Surviving institutional abuse
Bill Simon is a pastor working in the heart of Redfern. Back on the Block is the story of his life, simply told writes Andrena Jamieson in Eureka Street on 5 June 2009. Read More…
Media Articles on Redfern Waterloo 2004 – 2013
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.
Danger of refuge being destroyed in Block battle
Perhaps the most wrenching moment in Bill Simon’s autobiography, Back On The Block, is when, as a young man, he meets the mother from whom he was stolen as a child. Throughout his wretched teen years, No.33, as he was in Kinchela Boys’ Home, had sustained himself and his three younger brothers on ho Read More…
Minister grabs power to make heritage history
HISTORIC buildings could be taken off the heritage list and redeveloped after the NSW Government changed laws protecting them writes Matthew Benns in the Sydney Morning Herald of June 14 2009. Read More…
dumped trolleys anger locals
Scores of shopping trolleys from a Coles supermarket in Surry Hills are being stolen and dumped in Redfern, according to residents reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central on 4 June 2009. Read More…
Sandstone on hold at Sydney University
THE global financial crisis has hit Sydney University finances hard and may force it to delay some of its ambitious building program reports Rebecca Woolley on 9 June 2009. Read More…
Seido Karate benefit tournament
Kinga Farago won women’s sparring at Seido benefit tournament Seido Karate dojo in Abercrombie St raised $2000 at an action-packed inter-dojo tournament reports Central on 2 June 2009. Read More…
Drug-Free for a Day
One man risks his life every day trying to make Redfern a better place to live. Drug dealers have threatened him, his family has received menacing letters at home and he has been verbally abused many times reports Irina Moldovan in UTS’s Reportage on 8 May 2009. Read More…
18 charged after raids at ‘The Block’ in Redfern
A major drug raid at ‘The Block’ at Redfern, in Sydney’s inner suburbs, has led to 18 people being charged reports Annika Burgess on Macquarie national News of 14 May 2009. Read More…
Council plans for a new Darlington
Councillor John McInerney responds to the May SSH article on Abercrombie Street, Darlington in the South Sydney Herald of June 2009. Read More…
Makeover for South Sydney Youth Services
South Sydney Youth Services’ main facility will be upgraded next year to provide better resources for supporting young people in the community. The redevelopment of the building at Waterloo Oval will be funded in a joint venture between Federal and Local Government, Minister for Infrastructure and L Read More…