Between 1991 and 1992, researcher Deborah Chambers of the University of Western Sydney interviewed 34 women who had lived in or near the areas of Blacktown and Penrith during the 1950s, both part of the Western Sydney region in Australia. During this time, the population and infrastructure of Western Sydney grew rapidly. On this website, visitors can learn about the women involved in this project, listen to recordings of their interviews (or read the transcripts of these interviews), and explore related material, including photographs of participants and correspondence between the participating women and the research team. All women involved in this project were in their twenties during Western Sydney's population boom, and their stories highlight how these women experienced these massive social changes. Prior to the suburbanization of Western Sydney, many of the women interviewed lived in houses that they had helped their families build, and some lacked modern appliances and telephone service. In these interviews, women reflect on how their daily lives changed as they saw their communities shift from rural area to suburban center.