Rapid growth for Indigenous population of Sydney
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Indigenous people make up nearly five per cent of the population of Penrith City Council, the highest share among the city’s local governments.
In neighbouring Blacktown City Council, there were nearly 12,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people according to the 2016 census, or 3.4 per cent of the population.
The University of Technology, Sydney’s Heidi Norman, who has researched the experience of Indigenous people in western Sydney, says the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities are deeply integrated into the region’s economy and culture.
“We know important Aboriginal gatherings were held in western Sydney from the early decades of colonial NSW,” she said.
The Indigenous population in the region began to grow strongly in the late 1970s.
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