Dimensions
136 x 209 x 9mm
Since the 2001 general election, commentators have struggled to explain what it is that makes Western Sydney "different". This volume is the first serious effort to find answers.
For decades, Western Sydney was the "other" Sydney, the home of "battlers" and "Westies". Recently, Western Sydney has become a success story, and it's the region's "aspirational" voters who've become the quintessential "new class" of the new millennium.
Notoriously resistant to migrants yet it's still the number-one destination for new arrivals, supposedly racked by crime and paranoia, it's also the quintessential Great Suburban Dream, with long stretches of manicured lawns and brand-spanking new project homes. Paradoxes bloom like acacias.
