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
History could be torn from its roots in one of Sydney’s most historic precincts if the Redfern-Waterloo Authority’s (RWA) eviction of the blacksmiths at the Eveleigh Railway Yard substantiates reports Emma Kemp in City News of 5th July 2008. Read More…
This letter was distributed in the lead up to the Saturday, 26 July 2pm meeting at CarriageWorks Track 8 about the proposed meeting and the City’s concerns about the RWA’s North Eveleigh Concept Plan. Read More…
This is a letter from 1988 from The Smithsonian Institution – National Museum of American History Washington DC about the importance, and the great rarity of the machinery collection here at Eveleigh. The File is 927 KB PDF with OCR overlay. Download: Smithsodian Institute – Washington DC.PDF »
This is a copy of the updated Master Plan map that was on display at the ILC Open day at the former Redfern School site on 26th June 2008. The file is 946 KB PDF. Download: A-.1 MASTERPLAN.PDF »
There are many references to Redfern in the Standing Committee on Social Issues Overcoming Indigenous disadvantage in New South Wales Interim Report June 2008. Here we have extracted two sections about the RWA and Aboriginal Housing Company that deal with one of the ongoing issues in Redfern – Abori Read More…
An Open Day will be held on Sunday 17th August 2008 from 10am – 2 pm at the ATP’s Blacksmiths Shop with tours on the hour of the workshop, blacksmithing demonstrations and explanations of steam powered blacksmithing assemblages by Guido the Blacksmith. The Blacksmiths have been served a Notice to quit by the RWA so … Read more
This letter from the Trust supports the re-nomination of the Large Erecting Shop for a National Listing. The LES was not given a listing in the last round although the Minister has asked his Department to take up the threat to the site with NSW Officials. This letter also raises the National Trust’s concern about … Read more
This is a text comparison between the Draft RWA Human Services Plan Phase 2 exhibited in October 2006 and the Final Human Services Plan Phase 2 released in July 2008. This comparison has been produced from a comparison programme. While it has been manually checked and some changes made to reflect changes of the order … Read more
GEORGE JETSON would approve but a developer’s vision for futuristic apartment blocks on the Carlton United Brewery site in Broadway has drawn a mixed response from residents reports Sunanda Creagh Urban Affairs Reporter in the Sydney Morning Herald of July 11, 2008. Read More…
This is a copy of the Final RWA Human Services Plan Phase 2 which was released on 11th July 2008. File is PDF 143 Kb. Download: human_services_plan_phase2.pdf »