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 fresh-faced recruit of the Iemma Cabinet, Kristina Keneally, was happy to discover that she can see her electorate from her new Governor Macquarie Tower office reports Candice Chung in the South Sydney Herald of May 2007. Read More…
As we have been reporting, Redfern Community Employment Development Program faces the axe by July this year because the Federal Government is convinced that the CEDP is not an appropriate way of putting Aboriginal people into full-time employment reports Trevor Davies in the South Sydney Herald of M Read More…
As the rain poured so did the emotions of the hundreds of Aboriginal veterans and their descendants who took part in a landmark march and church service on Anzac Day in Redfern as they remembered the part played by the Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders in the wars of our nation reports C Read More…
The Aboriginal Housing Company’s Mick Mundine recently celebrated his 60th birthday in style in what could be a festive year for the Redfern figurehead reports Ben Falkenmire in the South Sydney Herald of May 2007. Read More…
On Monday 16th April 2007, all the remaining tenants in Kensington St, Chippendale, received a notice demanding vacant possession of the premises within sixty days – that is, by 25th June 2007 reports Trevor Davies in the Have you heard? column of the South Sydney Herald of May 2007. Read More…
An “enormous honour” was the way Aboriginal MP, Linda Burney, described the opportunity to open the new Survival Café on the corner of Redfern and Renwick Streets, Redfern reports Aletha Penrith in the South Sydney Herald of May 2007. Read More…
Jo Tracy has been described as an “eclectic” artist. Her latest collection provides some reasons for this. 15 digital prints on canvas signal interests in found objects, fractal geometry, surrealism and quantum physics. “Support Network” is Tracy’s 8th solo exhibition. It’s on this month at the Di C Read More…
FORGET $100 tickets – Sydney Opera House is throwing its doors open to everyone by charging just $5 a show reports Lisa Carpiet in The Daily Telegraph May 01, 2007. Read More…
THE State Government’s tallest public housing towers should be demolished and replaced by much shorter buildings, the City of Sydney council has recommended in a report looking at ways to bring more private home owners into Redfern and Waterloo reports Catharine Munro and Alexandra Smith in the Sydn Read More…
The New South Wales government has unveiled plans for the redevelopment of a public housing site at Redfern in central Sydney reports ABC news on April 27, 2007. Read More…