RWA Email Update – 20 April 2011
Bush Tucker
pioneer receives award
Domestic &
family violence forum
Draft BEP 2 Thank
You Barbeques
Family connects
with local heritage
Rabbitohs hop
along to Easter Eveleigh Market
Filming in the
area bounded by Eveleigh, Vine and Louis Streets, Redfern
Alexandria
Community Garden – 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month
Eveleigh Farmers’
Market – every Saturday 8am to 1pm
Eveleigh Artisans’
Market – first Sunday of the month, 10am to 3pm
NEWS
Bush Tucker pioneer receives award
Aunty Beryl Van-Oploo, a well known Redfern community
member and trainer at Yaama Dhiyaan Hospitality Training School, has received
an achievement award for her contribution to the local community.
Aunty Beryl received the Education & Long Life
Learning Award at the NSW Seniors Week Achievement Awards on 20 March 2011 in
recognition for her instrumental role in setting up RWA’s Yaama Dhiyaan,
Australia’s first and only hospitality college specialising in Indigenous
culture and cuisine. Aunty Beryl’s teaching ability and use of bush tucker has
been described as ‘truly inspirational’. Since the commencement of Yaama
Dhiyaan hospitality training program, Aunty Beryl has helped train and find
employment for over 160 students.
Domestic & family violence forum
Over 75 service providers and community members attended Negotiating the Family Law System forum
on 29 March 2011. Organised by the Inner City Domestic Violence Action Group
and the Redfern-Waterloo Family Violence Task Force, the forum’s aim was to
improve responses for women who are escaping domestic and family violence and
who need advice and referral to family law services.
A key barrier for women leaving violent relationships is
their fear of what will happen to their children. The forum provided service
providers with more information and training on how to advise victims of
domestic and family violence to improve their access to the family law
system.
Held at Redfern Town Hall, organisations in attendance
included St George Domestic Violence Services, Wirringa Baiya Aboriginal
Women’s Legal Centre, Sydney City Family Relationship Centre, the Inner City
Community Legal Centre and NSW Legal Aid Commission.
Draft BEP 2 Thank You Barbeques
Thank You Barbeques were held by the RWA on 28 & 29
March 2011 in Redfern and Waterloo as a token of appreciation for the social
housing community who provided feedback on the draft Built Environment Plan 2
plan. We apologise that the barbeques (originally scheduled for 21 and 22 March
respectively) had to be rescheduled at such late notice due to the very wet
weather over these days. We hope this did not cause too much inconvenience.
New chef at Yaama Dhiyaan
Yaama Dhiyaan has welcomed a new chef, Dallas Dodd, who is
excited about promoting contemporary Aboriginal cuisine. Dallas has had an
extensive career including teaching hospitality and Aboriginal Studies and has
been cooking for over 30 years.
Dallas is looking forward to giving people the opportunity
to learn about Indigenous produce and passing on his skills to Aboriginal
students to maintain traditional customs.
RWA would like to wish Dallas all the best in his new
role.
Art is a load of rubbish
The
construction of a sculpture made entirely of rubbish was completed at
Australian Technology Park as part of a unique environmental initiative. The
art installation was constructed by artist John Dahlsen using hundreds of
pieces of polystyrene collected from Clean Up Australia Day. The poles were
built using the pieces of polystyrene foam to create a series of towering totem-like
structures.
The work
received some finishing touches in ATP’s Exhibition Hall before being displayed
at the Commonwealth Bank’s new headquarters in Darling Harbour.
Family connects with local heritage
Coming all the way from England, Chris Massey made a
surprise visit to Australian Technology Park to investigate the heritage
machinery in Bays 1 & 2 Locomotive Workshop that his great-great
grandfather supplied through the family business. B& S Massey supplied
equipment that is used in the old blacksmithing workshop dating from 1938-1950
and where it still sits today. Chris himself started working in the business in
the 1960s when he was 21, overseeing the sales of forging equipment around the
world. Along with supplying three forging hammers, B & S Massey also
supplied a wheel flanging machine, the only proper surviving example remaining
in the world today.
The RWA Heritage Interpretation Plan for the Eveleigh site
is on exhibition until Wednesday, 6 April 2011.
Rabbitohs hop along to Easter Eveleigh Market
Your
favourite Rabbitohs players Scott Geddes and Ben Lowe will be hopping along to
the Eveleigh Easter Farmer’s Market this Saturdays 23 April 2011.
Along with lots of Easter fun and Easter eggs, fresh
produce straight from the farm will be available such as locally produced
meats, organic eggs, fresh fruit and vegetables and gourmet treats.
Eveleigh
Farmers’ Market takes place from 8am-1pm in the Old Blacksmith Workshop, 248 Wilson
St, Darlington.
DEVELOPMENT NEWS
Public exhibition and interpretation of heritage
artefacts, Bays 1 & 2 Locomotive Workshop, Australian Technology Park
A development application has been received for the fit
out and use of part of Bays 1 & 2 of the Locomotive Workshop, Australian
Technology Park for public exhibition and interpretation of heritage artefacts.
The application was on exhibition from 23 March to 13 April 2011.
Internal fit out and additional flues at the
Biomedical Building, 1 Central Avenue, Australian Technology Park
The application for the internal fit out of Suites 101
& 301 of the Biomedical Building with teaching and laboratory spaces for
use as educational establishment and the installation of five new flues on the
roof was approved on 23 March 2011.
Filming in the area bounded by Eveleigh, Vine and
Louis Streets, Redfern
The application for the use of the area bounded by
Eveleigh, Vine, Louis and Caroline Streets, Redfern, for temporary filming
between April and late July 2011 and associated construction of production set
was approved on 22 March 2011.
WHAT’S ON
Alexandria Community Garden – 1st and 3rd Saturday
of the month
Interested in learning how to grow fruit and vegetables?
Join other garden enthusiasts (both novices and experienced) at the Alexandria
Community Garden. Working bees take place on the 1st and 3rd
Saturday of each month at Connect Redfern, Park St, Alexandria.
Eveleigh Farmers’ Market – every Saturday 8am to
1pm
Meet your favourite Rabbitohs players while stocking up on
Easter treats and fresh produce straight from the farm at Eveleigh Farmers’
Market, an undercover, and traditional weekly Farmers’ Market held in the
historic Blacksmith Workshop on Wilson Street in Darlington. Selling unique produce
from fresh fruit and vegetables, meats, flowers and gourmet treats, Eveleigh
Farmers Market is Sydney’s only ‘rain, hail, shine’ venue with an inspiring
heritage backdrop. Eveleigh Farmers’ Market is held every Saturday from 8am to
1pm. For more information please visit www.eveleighmarket.com.au.
Eveleigh Artisans’ Market – first Sunday of the
month, 10am to 3pm
Showcasing the best in Australian independent design, art
and crafts, Eveleigh Artisans’ Market takes place on the first Sunday of the month from 10am-3pm under the
heritage listed Blacksmith Workshop.
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