Add to ORKGSuburban development in western Sydney boomed in the area during the 1960′s and 1970′s, and soon thereafter the label ‘Westies’ emerged – a derogatory term used to identify people from the west as Sydney’s ‘other’. Today, there is still a social and economic stigma associated with being from the western suburbs, even though in western Sydney you’ll find thriving creative and professional communities, with the government describing the region’s population as young, diverse, and dynamic. Cultural programs, local government place-making initiatives and the broad span of the University of Western Sydney’s six local campuses characterise a place that is far from the ‘Westie’ stereotype. This begs the questions – how was the ‘Westie’ produced, an...
The rural-urban fringe is a dynamic frontier, an ever expanding zone of transition on the edges of A...
Students and educators at the University of Western Sydney (UWS) have long had to confront issues of...
This research explored the effect of cultural identity on the character of neighbourhoods in Melbour...
The Westie was a creation of the 1960s and \u2770s as young, working families were encouraged westwa...
As a guest on a western Sydney community radio program recently, I noted the ease with which the you...
In recent decades the Western half of Sydney has grown into a second metropolis in its own right, nu...
arts and changing perceptions of the West Fibro houses, suburban sprawl, crime, bogans. Traditionall...
Two competing narratives frame perceptions of Western Sydney. The first views the Cumberland Plain a...
Western Sydney is a region of great diversity and complexity: a patchwork of cultures, language, et...
In 2002, the Urban Frontiers Program was commissioned by the Western Sydney Regional Organisations o...
Can the arts change how we view cities? How can we evaluate the broad social impacts of arts progra...
As part of The Daily Telegraph's Fair Go For the West campaign, Western Sydney University would love...
The rural-urban fringe is a dynamic frontier, an ever expanding zone of transition on the edges of A...
The Centre for Western Sydney\u27s first platform paper, titled Work, Places and People in...
In recent years there has been an array of maps about Western Sydney circulated on the internet—as s...
The rural-urban fringe is a dynamic frontier, an ever expanding zone of transition on the edges of A...
Students and educators at the University of Western Sydney (UWS) have long had to confront issues of...
This research explored the effect of cultural identity on the character of neighbourhoods in Melbour...
The Westie was a creation of the 1960s and \u2770s as young, working families were encouraged westwa...
As a guest on a western Sydney community radio program recently, I noted the ease with which the you...
In recent decades the Western half of Sydney has grown into a second metropolis in its own right, nu...
arts and changing perceptions of the West Fibro houses, suburban sprawl, crime, bogans. Traditionall...
Two competing narratives frame perceptions of Western Sydney. The first views the Cumberland Plain a...
Western Sydney is a region of great diversity and complexity: a patchwork of cultures, language, et...
In 2002, the Urban Frontiers Program was commissioned by the Western Sydney Regional Organisations o...
Can the arts change how we view cities? How can we evaluate the broad social impacts of arts progra...
As part of The Daily Telegraph's Fair Go For the West campaign, Western Sydney University would love...
The rural-urban fringe is a dynamic frontier, an ever expanding zone of transition on the edges of A...
The Centre for Western Sydney\u27s first platform paper, titled Work, Places and People in...
In recent years there has been an array of maps about Western Sydney circulated on the internet—as s...
The rural-urban fringe is a dynamic frontier, an ever expanding zone of transition on the edges of A...
Students and educators at the University of Western Sydney (UWS) have long had to confront issues of...
This research explored the effect of cultural identity on the character of neighbourhoods in Melbour...