The RWA’s Plan for North Eveleigh

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The future shape of north Eveleigh is currently being determined by the Department of Planning. Following consideration of exhibition submissions the RWA has produced a Preferred Project Plan for the Department to assess. Here you can find out more about the issues at North Eveleigh. http://www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/statesignificant/northeveleigh/nemp

RWA Heritage Interpretation Strategy

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This is the sum total of the RWA Heritage interpretation Strategy for the Former Eveleigh Railyards as at October 2008. While the HIS was prepared as part of the North Eveleigh preferred Project Proposal it indicates the RWA is considering a wider heritage strategy across the site. The Eveleigh Heritage Meeting of 28 October 2008 … Read more

Letter From Smithsonian Institutie on Importance of Eveleigh – 1988

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Dear Kristina Keneally, Re: The blacksmithing workshop at Eveleigh. Thank- you for you letter 27 August in reply to my correspondence. You may have heard that following a media campaign, along with the support of the community, and ex-Eveleigh workers, we still have tenure.  Whilst we want to put the stress and disruption of the … Read more

The Large Erecting Shop

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Under the RWA proposed zoning the Large Erecting Shop could be replaced by an up to 12 storey building and the ongoing heritage rail tours, maintenance and training could have been lost. There has been a long campaign to save the this operational heritage and RailCorps decision to retain the building for heritage rail use … Read more

ATP Blacksmith

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As has been shown by the attendance at the Open Day to save the Operational Heritage Blacksmith in the Australian Technology Park, there is substantial interest in this site which preserves former Eveleigh rail yard equipment and operational skills. Having fought to preserve an operating Blacksmith the challenge is to turn this area into an … Read more

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