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Spring signalled country rose festival

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: This newspaper article tells the story of how spring was a time of celebration and ideas of rebirth, rejuvenation, renewal, resurrection and regrowth. Camden celebrated its 're-birth' with a week-long spring festival in the late 1960s, held in late October, featuring a spring flower festival full of community events. The 1960s were a period of prosperity and optimism in the Camden district. One expression of local optimism and perhaps the inspiration for the Rose Festival may have been the new rose gardens in Macarthur Park, which were planned and laid out in 1964, and planted with 80 roses the following year.

Source: Knowledge Commons (Lakehead University)

DOI: 10.17613/9twj7-84243

Author: Willis, Ian

Language: English

Topic: Australian History and Society

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7083631505

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