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 City of Sydney has four new Councillors: Meredith Burgmann, Irene Doutney, Di Tornai and Robert Kok. The SSH asked them each to share some of their initial impressions and priorities for the next four years of their office. We expect to hear from Councillor Robert Kok for our next issue reports Read More…
The history of Carlton United Breweries is one of mergers, acquisitions and continual growth, and the company is one of the success stories of corporate Australia reports Pam Dagwelin the South Sydney Herald of November 2008. Read More…
Notre Dame University is trying to expand, and Chippendale residents are not very happy reports Trevor Davies in the fast News in the South Sydney Herald of November 2008. Read More…
A community street party to celebrate Peter Norman Day was held on Thursday October 9, from 5 to 9pm, at Leamington Lane, near Macdonaldtown Station reports Elizabeth Koorey in the South Sydney Herald of November 2008. Read More…
Erskineville residents met again on Wednesday October 15 to plan the next phase in a 12-month-long fight to stop the development of a supermarket on the corner of Erskineville Road and Gowrie Street. City of Sydney Council refused the development on the grounds that it was too large. However, Harold Read More…
It all started with some cuttings and a green thumb. Now, a streetscape garden in Waterloo is giving millionaires’ rows in Surry Hills and Woollahra a run for their money reports Linda Daniele in the South Sydney Herald of November 2008. Read More…
Chippendale residents treated Sydney-siders to a rare delight this month when they transformed their streets into a community food fair reports Flint Duxfield in the South Sydney Herald of November 2008. Read More…
Working out of the Old Fitzroy Hotel in Woolloomooloo, theatre company Tamarama Rock Surfers is collaborating with Redfern locals, Luke Cowling and Melinda Dransfield of Unit 107. Their new production of Kiss Me Like You Mean It, written by Chris Chibnall of Doctor Who and Torchwood fame, is a play Read More…
In the late 1960s, Kathy, a young woman living and working in suburban Sydney, met a Polish medical student and fell in love. In My Two Husbands Kathy Golski, recollects her time with her first husband, Olek, which was tragically cut short, and how she found love again with another Polish man, Voy. Read More…
The Redfern-Waterloo Authority will be wound up by 2012, Planning Minster Kristina Keneally has announced reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 5 November 2008. Read More…