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
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.
The letter below was sent on 24 May 2010 by REDWatch individually to local politicians urging “the state government and Sydney University enter into negotiations to overcome whatever non-financial obstacles exist to the sale of the North Eveleigh site to the University.” The letter was sent to Krist Read More…
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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UNTIL just a few months ago, year 6 Aboriginal student Aliesha Price was struggling to read. She tripped over tricky words and skipped whole chunks of text, making textbooks difficult to understand and lessons hard to follow. Since enrolling in the Exodus Foundation’s intensive literacy program in R Read More…
Struggling to remain relevant and profitable in the face of demographic changes and plummeting revenue, RSL clubs are looking to exploit their major asset: property reports Kelsey Munro Urban Affairs at the Sydney Morning Herald on 17 May 2010. Read More…
A man has been charged after nearly 50kg of the drug pseudoephedrine was allegedly discovered in washing powder cartons at an inner-Sydney property reports AAP in the Sydney Morning Herald of 16 May 2010. Read More…