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History
Of The Newtown Festival
During
the late 1970s a group of concerned residents
established
the Newtown Neighbourhood
Centre (NNC) in
order
to provide community services to local residents. They
lobbied
for government funding and a space to run the
programs
and were eventually successful in both areas.
In
order to promote Newtown's diverse community and raise
both
an awareness of the Centre and much needed funding
for
community programs, the NNC staff decided to organise a
'festival'.
This celebration allowed the community to come
together
to celebrate its diversity and promote harmony in
the
area.
From
this small beginning in 1979 the Newtown Festival has
grown
enormously and is now very much part of Sydney's
calendar
of major events.
The Newtown Festival is a rare and wonderful place where
community
groups, environmental groups, local residents and
the
broader community can come together in one place for
one
day and celebrate diversity and once again experience
the
true sense of 'community'.
Newtown festival is without a doubt firmly established as one
of
Sydney's largest and premier festivals.
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