Redfern and Waterloo safer
Redfern and Waterloo are becoming safer according to an evaluation of the area’s first Safety Plan recently released by the City of Sydney reports Emma Rugg in City News of 18 February 2009. Read More…
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
Untie your chi for free
City Council has started offering free tai chi classes at parks in several suburbs, eliciting mixed responses from local businesses. The classes, provided by not-for-profit organisation SHARE, aim to provide a cheap exercise option for senior city residents. They began in late January, taking place Read More…
Chippendale to become a “students’ playground”
Concerned by spiralling numbers of students at The University of Notre Dame (UND) in Chippendale, residents have used Freedom of Information (FOI) processes to access the university’s long-term development plans reports Emma Rugg in the City News of 19 February 2009. Read More…
Night of the Black Stars rocks the Block
The ‘House Full’ sign went up at the Bigtop tent on Black Friday night as Aboriginal Boxing, basketball and culture made a triumphant return to the Aboriginal heartland of Redfern with the first ‘Night of the Black Stars’ reports Michael Gormley in City News of 19 February 2009. Read More…
Eveleigh Market is bursting with Fresh Food and Artistic Flair
Sydney’s newest market destination is gearing up for a big weekend – with the 2009 season launch of the weekly Eveleigh Farmers’ Market and the monthly Sunday Eveleigh Artisans’ Market says this media release from Eveleigh markets of 12 February 2009. Read More…
Justice for TJ!
One hundred people marched through Redfern on February 14 to mark the fifth anniversary of the death of a young local Aboriginal man, TJ Hickey writes Aaron Benedek in Green Left Weekly of 15 February 2009. Read More…
Welcome to our land
Allen Madden believes knowing the past is the key to a better future for all Australians, writes TERRY SMYTH in The Sun Herald Extras of 15 February 2009. Read More…
Mundine spoils for a stronger apology
“THE MAN” is not known for pulling punches. And Anthony Mundine is not about to start on the eve of the first anniversary of Kevin Rudd’s apology to the stolen generation writes Leesha McKenny in the Sydney Morning Herald of 11 February 2009. Read More…
Souths return to Redfern Oval
RUSSELL Crowe remembers what the old Redfern Oval used to look like. But he specifically remembers its sound reports Andrew Webster on 9 February 2009 in the Daily Telegraph. Read More…
Notre Dame University Misleads Community Over Its Expansion
In their 7 Fenruary 2009 Chippendale News the Coalition Chippendale Community Groups report on Notre Dame University expansion plans and a key DA just ending exhibition. Read More…