<description>&lt;p&gt;UTS in the suburb of Ultimo, and its neighbours are Haymarket, Chinatown and Chippendale.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;What was this neighbourhood like in colonial times?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;How did local suburbs and streets get their names?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;What do Chinese Australian students think of Sydney's Chinatown in Haymarket?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Host and former UTS student Brittany Rourke answers all these questions and more, as she finds out the stories and history of the places we visit every day.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Guests&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://profiles.uts.edu.au/Paul.Ashton" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Paul Ashton&lt;/a&gt;, Adjunct Professor, Australian Centre for Public History&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.sydney.edu.au/arts/about/our-people/academic-staff/sophie-loy-wilson.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Sophie Loy-Wilson&lt;/a&gt;, Senior Lecturer in Australian History, University of Sydney&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/demetriusromeoakadom/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Dom Romeo&lt;/a&gt;, 2SER Radio&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathan-sentance-00b26497/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Nathan Sentance&lt;/a&gt;, Head of Collections First Nations, Powerhouse&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Students of UTS&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Credits&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Welcome to the Neighbourhood UTS is hosted by Brittany Rourke, former UTS student.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It's produced by Jane Curtis and Britta Jorgensen, of &lt;a href="https://impactstudios.edu.au/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;UTS Impact Studios&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Production support and research by Siobhan Moylan, Tamson Pietsch, Freya Newman, and Brittany Rourke. The Executive Producer of Impact Studios is Sarah Gilbert.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Welcome to the Neighbourhood UTS

UTS Impact Studios

Ultimo, Haymarket, Chinatown and Chippendale

FEB 20, 202515 MIN
Welcome to the Neighbourhood UTS

Ultimo, Haymarket, Chinatown and Chippendale

FEB 20, 202515 MIN

Description

UTS in the suburb of Ultimo, and its neighbours are Haymarket, Chinatown and Chippendale.

What was this neighbourhood like in colonial times? 

How did local suburbs and streets get their names?

What do Chinese Australian students think of Sydney's Chinatown in Haymarket?

Host and former UTS student Brittany Rourke answers all these questions and more, as she finds out the stories and history of the places we visit every day.

Guests


Credits

Welcome to the Neighbourhood UTS is hosted by Brittany Rourke, former UTS student. 

It's produced by Jane Curtis and Britta Jorgensen, of UTS Impact Studios. 

Production support and research by Siobhan Moylan, Tamson Pietsch, Freya Newman, and Brittany Rourke. The Executive Producer of Impact Studios is Sarah Gilbert.