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DEFINING EXPERIENCE
A sneeze in a dusty bookshop, an in-store gig in a record shop and a local art show. kn o w n f o r
• Buzzing local pride • Wide variety of food options • Distinct subcultures • Unpretentious • Broad cultural appeal • Pop-up Newtown Markets • Newtown Festival–November • The Sydney Fringe Festival – September T ypical l o cal
Credit for mural: I Have A Dream, Andrew Aiken and Juilee Pryor, 1991
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Newtown locals are friendly free thinkers who work outside the system. Their customised realities and independent businesses afford them great happiness. The bulk of Newtown’s 14000 residents are well educated, live in share housing but have a loyalty to Newtown and may never leave. They are students, professionals, screen printers, healers and guitarists who are friendly and like to participate in free eco street festivals.