Redfern, Eveleigh, Darlington, Waterloo Watch
The University of Sydney abuts the suburb of Darlington. Over the years the University has been buying up the area and consolidating their land holdings. As an example the current Darlington Primary S
RESIDENTS of Darlington are feeling squeezed as the University of Sydney plans to build a massive school and student accommodation on Abercrombie Street reports Josephine Tovey in the Sydney Morning Herald of June 25 2011. Read More…
The letter below has been circulated to the community and parents by Nick Vanos Darlington School & Community President on behalf of the Darlington S&C encouraging parents and community members to make a submission to the Department of Planning and Infrastructure. Read More…
The following Draft has been supplied by RAIDD and parents from Darlington School with the suggestion that parents and friends of the school should send such letters to the Department of Education to encourage action by the Department of Education regarding the redevelopment. Read More…
Sydney University’s plans for a new business school in Darlington are under threat after angry residents issued a host of demands to the institution reports this media release from Residents Acting In Defence of Darlington (RAIDD). Read More…
This is the poster produced on 24th May 2011 by Residents Acting In Defence of Darlington (RAIDD) when the plans for Sydney University’s Darlington Campus Business School went on public exhibition. Download: Poster re Syd Uni Developments s.pdf »
Sydney University has made available its plans for the new Abercrombie Street Business School on their web site while waiting for the Department of Planning to place the documents on formal exhibitions. Darlington locals are encouraged to become familiar with the proposals as there is expected to be Read More…
A Darlington Resident, who is part of a group of Darlington residents concerned about Sydney Uni’s proposed developments, has written to the Department of Planning arguing that Sydney Uni has not complied with the Department’s consultation requirements for the proposed Abercrombie Street redevelopme Read More…
This is a copy of the USyd flyer distributed for the Abercrombie Precinct Presentation on 16 November 2010. Download: PublicForum-EB-draft4smaller.pdf »
The letter below was sent on 24 May 2010 by REDWatch individually to local politicians urging “the state government and Sydney University enter into negotiations to overcome whatever non-financial obstacles exist to the sale of the North Eveleigh site to the University.” The letter was sent to Kristina Keneally, Carmel Tebbutt, Ferity Firth, Tanya Plibersek… Read More…
THE University of Sydney will defer building projects after incurring a $160 million operating loss last year, due largely to the huge hit it took on its investments reports Heath Gilmore the Sydney Morning Heralds Higher Education Reporter on May 21, 2009. Read More…