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Noriko and Tano

Popondetta Plaza, Emerton.Photograph: Jo Duck/Powerhouse MuseumShare

Noriko and Tano

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Emelia, Comfort and Vida

My African Beauty Shop, Blacktown.Photograph: Jo Duck/Powerhouse MuseumShare

Emelia, Comfort and Vida

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Jasmine Dinh

Bánh Mì Bảy Ngộ, Bankstown City Plaza. ‘My parents were boat people from Vietnam and they started this place. Bánh mì is now an Aussie staple. You get all kinds of cultures eating the lot, paté, mayonnaise. They know the whole menu inside out.’Photograph: Bahram Mia/Powerhouse MuseumShare

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Abu Yusuf

Maradona Barbers, Auburn ‘barber strip’. ‘This business is like a home for me and my brother. We train a lot of young people and give them connection and support. We’ve built our own community here.’Photograph: Bahram Mia/Powerhouse MuseumShare

Abu Yusuf

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Celine and Emma

Barbara Easton Dance Studio, Stockland Wetherill Park.Photograph: Jo Duck/Powerhouse MuseumShare

Celine and Emma

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Justice and Effie

Flushcombe Road, Blacktown.Photograph: Jo Duck/Powerhouse MuseumShare

Justice and Effie

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Maki Golestani

Camilla, Westfield Parramatta.‘I’m from the south of Iran and Persians are great artists. As a fashion content creator you have to be thoughtful and creative when you shop.’Photograph: Bahram Mia/Powerhouse MuseumShare

Maki Golestani

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Ibrahim and Leya

Westfield Parramatta.‘I am here with my girls to spend a little bit of time with them in the school holidays. I’m showing them how these phones used to work!’Photograph: Bahram Mia/Powerhouse MuseumShare

Ibrahim and Leya

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Robyn, Yasmine and Chloe

Grove Square, Baulkham Hills.Photograph: Jo Duck/Powerhouse MuseumShare

Robyn, Yasmine and Chloe

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Ngoc Phach Le and Chau Kim Lai

Hương Giang Kim Hoàn Perfume River Jewellery, Bankstown.Photograph: Jo Duck/Powerhouse MuseumShare

Ngoc Phach Le and Chau Kim Lai

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Clement Waoci

Greenfield Park Shopping Village. ‘I’m Congolese. This suit, this style of dressing, is part of my DNA.’Photograph: Bahram Mia/Powerhouse MuseumShare

Clement Waoci

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Arifa Razaee

Petbarn, Main Lane, Merrylands. ‘Owning a husky is challenging but they win you over. You fall in love with them more every day.’Photograph: Bahram Mia/Powerhouse MuseumShare

Arifa Razaee

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Kayla

Nepean Village, Penrith.Photograph: Jo Duck/Powerhouse MuseumShare

Kayla

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Van Phi Nguyen

Liverpool Picture Framing, Memorial Avenue.Photograph: Jo Duck/Powerhouse MuseumShare

Van Phi Nguyen

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Aryan and Yusuf

Rooftop car park, Lidcombe Shopping Centre. ‘We’ve been practising on the rooftop for a while now. There’s space for us to hang. We love it.’Photograph: Bahram Mia/Powerhouse MuseumShare

Aryan and Yusuf

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Wissam Bardouh

Auburn Shopping Village. ‘When I was first allowed to venture from home by myself, we’d go into the Franklins. Nothing to buy, just to be children. Then along came Woolworths, then Aldi and Coles, and now Costco … a sign of the times.’Photograph: Bahram Mia/Powerhouse MuseumShare

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Mia

Toymate, HomeCo Bankstown.Photograph: Jo Duck/Powerhouse MuseumShare View image in fullscreen

Simon Wells

Station Arcade, Blacktown. ‘Back then, we were definitely mall rats. You could go to a skate shop and skate there too. You met so many new people through those circles.’Photograph: Bahram Mia/Powerhouse MuseumShare

Simon Wells

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Rahul and Sandeep

Bankstown Central.Photograph: Jo Duck/Powerhouse MuseumShare

Rahul and Sandeep