Past Events

The New RedWater Community Markets will be held on the 3rd Saturday of each month at Redfern Park. The Second Market will be held on Saturday 17th October 2009 at Redfern Park and held between 8am and 4pm. These community markets are sponsored by the City of Sydney as part of a local community action plan and are organised by the Housing communities Program (HCP) at the Factory Community Centre in partnership with Surry Hills Neighborhood Centre and others. All monies raised from the stallholder fees for the markets are injected back into supporting local environmental community projects such as the Waterloo Recycling Workshop. As the market is part of local community action on climate change the focuses of the market (not exclusively) is on sustainable goods which are handmade, recycled, or second hand, and are environmental friendly. This is to assist in the reduction of waste strategies of the City Council. However all goods sold must be of reasonably high quality.

The first session will be a joint presentation by Housing NSW and the Department of Commerce regarding the landscape plan for Waterloo Green. After the presentations lunch will be provided at 12, following which we will reconvene and agencies will be giving feedback on the progress of the implementation of the Waterloo Green Action Plan. This group is for any precinct rep, Volunteer, resident or agency, involved with tackling ongoing concerns about community safety in that green area.

The historian is also giving a talk during History Week that will highlight prominent historical figures from Waterloo, and Alexandria. This talk is on Saturday 4 September at Customs House Library. 2.30pm. is titled "Colourful Characters of South Sydney".

The City historian will be giving a talk at Waterloo Library on Saturday 30 October. 2pm for 2.30pm. The focus will be Waterloo's sesquicentenary. There will be a small display associated with this that will be up in the library. It will be promoted in the library newsletter and in the library itself.

Souths Cares in partnership with the NSW Police Force would like to invite Parents and children aged between 12 and 18 years to a Drug (ICE) Forum to be held at the Redfern Town Hall. HOST: Deputy Commissioner Dave Owens FACILITATOR: Jimmy Smith Free, but for catering purposes please register