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Darian-Smith, Kate

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Darian-Smith, Kate

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Kate Darian-Smith is Professor of Australian Studies and History at the University of Melbourne

Children as Author

Royal Easter Show as Author

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Children

While children have always comprised a substantial proportion of the overall population of Sydney, their voices are absent or muffled in many historical records. State intervention in the lives of European and Indigenous children has been constant in Sydney since the colonial period, but children's daily experiences have also been shaped by their families, cultures and surroundings.

Royal Easter Show

Sydney's Royal Easter Show is the nation's largest annual event, currently attracting more than 900,000 visitors to its site at Homebush Bay. For generations, the Show has brought 'the country to the city', and continues to be important, especially for children, in Sydney's cultural life.