Redfern, Eveleigh, Darlington, Waterloo Watch
News articles between 2004 and 2013 concerning Redfern Waterloo from various sources. After this date media stories were included in the areas of the site most relevant to the article.
A new, tuition-free Jesuit primary school for Aboriginal children is set to open its doors in Sydney in 2011, providing disadvantaged children with a quality, holistic education which responds to the needs of local families and draws from the students’ own culture reports Catherine Marshall in the C Read More…
City of Sydney Greens Councillor Irene Doutney today echoed calls by the National Trust to set up an Indigenous art centre at Barangaroo, saying it could be an ideal location to permanently house the world renowned Aboriginal art collection known as The Keeping Place says this media release on 23 Ju Read More…
The following media release from Federal Minister for Housing Tanya Plibersek and NSW Minister for Housing Frank Terenzini anouced on 7 June 2010 the granting of $3.05 million to create a concept plan for the redevelopment of existing social housing precincts in Redfern and Waterloo. The full text o Read More…
Decorating a playroom, painting a fence, and getting their hands dirty in the garden; these were just some of the tasks involved for a group of Sydney-based CEOs who spent the day at The Shop, Waterloo, a centre for women and children, as part of the CEO Day of Caring, organised by UnitedWay reports Read More…
PUBLIC housing estates in 10 Sydney suburbs will be rejuvenated, old buildings demolished, new roads built and first-home buyers enticed into communities with discounts reports Kirsty Needham Social Affairs Correspondent in the Sydney Morning Herald of 7 June 2010. [The story also announces “$3 mill Read More…
If you are caught in Sydney’s housing squeeze, spare a thought for Gordon and Elaine Pelot-Syron who need a home for around 1,500 seminal Aboriginal artworks, most recently collectively valued at $1.5 million, Michael Gormly reports the latest about Gordon and Elaine Syron’s collection in City News Read More…
The unsigned leaflet below was distributed to residents in Leamington Avenue in early June 2010. It warned residents of State Government Plans which may lead to the resumption of land in Leamington Avenue at MacDonaldtown adjoining North Eveleigh. THe text of the leaflet is below as is a copy of the Read More…
JUST two months after the NSW government spared the heritage suburbs of Pyrmont and Rozelle by dumping the CBD Metro, another historic precinct is under threat from another controversial transport plan reports Andrew West in the Sydney Morning Herald of 4 June 2010.
Real Estate agents McGrath are advertising by Auction on 31 May 2010 the sale of industrial land at 2 – 23 Vine Street Redfern. The site backs on The Block owned by the Aboriginal Housing Company and is covered by the RWA’s Planning Controls. Development would be dealt with under Part 3A by the Depa Read More…
Described as a watershed moment in recent Aboriginal history, Australia’s first Centre for Indigenous Excellence has opened in the inner-city district of Redfern in Sydney reports Phil Mercer on BBC News Thursday, 22 April, 2010.
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