Redfern, Eveleigh, Darlington, Waterloo Watch
Erskineville residents have said they feared a chain of Woolworths supermarkets would surround them after a 2300-square-metre store was approved for Fountain St, Alexandria, which they claimed was destined to be a Woolworths reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 27th August 2008. Read More…
Professor Richmond Jeremy says the University of Sydney’s master plan for North Eveleigh would see student accommodation rise from 2000 to 5000 beds reports Alex McDonald in City News of 24th August 2008. Read More…
This is the feedback form from the Sydney University’s Draft 2020 Masterplan exhibition for residents on 23rd August 2008. The University is looking for feedback about the relationship between the University and the communities that surround it as well as for feedback on the 2020 Masterplan and how its impact on the surrounding communities might … Read more
This is a copy of the fact sheet handed out at Sydney University’s Campus 2020 Consultation about the University’s Draft 2020 Masterplan on which they are seeking community feedback on the Feedback form by 30 September 2008. There will also be a feedback option on the USyd website on 2020 when it goes live in … Read more
A blacksmith threatened with eviction from the Australian Technology Park at Eveleigh will be allowed to stay. Guido Gouverneur has used a workshop rent-free for 18 years, but the Redfern-Waterloo Authority told him last month that he must start paying rent. Heritage campaigners said he should be ab Read More…
Peter Holmes a Court may have stood down as the Rabbitohs’ executive chairman in a blaze of negative press, and faced a humiliating defeat this week on plans to rid Souths Leagues Club of its pokies, but that hasn’t stopped the silvertail dilettante from moving just a hop away from his beloved Bunni Read More…
When it comes to public parks, Lindsay Charles reckons Chippendale would get the wooden spoon reports Patrick Billings in City news on 17th August 2008. Read More…
A World War Two anti-aircraft gun is here to stay, despite some community opposition, as Redfern Park’s upgrade nears completion reports Dheepthi Namasivayam in City news of 16th August 2008. Read More…
The home of Redfern artist Gordon Syron, 66, and his wife Elaine, 63, is to be sold as part of the proposed North Eveleigh development. Now their archive of indigenous art and photography spanning three decades desperately needs a home Daniel Bishton in City news on 15th August 2008. Read More…
Trevor Davies has been an integral member of the South Sydney community for the past thirty years. He’s been secretary of the Darlington branch of the ALP since the early ’80s, and, at 52, has decided to run for City of Sydney on the ALP ticket reports Nick Lupi in City news on 17th August 2008. Read More…