Is the shopping mall Australia’s greatest export?

by · Australian Financial Review

Lauren SamsFin editor, deputy editor AFR Magazine and fashion editor
Oct 28, 2026 – 5.00am

When Powerhouse Parramatta opens on November 7, one of the defining stories it will tell is of western Sydney itself – and how the shopping mall came to affect not only this area, but the rest of the world.

Winns at Blacktown on April 14, 1960, shortly after it was opened.  Phil Ward Studios Pty. Ltd.

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Lauren SamsFin editor, deputy editor AFR Magazine and fashion editorLauren Sams is the editor of Fin Magazine, The Australian Financial Review’s luxury quarterly edition. She is also the deputy editor at The Australian Financial Review Magazine and the fashion editor. She writes about the business of fashion and beauty. Email Lauren at lauren.sams@afr.com

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