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
This is the Redfern Waterloo Authority Annual Report for 2008 – 2009 issued in January 2010. REDWatch has also extracted text from this Anual Report and made this available as a text document similar to the text version originally produced by the RWA in 2006 and 2007. Download: RWA_ARep09_WEB.pdf »
This is a PDF version of the February 2010 RWA Update issued on 23 February 2010. The File is 794KB PDF. Download: 2010_feb_newsletter.pdf »
My name is Louise. I’ve lived in Sydney for over 30 years but have never set foot in most of its 600 plus suburbs. Now I’m on a mission to explore and photograph one new Sydney suburb a week for a year in search of the beauty in the ‘burb. Care to join me? [Eveligh & Redfern have already been… Read More…
Negotiations between the NRL and banks to secure a loan to build new headquarters have stalled because of the code’s 10-year history of near-zero cash balances. Reports Roy Masters in the Sydney Morning Herald of 20 March 2010. [One of the possible locations according to the article is the Australia Read More…
Platform 3 Hip Hop Festival at CarriageWorks was the biggest yet, with a weekend of popping, locking, jamming and graff art, beat boxing and scratching reports Sydney Central 0n 24 March 2010. Read More…
CHARLES ”CHICKA” DIXON, one of the most prominent Aboriginal activists of the 1960s and 1970s, has died after a long battle with asbestosis, aged 81 reports Joel Gibson in the Sydney Morning Herald of 23 March 2010.
THE case of the state’s first genderless citizen has forced the equivalent of a bureaucratic sex change on the government reports Joel Gibson in the Sydney Morning Herald of 19 March 2010. [Norrie lives in Redfern]. Read More…
Governments are failing the estimated 50% of early school leavers who can’t find a job, and forcing charities to pick up the slack according to Rev. Bill Crews, Executive Chairman of The Exodus Foundation reports Christian Today on 17 March 2010. Read More…
Heffron Woman of the Year Millie Ingram claims she will keep fighting until women’s issues are properly addressed reports Leesa Smith in Southern Courier of 16 March 2010. Read More…
RWA Update – 8 March 2010 – NEWS: Redfern: A Centre for Excellence / Premier highlights changing face of Redfern Waterloo / Human Services boost at the RWA / RWA CEO attends REDWatch meeting / Parking consultant engaged for Alexandria / Heritage update / RWA helps Babana find new home / New services Read More…