REDWatch Letter Regarding Sydney University & North Eveleigh

The letter below was sent on 24 May 2010 by REDWatch individually to local politicians urging “the state government and Sydney University enter into negotiations to overcome whatever non-financial obstacles exist to the sale of the North Eveleigh site to the University.” The letter was sent to Kristina Keneally, Carmel Tebbutt, Ferity Firth, Tanya Plibersek … Read more

Save Leamington Avenue Web Site

The Save Leamington Avenue Group established their own website on 26 July 2010. You can find out the latest about the group and the campaign to Save Leamington Avenue from saveleamingtonavenue.org. As the decisions Transport NSW will make about the “Relief Line” will impact on Redfern, Eveleigh and Darlington we will still update this section … Read more

Metropolitan Rail Expansion Program 2005 Showing Leamington Ave Impact

Map 3 of the “Metropolitan Rail Expansion Program: Metro Pitt and Metro West indicative protection corridors in October 2005” shows where future rail infrastructure may be placed in relation to Redfern Waterloo. A SEPP was introduced in February 2006 to preserve two possible future underground routes within the City of Sydney from being effected by … Read more

Pines Estate Heritage Conservation Area Listing

This is the listing on the Heritage Branch website showing the details of the Pines Estate Heritage Conservation Area which covers Leamington Ave Newtown. http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/07_subnav_01_2.cfm?itemid=2421494

Blacksmith Open Day at Eveleigh 2008 Video

This link is to a Youtube video from the Wrought Artworks openday. It covers extacts from a number of the speaches from the day and some footage of the day. The content covered is broader that the Blacksmith and covers the need for a heritage solution accross the entire site. http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd4Rg7zkrxc

Brian Dunnett Replies to Robert Domm on North Eveleigh

Brian Dunnett responded to Robert Domm’s response to the SMH’s “Battle Stations for North Eveleigh” on August 2 and Brian Dunnett’s letter “Ditching Eveleigh agreement robs the future by discounting the past” that was published in the SMH on the 4th August. http://www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/statesignificant/northeveleigh/nemp/080806bd

RWA Letter to Editor on North Eveleigh & ATP Blacksmith – August 4th 2008

This letter was submitted by Robert Domm to the Sydney Morning Herald in response to the SMH’s “Battle Stations for North Eveleigh” on August 2 and Brian Dunnett’s letter “Ditching Eveleigh agreement robs the future by discounting the past”. In the letter the RWA seeks to address “some of inaccurate commentary about rail heritage that … Read more

RWA Letter to Editor on North Eveleigh & ATP Blacksmith – August 4th 2008

This letter was submitted by Robert Domm to the Sydney Morning Herald in response to the SMH’s “Battle Stations for North Eveleigh” on August 2 2008 and Brian Dunnett’s letter “Ditching Eveleigh agreement robs the future by discounting the past”. In the letter the RWA say “This commercial issue is being misrepresented as a heritage … Read more

Battle Stations for North Eveleigh

This article by Sunanda Creagh in the Sydney Morning Herald of August 2, 2008 deals with the range of issues surrounding the redevelopment of North Eveleigh. http://www.redwatch.org.au/media/080802smh

Battle Stations for North Eveleigh

This article writen by Sunanda Creagh in the Sydney Morning Herald of August 2, 2008 about the broader issues of North Eveleigh also covers the problems facing Wrought artworks at the ATP Blacksmith Shop. The articlke reports that “The ALP’s lord mayoral candidate, Meredith Burgmann, says she will lobby her Labor colleagues on behalf of … Read more

Video on Blacksmithing at ATP Eveleigh & Campain to Save it

This 10 minute video is about Wrought Artworks who have operated the ATP Blacksmith Shop for the last 17 years as part of heritage conservation at the ATP. The RWA has now served them with a notice to quit the premises and a campaign is being run to maintain the Blacksmith operations at the ATP. … Read more

CONCEPT APPROVAL FOR RACHEL FORSTER REDEVELOPMENT – 11th October 2007

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

Pollution Readings for Chippendale

The is an appendix to the CCCG submission to the CUB Site Concept Plan Submission contained as an appendix a printout of National Pollutant Inventory Emission Report for Postcode 2008 for the years 2003-4 when the brewery was still operational. The link to this data in the database is provided below. http://www.npi.gov.au/cgi-bin/npireport.pl?proc=location_detail;instance=public;year=2004;loc_type=postcode;loc_postcode=2008

ILC – National Indigenous Youth Development Centre Redfern

The ILC has now created a web page on their site with details of the National Indigenous Youth Development Centre Redfern. The site contains PDF fact sheets on the services that will be using the new centre as well as PDF files of two of the three display boards at the unveiling of plans for … Read more