experienced increased rates of population decline. Birriwa is an agricultural town with large grain storage facilities. In 1910 a railway station was built in the town to serve on a railway line which extended from Mudgee, however the station closed in 1974. Gulgong, is famous for its goldfields which operated throughout the 1870s. Since this time the town has established trade with tourism, agricultural products, wine production and coal mining. Dunedoo is a small town with industries in wheat, cattle, mixed farming, timber, fat lambs and wool.

Marulan, located in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, was previously the terminus of a railway from Sydney where passengers would transfer to coach to continue to Melbourne. When the new southern railway line was built and passed through the north of the town, the settlement moved with it. Marulan has traditionally been surrounded by large farming areas of which many have been subdivided into smaller rural areas, forming newer suburbs including Bungonia, Brayton, Big Hill, Greenwich Park, Tallong and Towrang.

References:
Oran Park Town. www.oranparktown.com.au/ (accessed 21 August 2015)
Camden History. http://www.camdenhistory.org.au/ (accessed 21 August 2015)
Birriwa : a district history. [Sydney] : The History Committee, [1989?]
Marulan History, http://www.marulan.com (accessed 21 August 2015)

Collection comprises photographs documenting the development of new housing in Oran Park Town and Camden Heights in south-western Sydney contrasted with the decline of populations in the rural NSW towns of Birrawa, Marulan, Gulgong and Dunnedoo.

FILE 01
Oran Park Town, 19 November 2014 / photographs by Geoff Ambler
Item 1: Oran Park Podium Shopping Centre interior, Oran Park Drive, Oran Park Town, NSW, 19 November 2014
Item 2: Oran Park Podium Shopping Centre exterior, Oran Park Drive , Oran Park Town, NSW, 19 November 2014
Item 3: Views south-west across development from sales centre, Oran Park Town, NSW, 19 November 2014
Item 4: Oran Park Anglican College, Peter Brock Drive, Oran Park Town, NSW, 19 November 2014
Item 5: Oran Park Childcare, Peter Brock Drive, Oran Park Town, NSW, 19 November 2014
Item 6: Oran Park Public School, Oran Park Drive, Oran Park Town, NSW, 5 July 2014
Item 7: View north from Dan Cleary Drive, Oran Park Town, NSW, 5 July 2014

FILE 02
Camden Heights, 6 July 2014 / photographs by Geoff Ambler
Item 1: New housing, Camden Heights, Lodges Road, Elderslie, NSW, 6 July 2014
Item 2: New housing, Camden Heights, Lodges Road, Elderslie, NSW, 6 July 2014
Item 3: New housing, Camden Heights, Lodges Road, Elderslie, NSW, 6 July 2014
Item 4: New housing, Camden Heights, Lodges Road, Elderslie, NSW, 6 July 2014

FILE 03
Birrawa, 7 January 2014 / photographs by Geoff Ambler
Item 1: Disused Graincorp grain storage shed, Birriwa, NSW, 7 January 2014
Item 2: Disused Graincorp grain silo, Birriwa, NSW, 7 January 2014
Item 3: Old church on Castlereagh Highway, Birriwa, NSW, 7 January 2014
Item 4: Old house on Castlereagh Highway, Birriwa, NSW, 7 January 2014
Item 5: Old house on Castlereagh Highway, Birriwa, NSW, 7 January 2014
Item 6: Old house on Castlereagh Highway, Birriwa, NSW, 7 January 2014

FILE 04
Marulan, 13 June 2013-23 November 2014 / photographs by Geoff Ambler
Item 01: Old store, now an antique shop, Marulan, NSW, 13 June 2013
Item 02: Disused service station, George Street, Marulan, NSW, 13 June 2013
Item 03: Butchers shop, George Street, Marulan, NSW, 13 June 2013
Item 04: Baldocks Store, George Street, built 1870s, Marulan, NSW, 13 June 2013
Item 05: esidence, George Street, Marulan, NSW, 13 June 2013
Item 06: Original Post Office, George Street, Marulan, NSW, 23 November 2014
Item 07: War memorial, unveiled 29 Nov 1819, Marulan, NSW, 23 November 2014
Item 08: Corrugated iron shed, George Street, Marulan, NSW, 23 November 2013
Item 09: All Saints Church, George Street, built 1878, Marulan, NSW, 23 November 2014
Item 10: Police Station, George Street, built ca. 1875, Marulan, NSW, 23 November 2014

FILE 05
Gulgong, 7 January 2014-4 May 2015 / photographs by Geoff Ambler
Item 01: Anglican Church, Bayley Street, Gulgong, NSW, 18 March 2014
Item 02: Australian Joint Stock Bank, 101 Herbert Street, Gulgong, NSW, 17 March 2014
Item 03: Bowling and Sporting Club, Tallawang Street, Gulgong, NSW, 18 March 2014
Item 04: Bowling and Sporting Club, Tallawang Street, Gulgong, NSW, 18 March 2014
Item 05: Commercial Hotel, 104 Mayne Street, Gulgong, NSW, 7 January 2014
Item 06: Commercial Hotel, 104 Mayne Street, Gulgong, NSW, 18 March 2014
Item 07: Commercial Roller Flour Mills, Queen and White Streets, Gulgong, NSW, 18 March 2014
Item 08: Cottages, Herbert and Station Streets, Gulgong, NSW, 18 March 2014
Item 09: Cottages, Herbert and Station Streets, Gulgong, NSW, 18 March 2014
Item 10: Court House, Herbert Street, Gulgong, NSW, 18 March 2014
Item 11: CWA Hall, 80 Herbert Street, Gulgong, NSW, 18 March 2014
Item 12: Grain Silos, Homer Street, Gulgong, NSW, 18 March 2014
Item 13: Gulgong Pioneer Museum, 73 Herbert Street, Gulgong, NSW, 17 March 2014
Item 14: Gulgong Pioneer Museum, 73 Herbert Street, Gulgong, NSW, 18 March 2014
Item 15: Henry Lawson Centre, 147 Mayne Street, Gulgong, NSW, 17 March 2014
Item 16: Kelly's Service Station, 47 Medley Street, Gulgong, NSW, 17 March 2014
Item 17: New housing, Homer Street, Gulgong, NSW, 18 March 2014
Item 18: Old corner store, Herbert and Bailey Sts, Gulgong, NSW, 18 March 2014
Item 19: Olympic Pool, Nandoura Street, Gulgong, NSW, 18 March 2014
Item 20: Olympic Pool, Nandoura Street, Gulgong, NSW, 18 March 2014
Item 21: Prince of Wales Hotel, 97 Mayne Street, Gulgong, NSW, 17 March 2014
Item 22: Prince of Wales Hotel, 97 Mayne Street, Gulgong, NSW, 18 March 2014
Item 23: Railway Station, Saleyards Lane, Gulgong, NSW, 18 March 2014
Item 24: Streetscapes, 121-127 Mayne Street, Gulgong, NSW, 17 March 2014

FILE 06
Dunedoo, 7 January-17 March 2014 / photographs by Geoff Ambler
Item 01: Hotel Dunedoo, 26 Bolaro Street, Dunedoo, NSW, 7 January 2014
Item 02: Newsagent, 46 Bolaro Street, Dunedoo, NSW, 7 January 2014
Item 03: Closed Hotel, Bolaro and Merrygoen Streets, Dunedoo, NSW, 7 January 2014
Item 04: Park on Bolaro St, northside, Dunedoo, NSW, 7 January 2014
Item 05: White Rose Cafe, 48 Bolaro Street, Dunedoo, NSW, 7 January 2014
Item 06: White Rose Cafe, 48 Bolaro Street, Dunedoo, NSW, 7 January 2014
Item 07: Railway Station, Whitely Street, Dunedoo, NSW, 7 January 2014
Item 08: Railway Station, Whitely Street, Dunedoo, NSW, 7 January 2014
Item 09: Grain silos, Dunedoo, NSW, 7 January 2014
Item 10: Scout Hall, Digilah Street, Dunedoo, NSW, 17 March 2014
Item 11: Bowling Club, 29 Cobborah Street, Dunedoo, NSW, 17 March 2014
Item 12: Police Station, Tallawang Street, Dunedoo, NSW, 17 March 2014
Item 13: Anglican Church, Cobborah Street, Dunedoo, NSW, 17 March 2014

Copyright status:: In copyright - Life of photographer plus 70 years
Copyright holder:: Geoff Ambler
Rights and Restrictions Information:: No reproduction without prior written approval
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Geoff Ambler

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