Combined Chippendale Community Groups Update – 25th September 2008
This is the text of the Coalition Chippendale Community Groups Chippendale News of 25th September 2008. Read More…
Built Environment Plan Phase 1 – The State Significant Sites
Some sites within Redfern-Waterloo were declared areas of State Significant Development in 2005. In February 2006 the RWA released their draft Redfern Waterloo Built Environment Plan (BEP) in conjunct
Pemulwuy Project On Exhibition until 24 October 2008
The AHC’s Pemulwuy Project has finally been put on exhibition by the Department of Planning. The Details of the project can be found on the listing below … Read More…
Getting Shunted
QUENTIN DEMPSTER, PRESENTER: Getting shunted: our investigation into the eviction of a heritage blacksmith operating at Sydney’s old Redfern railway yards has had a happy ending. It now appears that the future of the historic workshops has been secured. But the blacksmith’s threatened eviction has b Read More…
Bruce and Sarah Lay Letter to Kristina Keneally
This is a copy of a letter written by Bruce & Sarah Lay in Wilson Street Darlington to Minister Kristina Keneally about two of the issues raised in the walk around of North Eveleigh with Minister Sartor. A letter in similar form has also been sent to Carmel Tebbitt. The views in the letters are … Read more
Golden Grove St access case – Stapleton Transport
This is a copy of the advice from Stapleton Transport and Planning Pty Ltd to Bruce Lay that supports the western entry to the North Eveleigh site being at Golden Grove Street. This report follows Minister Sartor’s indication at the walk around that he would consider workable proposals for entry from Golden Grove street or … Read more
Wrought Artworks Statement on Lease with RWA/ATP
With the strong active support from heritage bodies,community, former workers, unions, councilors, and local aboriginals along with the “Keep the Tradition” media- campaign, which culminated in a very successful Openday at the Eveleigh Locomotive Workshop Blacksmithing Bays, Wrought Artworks were of Read More…
Wrought Artworks Reaches Agreement to stay at the Locomotive Workshop Building in Redfern
This is the media release from Minister Sartor of 22 August 2008 announcing that the agreement has been reached between the RWA and Wrought Artworks to continue at the ATP. Read More…
Blacksmithing sparks community interest
“Frank Sartor is a destroyer of history. If this goes, who else do we blame?” asked Colin Fenn, one of the estimated 2,000 people who attended the Open Day of Wrought Artworks and the Eveleigh Locomotive Workshop on Sunday August 17, located in Bays 1 and 2 of the Australian Technology Park, Eveleig Read More…
Combined Chippendale Community Groups Update – 1st September 2008
Last Thursday community representatives met with Frank Sartor, the Minister for Planning about the proposed changes to the Concept Plan. Read More…
Deal hammered out
A blacksmith threatened with eviction from the Australian Technology Park at Eveleigh will be allowed to stay. Guido Gouverneur has used a workshop rent-free for 18 years, but the Redfern-Waterloo Authority told him last month that he must start paying rent. Heritage campaigners said he should be ab Read More…