Newport

“I’m the youngest of three, and was born in Melbourne. There’s 12 years between my brother and I, and six years between my sister and I. I have two mums, spending time between Armadale and [...]

“I came over to the West in 1997. My husband Dale and I met each other when I was 22, when we were studying video and film production. He’s from Altona and I fell in love with the Inner West (yes [...]

“I was born in Penrith in the west of Sydney. I lived there for 12 years and had a very horrible childhood with a violent father. The violence was so horrific, the only thing Mum and two of her [...]

“I moved to Footscray in 1990, and remember there was front page news on the local paper. Locals were really fearful of yuppies, and there was a real fear the gentrification of the west would [...]

“I was born in Glasgow and lived there till I was 18. Mum and Dad separated when I was two, so my mum moved back in with her mum.  Granny Meek had a hard life, bringing up six kids on her own, as [...]