Category: Land releases

Elderslie land releases 2000-2023, the background and fancy estate names
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Elderslie land releases 2000-2023, the background and fancy estate names

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The Elderslie area has been identified in Sydney’s strategic growth plans for land releases on the metropolitan rural-urban fringe. It is a valuable exercise to see how and when Elderslie was identified as part of Sydney’s planning framework.

Oran Park Raceway: the finishing line as new horizons open up
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Oran Park Raceway: the finishing line as new horizons open up

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Oran Park is a new suburb on Sydney's urban fringe on the site of the former Oran Park Raceway.

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

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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.