So what’s the cultural capital of Australia?

Through our cultural capitals series ArtsHub has surveyed the cultural strengths of Australia’s capitals. This week we present the winners, identifying what each city has to offer as a place to work in the arts, live as an audience or visit as a cultural tourist.
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Image: Jimmy Gleeson

A generation has passed since David Williamson satirised Australian’s cultural competitiveness, managing to insult three Australian capitals in a single exchange in which the duelling characters describe Sydney as ‘New York without the intellect’ and Melbourne as ‘Perth without the sunshine’.

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