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 New South Wales Department of Planning has given approval to Frasers Property Australia to commence building the main park and related infrastructure such as roads, footpaths and traffic lights reports this media release from Frasers Property.
Renowned Australian Chinese Chef Kylie Kwong will demonstrate some of her culinary delights to the public on Saturday 20th February at the Eveleigh Farmers’ Market, where she will cook up several dishes to celebrate Chinese New Year reports this media statement from Eveleigh Markets on 3 February 20 Read More…
A TWO-day Hip Hop Festival will be held at CarriageWorks in Eveleigh on March 19 and 20 this year.
Prior to this there will be three Saturdays of free hip hop dance classes on February 27, March 6 and 13, a graffiti and a street art tour of Sydney’s inner west with legendary graffiti artist, Mister Read More…
Once notorious for drink, drugs and violence, Australia’s largest urban Aboriginal community in the Sydney suburb of Redfern is today on the cusp of a momentous transformation. The story of how it got there involves a Catholic priest and a family of boxers who won’t take no for an answer. It’s a sto Read More…
Once notorious for drink, drugs and violence, Australia’s largest urban Aboriginal community in the Sydney suburb of Redfern is today on the cusp of a momentous transformation. The story of how it got there involves a Catholic priest and a family of boxers who won’t take no for an answer. It’s a sto Read More…
Whether republican or monarchist, most of us took some delight in seeing the Aboriginal kids of Redfern interacting so happily with Prince William a week before Australia Day said Frank Brennan’s Australia Day call for more tolerence reported on CathNews on 25 January 3010. Read More…
One man polishing his Australia Day gong this morning is Roy Wakelin-King. You may remember him from such government appointments as chief executive officer of the World Youth Day Co-ordination Authority reports The Diary in the Sydney Morning Herald of 26 January 2010. Read More…
THE nation’s oldest Aboriginal education institution cancelled its literacy, numeracy and business courses this week, turning away enrolled students because of federal funding cuts reports Debra Jopson in the Sydney Morning Herald of 22 January 2010. Read More…
The following media release was issued by Andrew Woodhouse, president, Australian Heritage Institute, an Australia-wide network of local heritage societies and Mr Gordon Syron, distinguished Indigenous Artist for an art exhibition by Gordon Syron at Chapel by the Sea, Bondi Beach until 4 February 20 Read More…
Opposed to the M5 East extension … Colin Lee, 78, remembers a time when you could swim in the Cooks River. A LIFE-LONG Tempe resident, Colin Lee, remembers when you could sink an onion bag into the Cooks River to catch prawns or dive off the banks into the water reports Ben Rushton in the Sydney M Read More…