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
SYDNEY’S suburbs – from the Sutherland Shire to the densely packed inner west to the north shore – would be carved up by a labyrinth of motorways that do little to reduce traffic congestion, under two plans being considered by the State Government writes Andrew West in the Sydney Morning Herald of 1 Read More…
REFORMS introduced after the royal commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody have not worked, the outgoing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Tom Calma, has said reports Malcolm Brown in the Sydney Morning Herald of 23 January 2010. Read More…
Prince William won over Aboriginal elders and children during a visit to the inner Sydney suburb of Redfern on Tuesday afternoon reported Dina Rosendorff on ABC on 19 January 2010. Read More…
A church in Sydney’s Redfern neighbourhood has become the battleground for a clash of traditions, following a row over a baptismal font and removal of chalk writings referring to an “Aboriginal Christ” reports Catholic News on 19 January 2010. Read More…
The fight, ostensibly, is over a baptismal font and some words in chalk on a wall, but the latest in a series of rows at St Vincent’s Catholic Church in Redfern shows the conflict runs much deeper reports Jacqueline Maley in the Sydney Morning Herald of 19 January 2010. Read More…
Whether meeting dignitaries, greeting admirers and celebrities or just chatting happily with children, Prince William is definitely his mother’s son. After flying in around noon (AEDT) on Tuesday for his first visit to Australia since he was a toddler, the prince spent the early afternoon visiting A Read More…
SEAN NICHOLLS AND LEESHA MCKENNY in the Sydney Morning Herald’s Diary of 19 & 21 January 2010 reported on Gordon Syron’s latest exhibition and his painting depicting Kristina Keneally. Read More…
Britain’s Prince William has “his mother’s heart” and his visit this week to Sydney’s most infamous Aboriginal neighbourhood could open up new ties with indigenous people, community leaders said reports Madeleine Coorey of AFP in the Sydney Morning Herald of 17 January 2010. Read More…
CELEBRITY TV chef, Jared Ingersoll, has narrowly escaped losing his driver’s licence after he found himself in hot water with a drink-driving charge before Christmas writes Larissa Cummings in The Daily Telegraph 13 January 2010. Read More…
The award winning Eveleigh Markets was pleased to have NSW Premier, The Hon Kristina Keneally announce the winners of the Christmas Banner competition at the Eveleigh Markets on Saturday 19 December, 2009 reports this Eveleigh Markets \ ATP media release on 11 January 2010. Read More…