Redfern, Eveleigh, Darlington, Waterloo Watch
UrbanGrowth NSW absorbed the Sydney Metropolitan Development Authority (SMDA) into UrbanGrowth NSW Development Corporation on 1 January 2013. The SMDA had itself absorbed the Redfern Waterloo Authorit
Associate Professor Lucy Taksa (Director, Industrial Relations Research Centre and Australian School of Business, UNSW) launched the Worker’s Register with Premier Bob Carr (whose father worked at Eveleigh) on 29 August 1999 at an open day held by the ATP. Her proposal was not only the register but also a keeping place for the social … Read more
This is the official RWA Heritage Planning map which shows the buildings recognised by the RWA as of Heritage significance. Such a precinct has great potential for heritage tourism if a well thought out heritage interpretation strategy is put in place. Note file is 3MB PDF. http://www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/statesignificant/rwass/060828SEPPheritage/view
The future shape of north Eveleigh is currently being determined by the Department of Planning. Following consideration of exhibition submissions the RWA has produced a Preferred Project Plan for the Department to assess. Here you can find out more about the issues at North Eveleigh. http://www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/statesignificant/northeveleigh/nemp
This is the sum total of the RWA Heritage interpretation Strategy for the Former Eveleigh Railyards as at October 2008. While the HIS was prepared as part of the North Eveleigh preferred Project Proposal it indicates the RWA is considering a wider heritage strategy across the site. The Eveleigh Heritage Meeting of 28 October 2008 … Read more
Dear Kristina Keneally, Re: The blacksmithing workshop at Eveleigh. Thank- you for you letter 27 August in reply to my correspondence. You may have heard that following a media campaign, along with the support of the community, and ex-Eveleigh workers, we still have tenure. Whilst we want to put the stress and disruption of the … Read more
Under the RWA proposed zoning the Large Erecting Shop could be replaced by an up to 12 storey building and the ongoing heritage rail tours, maintenance and training could have been lost. There has been a long campaign to save the this operational heritage and RailCorps decision to retain the building for heritage rail use … Read more
As has been shown by the attendance at the Open Day to save the Operational Heritage Blacksmith in the Australian Technology Park, there is substantial interest in this site which preserves former Eveleigh rail yard equipment and operational skills. Having fought to preserve an operating Blacksmith the challenge is to turn this area into an … Read more
Material about the ATP’s Blacksmith Shop and the campaign to save it can be found on the REDWatch website from this link. http://www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/statesignificant/atp/blacksmith
More asbestos has been unearthed after construction began on the old Redfern Public school in Cope Street. Residents are concerned for their health as contamination levels exceed what was originally reported reports Patrick Billings in City News of 5th October 2008. Read More…
This is the RWA North Eveleigh Concept Plan Preferred Project Report (without Appendices). The full set of documents for the Preferred Project can be downloaded from www.planning.nsw.gov.au/asp/08_0015.asp . This document is 608 KB PDF. Download: 08_0015_nth_eveleigh_ppr_report.pdf »