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
This document covers the first section (pp1-29) of the Culture of Work Study and includes the Background Context, Main Findings, Key Issues and Recommendations . The study was undertaken by Arrilla – Indigenous Consultants and services in November 2006 for the RWA. The file is 1.1 MB PDF & OCR file please check text carefully. … Read more
The Planning Minister Frank Sartor announced the approval of a concept plan for the $70 million residential redevelopment of the former Rachel Forster Hospital at Redfern on 11th October 2007. A copy of the text of media statement of the announcement can be found at the link below. http://www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/statements/2007/071011rwa
In June 2007 the Department of Planning placed on public exhibition the Environmental Assessment documents for the proposed National Indigenous Development Centre (NIDC). The NIDC is to be constructed on the site of the old Redfern Public School on George Street. During the 30-day exhibition period the Department received various submissions from the local community … Read more
On 30th September 2007 RailCorp authorised the movement from the protection of Eveleigh’s Large Erecting Shop of the Commissioners carriages. These carriages are two of the states most valuable heritage carriages and are listed on the State Heritage Register. A week later with their roof now peeling, the carriages are sitting at Thirlmere in the … Read more
This is a copy of the RWA letter of 23 August 2007 amending the “Statement of Environmental Effects” that the RWA submitted to itself for the Blacksmith Shop remediation and re-development. Download: da0210507_amendment.pdf »
The Morgan Disney Review of Human Services in Redfern Waterloo set out to map the Human Services in the area. The review came up with around 200 services. This was many more than the number of services that local service providers said actually operated in the area. In her report back to the Community Services … Read more
At her report back to the Community Sector on 16th August 2007, Helen Campbell provided the following assessment of the implementation of the Human Services Plan as it related to the Community Sector. File is MSWord 58Kb. Download: imprep.doc »
Helen Campbell provided the details supplied from REDWatch of the changes to the Human Services Ministerial Advisory Committee in July 2007. These changes can be seen at the link below. http://www.redwatch.org.au/update/update070724#_Toc173048902
This is a copy of the letter received by Helen Campbell advising that she was not being reappointed to the RWA HSMAC. This letter was circulated to Services at Helen Campbell’s report back on 16th August 2007. The file is OCR over a PDF scan of the letter – please check text against scan before … Read more
In their submission to the NSW Tourism Review Friends of Eveleigh have spelt out their vision for how the Large Errecting Shop could continue as a functional Heritage Railway Workshop servicing rail heritage throughout the state while at the same time providing a tourist destination for public access into the “Large” to view heritage rail … Read more