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“Back in the early 1900s, it was the rhythmic pounding of butchers tenderising lamb in their jiruns that could be heard while walking down Cooper Street in Redfern,” says Paul Convy from the Australian Lebanese Historic Society (ALHS), speaking on the inaugural Redfern Lebanese Legacy walk organised Read More…

There are surely few images more redolent of fading Imperial glory than the sight of idly decaying industrial machinery reports Shant Fabricatorian in Precinct Sydney Edition Issue 4/2007 in November 2007. Read More…

The Redfern Waterloo -Authority (RWA) and Rail Corp’s joint design plan for the development of Redfern station was completed in early September. The RWA had earlier informed residents that it would consult with them about the plan, which is expected to include commercial development around the stati Read More…

A street team that provide youth services in the Redfern and Waterloo areas between 2003 and 2005 failed partly because the model imposed on it by senior NSW government public servants was “flawed”, confused and needed more community consultation and involvement reports Precinct southside Issue 4/20 Read More…

The National Indigenous Development Centre has received approval from the Minister of Planning reports Redwater News of December 2007. Read More…

Local residents and community workers are proposing to hold an all day celebration entitled ‘Waterloo’s summer on the Green’ reports Redwater News of December 2007. Read More…

With the call for tenders to redevelop Rachel Foster Hospital, residents are seeing the loss of yet another public facility, this time to the private housing market reports Redwater News of December 2007. Read More…

John Perry Team leader at Redfern has advised the RWN of some important changes. The Department’s Clients Service Team managing the Surry Hills and Redfern properties has undergone a change in managing workloads reports Redwater News of December 2007. Read More…

RedWater news reports in its December 2007 issue that it has been informed of plans that the Department of Housing is to form a Volunteer policy giving official recognition of Volunteers within social housing. Minister of Housing stated in a letter “that the Department values the significant contrib Read More…

RWN reported in our last edition that Waterloo residents and frontline workers with the assistance of HCAP formed an action group reports Redwater News of December 2007. Read More…