Blacktown - a Filotown no more

Blacktown City Council hall

Source: SBS Filipino

Among the Filipinos, multicultural Blacktown is Filotown or the city of the Filipinos. But this is now far from reality. Image: Blacktown City Council hall


Nearly half of  Blacktown population  is a  migrant. The council, the second biggest in Australia next to Brisbane in terms of population, is home to 15 percent of Filipinos in Australia.


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