Local author wins ASA mentorship
Redfern author Elena Knox has won a prestigious mentorship as part of the Australian Society of Authors (ASA) Mentorship program for 2007-08 reports the December 2007 edition of the South Sydney Herald. Read More…
2004-2012 Statements
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 Bard brings new hope to Northcott
Following the successful Sticky Bricks art project in 2006, and then the loss of creative directors Big Hart and Community Development Officer Dominic Grenot, as well as highly valued Crime Prevention Officer Brett Degenhardt – all in the space of a few weeks – the tenants at Northcott Estate experi Read More…
Locals oppose supermarket in Erskineville
A development application has been lodged with the City of Sydney for a two-storey 2138 sqm supermarket on Erskineville Road. The Village Friends are calling for open transparent consultation on the impact of the development reports Ellice Mol in the December 2007 edition of the South Sydney Herald. Read More…
New Slavonic Festival – “A celebration of good life in Australia”
Move aside Newtown, Surry Hills and Leichhardt! Next year will be Sydney’s inaugural Slavonic Festival. A celebration of all things Slavonic, from cabbage rolls, Polish sausage and Czech beer to dance, music and art reports Susannah Palk in the December 2007 edition of the South Sydney Herald. Read More…
Tea-lights, sweets and frangipanis for Hindu festival
Tea-light candles and frangipani flowers decorated the entrance to Redfern Community Centre on November 9 when about 100 people attended a celebration of the Festival of Lights – Deepavali reports the December 2007 edition of the South Sydney Herald. Read More…
Redfern rapper’s life honoured
A funeral service for 25-year-old musician and producer Nathan Bridger was held at St Saviour’s Church in Redfern on Friday November 23. Mr Bridger passed away earlier in the week after suffering burns in a fire that engulfed the top floors of the former London Tavern on Regent Street reports Andrew Read More…
Down and out in Newtown
If you happen to be strolling down King Street on a Monday and you spy a barbecue outside the Newtown Neighbourhood Centre, then pop over and grab a sausage sanger for a small donation reports Nicholas McCallum in the December 2007 edition of the South Sydney Herald. Read More…
Waterloo Storm warning: “We’ll be back again next year!”
Rowena Welsh-Jarrett has played football – rugby union and rugby league – since she was nine years old reports Andrew Collis in the December 2007 edition of the South Sydney Herald. Read More…
Seeking the real Mundine
A STEALTH-BLACK Hummer H2 rolls past the abandoned lots on Vine Street, in Redfern. The driver’s window rolls down, and Anthony Mundine sticks out his right hand. Kids swarm the still-moving car to touch it reports Chico Harlan in The Daily Telegraph of December 05, 2007. Read More…
Lyall kicks on after Idol act
Lyall Adonis’s turn as one of Australian Idol’s top 24 this year put the singer/song- writer in the public view and gave his music a brief window of exposure writes Flip Byrnes on the Southern Courier of 4th December 2007. Read More…