Redfern, Eveleigh, Darlington, Waterloo Watch
admin Pemulwuy was the Rainbow Warrior who in the late 1700s united Aboriginal clans to resist the British. This earned him the reputation as the most famous freedom fighter in Aboriginal history. Another battle is now brewing – this time between the NSW Government and the Aboriginal Housing Company (AHC) Read More…
On May 25, a map of Redfern Waterloo was published in the Government Gazette. It showed areas declared state significant within Redfern and Waterloo boundaries and included The Block – land privately owned by the Aboriginal Housing Company. Gazetting means planning and compulsory acquisition powers Read More…
In the early 1970s, many Aboriginal people living in Sydney were homeless and there was a serious overcrowding of what housing did exist. With no permanent housing they constantly faced eviction and racial discrimination in the private rent market. As a result of this lack of affordable housing, a g Read More…
Very few Aboriginal strategies as set out in the Aboriginal Strategic Directions policy have been included in the recent Government package of 32 strategies and initiatives for enhancing policing in Redfern, writes Geoffrey Turnbull.
Copies of most documents in the print version of the SMH can be found on the SMH website along with photos, video, illustrations, cartoon and letters. http://www.smh.com.au/investigations/redfernplan/index.html
This is the link to the section of the City of Sydney web site that deals with the RWA. http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/Community/ServicesAndPrograms/RedfernWaterlooAuthority.asp
On December 6, 300 people rallied in the inner-city suburb of Redfern to protest against the sale of Aboriginal Housing Company (AHC) land and the local public school under the NSW Labor government plan to extend the city’s commercial business district out to Sydney Airport. Read More…
The new State Government body that will oversee the redevelopment of Redfern and Waterloo will be able to bypass heritage laws and consent to its own development plans despite amendments to the Government’s proposals yesterday.
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The inner-city suburbs of Redfern and Waterloo, home to the Australian Heritage-listed Redfern Block, which has historically been a centre of Black empowerment and organising, faces a $5 billion state government “redevelopment”. The plan involves seizing control of the Block and letting private deve Read More…
A residents’ action group has called for the state upper house to tighten legislation next week handing one NSW minister sweeping powers over planning in Redfern-Waterloo, saying there are fears that people living there will be stripped of rights enjoyed by residents of local government-controlled a Read More…