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Radburn-style public housing estate 2004

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Radburn-style public housing estate 2004

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Gabrielle Gwyther

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Housing Residential building

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Housing Commission of New South Wales

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Gwyther, Gabrielle

Gabrielle Gwyther is postdoctoral research fellow in the Social Justice and Social Change Research Centre at the University of Western Sydney

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Western Sydney

Western Sydney is a region of great diversity and complexity: a patchwork of cultures, language, ethnicity, personal histories, religion, education, income and status. On the rural foundation of the large estates granted to early settlers, development in the twentieth century has proceeded in waves, with infrastructure and facilities generally lagging behind population growth. Despite ethnic complexity and socio-economic disadvantage, the region has maintained a sense of stability and social cohesion.

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Housing

Housing Commission of New South Wales

Established in 1941 as a developer of public housing to overcome the urgent housing shortages of the post war period.

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Western Sydney

Large region in Sydney's west comprising eleven local government areas and home to more than 1.5m Sydneysiders.

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