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One girl’s journey to save her memory
…before it’s too late!
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Lily: Nihao! (That’s Chinese for hello!) My name is 3221491
but you can call me Lily! And I’d like to…
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Lily: …Welcome you to my pseudo Role Playing Game!!!!
Huhray!! Woohoo!! *the crowd goes wild!!*
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Lily: Shall we begin our adventure?
Lets GO!
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I don’t
remember
anything!
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1995 2007
Lily: I have lived in Ashfield for over ten years. Ashfield is located
around eight kilometres from Sydney CBD (Ashfield Municipal Council 2007).
It has a distinctive identity compared to its neighbouring
suburbs. Ashfield is a characteristically residential inner-west
suburb with pockets of industrial and commercial development.
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Lily: Ashfield is also ranked 4th in diversity in NSW (Ashfield Municipal Council
2007). Most people live in peace and harmony with each other. I
Lily: Ashfield town centre is also where I had my first job as tutor at
James An Coaching College.
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Lily: The town centre has undergone extensive renewal over the last
five years. The once bleak and dilapidated Hercules Street now
has paved kerb sides, newly planted tress, a statue and street
furniture. 16
Lily: Ashfield Town centre also recently upgraded its street-side
bins and cleaned up graffiti after a damning article in the
local newspaper about the dirty state of Ashfield.
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Lily: Ashfield mall is a modest 3-storey building located in the heart
of Ashfield town centre. It is minutes away from Ashfield station
and bus stops, with plenty of car park.
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Lily: The mall covers most of the communities’ needs.
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Lily: Space in front of the mall often used by people who come from
inside the mall as a meeting point. Also used by charity donation
collectors. 20
Lily: The user pattern varies greatly with the time of the day. In
general, the elderly come to the mall during the weekdays,
middle age and young families during weekends, and
young people and/or students at night.
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Lily: A significant change to the mall in recent years is the installation
of very fast lifts. As well the mall has opened stores which
seems serves a niche market such as EB Games. 22
Lily: I feel that Ashfield mall acts as a community centre, with people often
stop for a chat. I always see the same faces so there is a sense of
mutual friendship and trust between people. I feel very at ease
shopping here. The mall is almost like a second home because it is
here that I get almost 90% of my foods, clothes, books and more.
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Council Chambers
Lily: The most prominent feature of the council building is its town
hall. Public meetings, youth events, local drama production,
community festivals and senior gatherings are all held here.
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Lily: In recent years, Ashfield Council seems to be marketing its arts
qualities with programs such as Arts in Residence (Ashfield Municipal
Council 2007), murals throughout the town centre and poem placards
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Lily: Ashfield has five education institutions (UBD 2003)- Ashfield
Primary school and Ashfield Boys High east of Ashfield town
centre …
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Lily: …and private Catholic schools of St Vincent’s Primary School,
De La Salle Boys High and Bethlehem Girls High north of
Ashfield Station.
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Lily: All five schools have extremely small playground, probably due
to land shortage in the area. Although small, Ashfield Primary
is an important site because it was my first school in Australia.
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Me!
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Ashfield station
The station
Lily: During peak hours on weekdays, the station is full of people and
is very busy. Near the station are several large car parks and
numerous bus routes.
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Click
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Lily: The buildings in Ashfield vary greatly from single
dwelling houses heritage houses to modern large multi-unit
apartments. At some locations it is also possible to see the
Harbour Bridge.
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Lily: In most areas of Ashfield, the streets are lined with matured trees
that veils the heavily built-up residential developments.
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Lily: Most developments are well designed thus retaining a
sense of uniformity to the overall streetscape.
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(Source of map: Ashfield Municipal Council 2007)
Lily: Until 2000, I also lived in the northeast district of Ashfield. The
1996 Census showed that most of Ashfield’s migrants lived
there because it was close to Ashfield station.
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Still in
Ashfield
Me (still in
Ashfield) Moved
to West
Moved to
Ryde Moved to
Burwood
Berala
Lily: This is certainly one of the reasons why my family lived there.
My friends also used to live closed by. We would often go to
each other’s place and play on weekends and holidays. Sadly
however, the housing boom has forced many of them to move
out of Ashfield. 58
Lily: Follow Alt Street, then Chandos Street down to Ashfield
Park
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Ashfield Park.
Lily: Ashfield Park is the biggest park in Ashfield (Ashfield Municipal Council
2007). The park has lots of well grown native trees. It has a
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Lily: Apart from the occasional high school group and local clubs
using the park as training grounds, weekly Tai Chi group and
mothers with young children, the park does not seem to be
heavily used.
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Lily: This makes it both a peaceful place to be and also quite
dangerous. However a year Ashfield holds its Carnival of
Cultures in the park.
Picture source: (Ashfield Municipal Council 2007) 63
Lily: This festival celebrates diversity and coming of spring.
There are rides, stalls, international foods, live music and
free fauna for residents. It is always an exciting and a fun
day.
Soucre: Ashfield Council 2005 64
Lily: Ashfield park is currently going through community
consultation about what upgrades are needed to accommodate
the changing character Ashfield.
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Lily: From the park, turn left onto Parramatta Road
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Parramatta Road
Click
My Street
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T,
A
R,T
Lily: Recently, the Centre installed a heated indoor pool to the three
existing outdoor pools. Since it’s upgrade, I feel disconnected
from the place because of its modern but seemingly colder
features.
Source: http://www.danpalon.com.au/resource_center/Pics1/Ashfield_Panorama.jpg 84
Lily: Nevertheless, the Centre has been part of my life for many years.
As a child, I loved swimming and made many friends there.
Ashfield pool has also been part of my schooling life with
through swimming lessons and annual swimming carnivals.
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Q U O N G
T A R T
A business man,
entrepreneur, community
leader, social activist and
politician (City of Sydney 2003).
Lily: This concludes the game. Did you get all the letters? The
question is – which famous 19th Century Chinese lived and
died in Ashfield?
Picture: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an23488394 86
Future
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Lily: No matter what the changes may be though, my connection
with Ashfield will always be strong because this is the
place I grew up in. To me, Ashfield is steeped in
memories. 90
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