Redfern, Eveleigh, Darlington, Waterloo Watch
South Sydney Leagues has opened for trading in intimate café mode until the new Club is re-opened. Nestled near the Moreton Bay Figs and adjoining Redfern Oval is the wonderful Park Café on Chalmers reports in the South Sydney Herald of August 2009. Read More…
Ron Fox was surprised to be selected as our reader of the month. He is the sort of person whom, I suspect, would always be surprised to find himself the centre of attention reports Dorothy McRae-McMahon in the South Sydney Herald of August 2009. Read More…
Neighbourhood centres will reduce opening hours and cut services after missing out on a government-recommended funding increase in June’s State budget reports Doug Dingwall in the South Sydney Herald of August 2009. Read More…
NAIDOC stands for the National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee, but over the years it has become the name of a week reports Barrie McMahon in the South Sydney Herald of August 2009. Read More…
Alex McAlees, the Streetbeat Coordinator, and Heather Coull, Streetbeat Counsellor from South Sydney Youth Services, Redfern, were recently recognised for their work in supporting local teenagers with substance abuse problems at a state-wide forum for the Getting It Together Scheme. Community Servi Read More…
For about 30 years now I’ve been writing about other people – their jobs, their politics, their wins and losses, their births, their deaths and everything in between. Today I’m writing a little about me writes Denis Peters in the South Sydney Herald of August 2009. Read More…
Gordon Syron is known as the “father of urban Aboriginal art”. His gritty, narrative style is direct, bold. Common motifs in his vivid oils and water-colours include black fairies and “red coats”, waratahs, wildflowers and native birds. Syron eschews “dots and dashes” in favour of a certain realism Read More…
The Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association has been in George Street Redfern since the 1950s. In addition to its supported employment program it is now opening a creative initiative on Level 11, 1 Lawson Square, the building above the Redfern Police Station. This is especially impressive because it Read More…
As a non-painter, I went into the exhibition at the Washhouse Gallery (in June) deliberately at a time when there would be no crowd or ambience of furtive assessment. I took my time and was rewarded accordingly reports Peter Griffin in the South Sydney Herald of August 2009. Read More…
Eve Gibson spoke with Newtown artist Maggie Stein who is currently a co-stallholder at the Eveleigh Artisans’ Market in the South Sydney Herald of August 2009. Read More…