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 | | Originally it was home to Sydneys bourgeoisie, but by 1900 it had been transformed into a working class stronghold, home to the factory, waterside and domestic workers of that era. |
 | | Newtown became popular with artists, filmmakers, writers, students, academics, unionists, teachers - people who were setting the agenda in the arts, politics, gay and lesbian culture, the womens movement and the environmental movement. |
 | | Newtowns King street and Enmore Road are packed with restaurants, pubs, coffee shops, weird and wonderful speciality shops and bookshops. |
| www.newtowncentre.org /html/aboutnew.html (281 words) |
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