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AusGeoff Gold Member Offline Sage of Gippsland Posts: 6025 Victoria Gender:	Re: Halloween Reply #30 - Nov 3^rd, 2023 at 2:20pm I had to look up Whalan (in Western Sydney), and found that *35%* of the suburb's residents are receiving some form of Centrelink benefit. Seriously?
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Reply #31 - Nov 3^rd, 2023 at 2:50pm

AusGeoff wrote on Nov 3^rd, 2023 at 2:20pm:

I had to look up Whalan (in Western Sydney), and
found that 35% of the suburb's residents are
receiving some form of Centrelink benefit. Seriously?

I had no idea such a suburb existed. It’s not even a bona fide suburb. It’s merely some God forsaken area out west full of paddocks.

Current population : 6000

Given AusGeoff’s figure - that means over 2000 of these people are on Centrelink.

I wonder what the crime stats are like.

If I let myself be bought then I am no longer free.

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Reply #32 - Nov 3^rd, 2023 at 2:54pm

Mt Druitt (and its suburbs like Whalan, Lethbridge Park, Shalvey, Bidwill, etc) was the traditional Sydney 'Houso' region. A secluded 'bubble' of suburbs that was known for its violent lower class populace. A high density of Housing Commission.
After 2000, more suburbs have emerged around the area, so its no longer 'isolated' and the 'culture' of the Houso has basically spread all around Sydney in many ways.
But for a long while, it was the worst place to live in Sydney.

I still remember 800 Police had to create a barrier between Bidwill and Plumpton because of the riots between the two suburbs. What started as a fight between the girls during a Hockey game escalated in full blown hundreds of kids brawling all over the place for a week along with packs of other kids from other suburbs joining in.

...still, nothing compared to what the Palestinian kids get up to.

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Reply #33 - Nov 3^rd, 2023 at 3:00pm

Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM wrote on Oct 31^st, 2023 at 7:26pm:

Bank Yullshit

Here ya go, Grapps...from Wiki.

One theory holds that many Halloween traditions were influenced by Celtic harvest festivals, particularly the Gaelic festival Samhain, which are believed to have pagan roots.[17][18][19][20] Some go further and suggest that Samhain may have been Christianized as All Hallow's Day, along with its eve, by the early Church.[21] Other academics believe Halloween began solely as a Christian holiday, being the vigil of All Hallow's Day.[22][23][24][25] Celebrated in Ireland and Scotland for centuries, Irish and Scottish immigrants took many Halloween customs to North America in the 19th century,[26][27] and then through American influence various Halloween customs spread to other countries by the late 20th and early 21st century

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Jasin Gold Member Offline Posts: 56770 Gender:	Re: Halloween Reply #34 - Nov 3^rd, 2023 at 3:03pm Isn't Halloween something that has evolved that just means 'Sale' at Woolwarts and Moles in the aisles?
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Reply #35 - Nov 4^th, 2023 at 4:52pm

Jasin wrote on Nov 3^rd, 2023 at 3:03pm:

Isn't Halloween something that has evolved that just means 'Sale' at Woolwarts and Moles in the aisles?

"Woolwarts" and "Moles". Never heard of that type of name-calling for those stores. I have heard of "Piece-o Slutt" and "Humbley Slacks", etc. But, did not know that these stores you mentioned were so unpopular that they got heckled like that.

No, I doubt that either store, particularly used for groceries, have much interest in exploiting Halloween. I have seen Big W sell Halloween masks, etc. Have not been to Kmart in recent. But, I bet they did a low-scale Halloween theme, too.

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