Works cited
Gunaydin, E. 2019. ‘Second City’. Available from: https://sydneyreviewofbooks.com/essays/second-city
National Trust NSW. Old Government House [Online]. Available: https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/places/old-government-house/ [Accessed 12 September 2026]
Deborah Prospero lives, works, studies, and writes on Dharug Country in Sydney’s West. A creative non-fiction writer focused on people and placemaking stories, her work has appeared in
Refinery29, the Powerhouse Museum, Locative Magazine, and
Written Off. In 2026, she guest-edited
Written Off Issue 5, won the 2025 My Place in Cumberland competition, and received a Varuna x Whitlam Institute Essay Residency.
Eda Gunaydin is a Turkish–Australian essayist and researcher whose writing explores class, Western Sydney, intergenerational trauma and diaspora. She is the current Parramatta Laureate in Literature. She has been published widely in
Meanjin, HEAT, Sydney Review of Books, Cordite, and others. Her debut essay collection
Root & Branch: Essays on Inheritance won the 2023 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Non-Fiction and was shortlisted for the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) Matt Richell Prize in 2023.
