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Sydney’s urban fringe: a transition zone of hope and loss

Sydney’s rural-urban fringe is a site of winners and losers. It is a landscape where dreams are fulfilled and memories are lost. The promises of land developers in master-planned suburban utopias meet the hope and expectations of newcomers.

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Sydney’s urban sprawl invades the Macarthur region

Urban sprawl has invaded the Macarthur region. It is re-run of the planning policies of the 1970s.

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Angels of Mercy, Red Cross volunteers

For the many during the First World the Red Cross became the soldier's guardian angel. The metaphor was expressed in poster, literature, the popular press and a host of other locations.