Redfern, Eveleigh, Darlington, Waterloo Watch
Two men sit casually sharing a conversation, enjoying a clear summer night. A lighting display burns the word “Redfern” on the balcony above. A stranger driving past pulls over and sees it as a perfect Kodak moment to document “Redfern inhabitants”. She takes the photo and continues on. If she’d ret Read More…
Two years ago Gary Fishburn established an Indigenous baseball club in the Redfern area. He wanted to introduce mostly Indigenous as well as non-Indigenous children to the game of baseball. “I saw how the establishment of a baseball club in the inner city would encourage team spirit and build self c Read More…
This is the presentation made by Prof Peter Phibbs to a REDWatch Workshop on 13 March 2012 on Planning for Non Planners. The presentation is an abbreviated presentation of a 1 day course Peter provides at UWS. The presentation provides an overview of the planning system and how it operates. The presentation is here as … Read more
The Eveleigh Field Day Project Report was released in March 2012 with the Eveleigh Railway Workshops Interpretation Plan. The Report has been prepared for the RWA’s Redfern Waterloo Heritage Taskforce by 3D Projects in association with Artscape and Only Human who conducted a Field Day as a part of their preparation of the Eveleigh Railway … Read more
REDWatch has produced a document which compares the Draft Eveleigh Railway Workshops Interpretation Plan exhibited in April 2011 with the Final Report released in March 2012. No report setting out the issues raised in submissions was produced by the RWA / SMDA, nor was there anything that explained why some submission ideas were not accepted … Read more
Eveleigh Railway Workshops Interpretation Plan was released in March 2012 following Public Exhibition in April 2011. This is an Interpretation Plan and Implementation Strategy for the former Eveleigh Railway Workshops. The Plan has been prepared for the RWA’s Redfern Waterloo Heritage Taskforce by 3D Projects in association with Artscape and Only Human. The plan is … Read more
Redfern railway station needs an urgent upgrade to cater for the people with disabilities, a coalition of disability and community groups says writes Jacob Saulwick in the Sydney Morning Herald of 19 March 2012. Read More…
COMMUTERS, university officials, community groups and local politicians today demanded the State Government Install a lift at Redfern train station reported Matt Sun in mX on 19 March 2012. Read More…
Media Conference to Launch Lift Redfern will happen at Redfern Station – Rosehill St entrance at 8am, Monday 19 March. Speakers: Australian Disability Discrimination Commissioner Graeme Innes, City of Sydney Lord Mayor and Member for Sydney Clover Moore, Professor Stephen Garton, Acting Vice Chancel Read More…
The NSW government has reversed a decision by the former Labor government to allow residential towers up to 19-storeys on one of the largest industrial sites in Sydney’s inner west reports Matthew Moore in the Sydney Morning Herald of 15 March 2012.