Chippendale residents eager to ditch ‘least leafy suburb’ tag
When it comes to public parks, Lindsay Charles reckons Chippendale would get the wooden spoon reports Patrick Billings in City news on 17th August 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
Last-ditch effort to save a piece of rail history
Wrought Artworks is holding an Open Day on August 17 to muster support for the ATP-based blacksmithing business, threatened with eviction by the Redfern-Waterloo Authority reports Anne Von Fehrn & Alex McDonald in City news of 3rd August 2008 Read More…
National Trust blasts the RWA
The National Trust has thrown its support behind Wrought Artworks, the blacksmithing workshop at Australian Technology Park (ATP) threatened with eviction by the Redfern-Waterloo Authority reports Alex McDonald in City news of 19th July 2008. Read More…
Groundbreaking Indigenous youth centre for Redfern
Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin broke ground on a new multi-million dollar indigenous youth centre in Redfern on Monday morning reports Jennifer Bennett on the on line edition of Central on 19th August 2008. Read More…
Eveleigh blacksmith shop threatened
Chris Sulis is a disciple of the lost art of blacksmithing reports Sandra Fonseca in Central of 20th August 2008. Read More…
Accused manager at work
A MAN accused of defrauding the NSW Fire Brigades of $1.5 million was, until Monday, a project manager on $43 million worth of Federal Government construction projects for Aborigines in Redfern reports Joel Gibson Indigenous affairs reporter in the Sydney Morning Herald of August 20, 2008. Read More…
Friends of Eveleigh August 2008
Alive and Active is the theme for the latest Friends of Eveleigh Newsletter which covers the re-submission of the lodgment of a new National Heritage Listing for the Large Erecting Shop and news about restoration work on the Garratt 6029 Cab for ARHS (ACT) and the Restoration of the L516 both of which are currently … Read more
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 »
$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…