The meddling priest and the Redfern prophet
The following is an extract from Frank Brennan Frank Brennan’s homily at the mass preceding the launch of Edmund Campion’s Ted Kennedy, Priest of Redfern on July 16, 2009 Read More…
Black heart of Redfern doesn’t miss a beat
SYDNEY’S black urban heart has been in Redfern much longer than people think writes Debra Jopson in the Sydney Morning Herald of 10 July 2009. Read More…
Rein launches book on Stolen Generations
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s wife Therese Rein has visited The Block at the inner Sydney suburb of Redfern to launch a book about the Stolen Generations reported ABC news on 16 June 2009. Read More…
The Block declared alcohol-free
The City of Sydney Council has declared The Block an alcohol-free zone after a request from Indigenous locals reports ABC news on 7 July 2009. Read More…
2 Live 2 Deadly
From humble beginnings operating out of a terrace house in Redfern twenty years ago, the Aboriginal voice on Sydney radio has struggled to seal its place on the city’s airwaves reports ABC’s Message Stick on 5 July 2009. Read More…
Off the Rails
There is a crowd spilling onto the streets, looking up at a man high above them on a window ledge. Bathed in spotlights, he stands ramrod straight with his back to the window. He shivers rhythmically. Is he a would-be suicide? Writes Edward Scheer in the Monthly in March 2007. Read More…
Pemulwuy ushers in new era for Aboriginal Housing Company
After a 10-year wait, the Redfern Aboriginal community has finally won control over the future development of the Block reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 8 July 2009. Read More…
$60m to overhaul The Block, Redfern
AN ambitious revival of The Block in Sydney has been unveiled but no one has offered to pay the bill of $60 million to fix what was a crime-ridden inner-city slum reports Vikki Campion and AAP in The Daily Telegraph of 3 July 2009. Read More…
Green light for The Block development
There is a joke around Redfern that if the long-awaited redevelopment of The Block ever goes ahead, a statue of former planning minister Frank Sartor should take pride of place reports Elicia Murray Urban Affairs Reporter of the Sydney Morning Herald on 3 July 2009. Read More…
Artist finds haven in chaotic city life
While the Redfern-Waterloo public housing estate has a troubled reputation, one local has found artistic inspiration in a small spot in the frantic inner city suburb reports Angus Thompson on 2 July 2009. Read More…