The new generation
REDFERN’s Binowee Bayles is representative of a new generation of local Aborigines: smart, articulate and possessed with a proud sense of Aboriginal identity writes Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 28 January 2009. Read More…
Change sweeps The Block
THE inauguration of Barack Obama as President of the United States might have seemed a world away for some of us, but for Redfern’s indigenous community, the winds of change were blowing close to home writes Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 28 January 2009. Read More…
Green light for rail yard high-rises
THE State Government is expected to release up to 10 hectares of land to the commercial and residential property market within months, having approved a plan to convert heritage buildings at Redfern’s North Eveleigh into high-rise towers reports Wendy Frew the Sydney Morning Herald’s Urban Affairs R Read More…
Redfern-Waterloo Community Safety Plan Evaluation 2008 – OCR Copy
This is the 2008 Process and outcome evaluation of May 2008 by Jenny Bargen of the Redfern Waterloo Community Safety Plan. The Plan was set up initially as part of the NSW Government’s Redfern Waterloo Partnership Project with Council as the lead agency. We have replaced the OCR version of the original file with a … Read more
Minister Approves North Eveleigh Concept Plan
The Minister for Planning and Redfern Waterloo, Kristina Keneally, today announced she has approved a concept plan for the redevelopment of the historic former Eveleigh Railway Yards site in Redfern reports this news release of 30th January 2009 from the Minister’s office.
Full house sign up for Redfern clash
SUMMER may be only half over, but rugby league has its first sell-out of 2009 with South Sydney’s return to Redfern against Wests Tigers to be played before a full house reports AAP in The Australian of January 26, 2009. Read More…
2 of US – Gordon Syron & Elaine Pelot Syron
Aboriginal artist, activist and art curator Gordon Syron, 67, first met his American documentary photographer wife, Elaine, 63, in 1982, after he was released from prison. They are the “keepers” of an extensive collection of indigenous art and artefacts, for which they are seeking a permanent home r Read More…
Americans celebrate Obama inauguration in Sydney
BRITTANY Spencer was a long way from home, but she wasn’t about to let a little thing like a 15-hour time difference stop her from witnessing the Obama inauguration reports Michelle Cazzulino in the Telegraph of January 21, 2009.
Service not Delivered – Letter
In this letter in the 21 January 2009 Central Ross Smith responds to an earlier Central article on Housing NSW “Sewer pipe fix delayed”. Read More…
Tickle the Ivories
YOU may have noticed the pianos that have appeared on city streets in the last fortnight. Fee! free to sit down and play reports Jennifer Bennett in Central of 21 January 2009. Read More…