Redfern tour – 06.10.2005
THE Aboriginal Housing Company wants to put decades of violence and drug abuse behind it and turn The Block at Redfern into Sydney’s next tourist destination reports Gemma Jones in the Daily Telegraph.
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
TIME TO MOVE ON” – NO JUSTICE FOR TJ – 7 October 2005
This media release contains an account of a meeting on 28 September 2005 between the Indigenous Social Justice Association Inc and Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Milton Oskopoulos’ Chief of Staff Nathan Rees & Warwick Neilley of the Premier’s Office to talk about the possibility of reopening the C Read More…
History – Built on dreams and flimsy foundations – 7 October 2005
Aborigines want The Block in Redfern to be a tourist attraction. Its past is traced by BOB CHISHOLM in the The Daily Telegraph. Read More…
ATP Newsletter Special Edition – September 2005
This is a PDF copy of the ATP special Edition Newsletter on 05 October 2005 (which covered some of the same announcements as the RWA Update of similar date). PDF 1.2MB. Download »
RWA Organisational Structure
This was the content of the initial Organisational Structure Page in the About Us section of the RWA Website on 7 October 2005 Download »
Redfern-Waterloo UPDATE September 2005 PDF
Download the PDF file for this RWA Update here. File is 174 Kb. Download »
We’ll allow more Block houses: Debnam – 06.10.2005
In his first main policy announcement as NSW Opposition Leader, Peter Debnam has guaranteed a plan to build 62 homes for Aborigines at the Block as part of the redevelopment of Redfern and Waterloo under a Coalition government.
The contempt for disrespect – 01.10.2005
ROGER COOMBS in Saturday Interview in the The Daily Telegraph 1st October 2005 reports on Mick Mundine CEO of the Aboriginal Housing Company. Read More…
An open letter from Mr Michael Mundine to all of Redfern Waterloo calling for a boycott of Minister Frank Sartor and the RWA – 4th October 2005
By now most people in Redfem and Waterloo have heard about Minister Frank Sartor’s racial slur towards me, last week on Koori radio. However, many of you may not have read the full quote. The Minister was speaking about an open reply letter I wrote to him, published in a local newspaper, when he sai Read More…
Vanstone urges RWA and Aboriginal Housing Company to start talking – 4th October 2005
Joseph Correy reports in the The South Sydney Herald October 2005 page 1 that Federal Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Amanda Vanstone, has weighed into the debate about the future of The Block. Read More…