Redfern, Eveleigh, Darlington, Waterloo Watch
The Redfern Waterloo Authority operated until 2011-12 when it was taken over by the Sydney Metropolitan Development Authority. Here we have captured some of that history as it happened in Redfern Wate
The STEP ERS program, administered by the Redfern Aboriginal Corporation, has been introduced to replace the successful Community Development Employment Program, which was axed by the Howard Government in mid-2006 reports Carissa Simons in the South Sydney Herald of February 2008. Read More…
Yabun Festival on Australia Day (aka Invasion/Survival Day) not only hosted the best black music in the country and a sea of communities from down the road or down the highway, it featured the makings of the world’s largest poem reports Ben Falkenmire in the South Sydney Herald of February 2008. Read More…
The Redfern Legal Centre has won the 2007 Human Rights Award, presented by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission reports Reem Al-Gharabally in the South Sydney Herald of February 2008. Read More…
Trevor Davies in Have You Heard – The fast News in the South Sydney Herald of February 2008 has reported on a number of Redfern Waterloo items. Read More…
Michelle Collocott’s residential studio is located at 314 Abercrombie Street, Darlington. An artist of some renown, nationally and internationally, her work (spanning 50 years) incorporates painting, photography, collage, and, of late, horticulture, to express intimate concern for urban and rural en Read More…
City of Sydney Public Housing Liaison Officer, Dominic Grenot, is developing a public housing plan reports Samantha Van in the South Sydney Herald of February 2008. Read More…
Simon Williams is a Redfern resident and business development officer for TAFE NSW. His job, he says, entails working hard to raise funds for an under-resourced and important educational organisation. Because he works hard he also needs to rest and have fun. Simon’s idea of fun is yachting. This sum Read More…
Demolition work has begun on the disused Waterloo incinerator at Zetland, Green Square – a building that has been at the heart of over 30 years of public planning controversy. The demolition, which is expected to take up to six months, brings to an end debates over how the controversial site could b Read More…
On Friday January 11, around 50 Rosebery residents gathered outside the office of State Labor Member for Heffron, Kristina Keneally. The MP was presented with a petition of over 800 signatures in protest over the proposed Hillsong mega-church to be built on the old RTA site on Rothschild Avenue repo Read More…
Erskineville Stories is a film made by local artist, Annie Kennedy. It tells the stories of 10 residents who have lived in Erskineville since the 1920s reports the South Sydney Herald of February 2008. Read More…