Special Events
Milestones are often celebrated with
main street parades or festivals of a distinctly local flavour. The centenary
of Campbelltown in 1920 was the cause of much celebration with a huge street
parade, watched by pioneering families of the district and the then governor
of New South Wales Sir Walter Davidson. Fishers Ghost Festival is another
event that annually commemorates the legend surrounding the death of Frederick
Fisher, a local businessman and landowner, whose battered body was discovered
by an Aboriginal tracker from Liverpool named Namut in 1826.
The Orange Blossom Festival held in
the Baulkham Hills Shire aims "to stimulate the social, cultural and
sporting activities within the shire". The festival commenced in 1969,
coinciding with a dramatic population increase in the district. The name
of the festival commemorates Chelsea Farm in the Hills shire, which was the
first place in Australia to grow oranges.
Fairfield City celebrates its multicultural population by holding an annual Carnivale.
The Blue Mountains have, in recent years, become the centre of Christmas in July festivities. Yulefest capitalises on the colder, alpine climate of the Mountains to provide visitors with an opportunity to partake of a traditional European Christmas feast in a winter setting.