This story is in loving memory of my Babcia (Grandmother), whose strength, courage, and grace gave me peace. Softly spoken and quiet in nature, she witnessed the atrocities of war, and from these experiences she learnt the wisdom of love. I will love and miss you, rest in peace for your legacy lives on in each […]
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Video: Teenagers and alcohol
Cigarettes and alcohol. Photo illustration: PsychopathicSponge/DeviantArt BY TINA ZUNIC AND ATHENA BAMBALIAROS The lead up to being ‘legal’ is keenly anticipated by a large number of young people in Australia’s society. Our mission was to find the ‘newly legal blood’ in our area and find out just how much they use – and abuse – […]
Remembering The Majestic
The Majestic has long resembled a London squat house – albeit one with potential – dusty; dishevelled; devoid of tender loving care.
Swept off their feet
The magic of dance … love blossomed on the dance floor. BY KATHLEEN DALY Love blossomed on the dance floor at Petersham’s Town Hall in Baz Luhrmann’s 1992 film Strictly Ballroom. But ballroom dancing – and love – weren’t new to the auditorium. My own parents met there in 1953 and sparks flew. And […]
Faces in the Street
Gary Mudler, one of the faces of Petersham. Photo: Millie Dondas BY TROY WALSH Then, flowing past my window, like a tide in its retreat … … But, Ah! to dreader things than these our fair young city comes – Taken from ‘Faces in the Street’ by Henry Lawson The aubergine and green-coloured minimalist […]
After the fall: Andrew and Tamara
Andrew Garland, 28, is a media student at Petersham TAFE. Tamara Black, 21, studies Sport Science at the University of Western Sydney. The two had been together for two years when Andrew had a near-fatal motorcycle crash in November 2010. INTERVIEWS BY ANDREW GARLAND. Andrew: “To those in the know, there is very little in life […]
Gallery: Streets of Petersham
ANZAC gates, Petersham Park. Photo: Tina Zunic Petersham, in Sydney’s inner west, is the HQ of The West Street Journal. The slideshow below is the beginning of a work in progress – to document Petersham’s people and its streetscapes. All photography by students enrolled in the Diploma of Communications at Petersham TAFE.
Confessions of a Twitter addict
By Andrew Garland Hi, my name’s @AndriouxGarland and I’m a twitter addict. I’m fairly new to Twitter. In fact, it was forced upon me as part of my journalism and communications course at TAFE. With Twitter, it wasn’t that I didn’t fully understand the concept. I just didn’t really care. So when @babelfishes insisted we start an […]
Audio soundslide: Journey of 1,000 Suns
A country far from home opens AMANDA PARKINSON’S eyes to a world vastly different from her own. Egypt’s ancient culture and diversity of landscapes was the perfect stage for an introduction to the Middle East. Featured photo: Egyptian sunset. Photo: Pixabay/CC
Twitter connects Australian farmers
Apostle birds, Gulargambone, NSW. Photo: Brett Donald/flickr BY AMANDA PARKINSON Farming is changing. Most farmers are used to the tweeting of birds on their land, but Australian farmers are doing a lot of the tweeting themselves. Farming group AgChatOz is an organisation whose aim is to use social media site Twitter to connect rural […]