Clover Moore – Railway Heritage Handout 17th August 2008
This is the leaflet handed out by Clover Moore about rail heritage issues and to encourage comment on the RWA’s North Eveleigh Concept Plan. Download: Clover ATP Leaflet 080817.pdf »
Government Sites Plans & Activities
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
$24 M FOR NEW INDIGENOUS YOUTH CENTRE IN REDFERN
Work on a national centre for Indigenous youth is underway on the former Redfern Public School site following a $24 million funding boost from the Australian Government reports this media release from Jenny Macklin MP Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Fran Read More…
Indigenous sports centre under way
CONSTRUCTION has begun on Australia’s first national academy for young indigenous athletes in Redfern, two years after it was announced reports Joel Gibson Indigenous Affairs Reporter in Sydney Morning Herald of August 19, 2008. Read More…
The Eveleigh Locomotive Workshops Open Day Sucess
Organisers estimate that at least two thousand people took the opportunity to visit the Open Day at Eveleigh Locomotive Workshops in the Australian Technology Park during Sunday. Visitors went on guided tours of the operational heritage Blacksmiths shop and showed their support for the ongoing opera Read More…
Wrought Artworks Signing Lease
These photos were taken when Wrought Artworks signed their initial lease at the ATP. Wrought Artworks say that the lease was never countersigned and returned which is why they did not have a lease in 2008.
ATP Letter to Wrought Artworks 12th August 2008
This letter was sent by the ATP to the Directors of Wrought Artworks by the ATP Managing Director Robert Domm. The letter puts the RWA position on the issue and includes a “without prejudice” offer to resolve the dispute. The letter was made available by the ATP in line with the letters last paragraph. Download: … Read more
Michael Clarke letter to SMH of 10th August 2008
The following letter was written to the SMH but unpublished. Michael Clarke was involved in 2006 as the Chairman of the Engineering Heritage Committee in correspondence with the Minister over arrangements for Heritage preservation at the Eveleigh Locomotive Workshop. Read More…
Meridith Burgman ALP Candidate’s petition on Blacksmith Shop
This petition has been put out by the ALP Meredith Burgmann for Mayor campaign. The petition states: Save the Eveleigh Blacksmith Shop – We call on the Minister for Planning, Frank Sartor, to ensure the heritage blacksmithing equipment in place in the Australian Technology Park is preserved. We also call on the Minister to ensure … Read more
Under the Hammer
Is the state’s valuable heritage being put under the hammer by a State Government more interested in forging relationships with developers? Asks Quentin Dempster on ABC’s Stateline NSW on 8th August 2008. The report from Reporter Nick Grimm is in the broadcast transcript below. Read More…
Tussle over blacksmith heritage
BLACKSMITHS in Eveleigh, Sydney, are campaigning against the State Government’s move to evict them from their workshop. For the past 17 years, Wrought Artworks has had free use of the furnace workshop in Bay Two of the Australian Technology Park. Using ancient blacksmith techniques, metal is melted Read More…