
Peter Polites
Australian novelist and writer from Western Sydney, author of Down the Hume, The Pillars, and God Forgets About the Poor.
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Jul 12, 2026
Stories Behind The Story: Holden Sheppard & Peter Polites on Their Unique, Diverse Backgrounds
13:56
14:01
14:12
15:38

Peter PolitesGUEST
Do you know what I mean? We were happy being dark skinned and dark featured because there was enough of us around.

Peter PolitesGUEST
Also, there was like the accent of Western Sydney, which I think is a distinct geographical Western Sydney accent that's at the moment a combination of... different ethnicities and different cultures and different classes.

Peter PolitesGUEST
You know, and I think like, whereas I feel like, you know, you've got that, you know, Aussie accent, right? But then also within the Western Sydney thing, you know, I'm talking to like younger guys who come out at high school now, right? And there is a distinctly, I've got to say, there's a wog fag accent

Holden SheppardGUEST
It was like a big positive thing for us, but generationally for him, it was like, you don't talk about that in public.
Stories Behind The Story: Holden Sheppard & Peter Polites on Their Unique, Diverse Backgrounds
12:23
12:28
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Peter PolitesGUEST
Do you know what I mean? We were happy being dark skinned and dark featured because there was enough of us around.

Peter PolitesGUEST
Also, there was like the accent of Western Sydney, which I think is a distinct geographical Western Sydney accent that's at the moment a combination of... different ethnicities and different cultures and different classes.

Holden SheppardGUEST
It was like a big positive thing for us, but generationally for him, it was like, you don't talk about that in public.