PERFORMANCE ROCKS THE BLOCK
MORE than 1000 people are expected to visit the Block, Redfern, to experience multi-art, site specific performance work over the next three nights writes Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 28th May 2008. Read More…
STOLEN GENERATION SEEK STOLEN WAGES
PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd’s apology to indigenous Australians failed to address financial compensation and wages taken from aboriginal minors employed as domestic servants, according to members of the stolen generations writes Robert Burton-Bradley in the central of 28th May 2008. Read More…
Souths coach berates Crowe
THE Souths coach, Jason Taylor, was swearing and shaking his head. The Hollywood actor Russell Crowe listened, stony-faced and chain-smoking Jessica Halloran and Sunanda Creagh in the Sydney Morning Herald of May 27, 2008. Read More…
Rabbitohs and Souths Cares Provide Answers on Souths Cares Funding
The South Sydney Rabbitohs and Souths Cares have responded to unsubstantiated reports today in this media release of 27 May 2008 that the charitable arm of the Club has not accounted for $2 million of Federal Government funding. Read More…
Souths drop $300,000 ahead of no-pokies poll
SOUTH Sydney will persist with plans for a poker machine-free licensed club, despite the collapse of an agreement with the football club that would have seen co-owners Peter Holmes a Court and Russell Crowe contribute $300,000 annually to create a no-gaming environment writes Roy Masters in the Sydn Read More…
Power pair Russell Crowe and Robert Holmes a Court pumped $5m into Rabbitohs
SAVING the South Sydney Rabbitohs has cost Peter Holmes a Court and Russell Crowe $5 million, with Crowe putting $1million of his own money into the club on the day Mr Holmes a Court relinquished control of the board reports Brent Read and Anthony Klan in the Australian of May 28, 2008. Read More…
Walkabout #6: The Block, Redfern (2010)
Urban slum, Aboriginal icon or real-estate goldmine? Depending on the beholder, The Block signifies many different things and inspires both fear and affection in Sydneysiders. Barely 8,000 square metres in size, it’s cordoned off from the rest of Redfern by four streets – Eveleigh, Caroline, Hugo an Read More…
Mick Mundine – On the streets of Redfern, there’s a new day rising
Years ago the Gadigal – Sydney’s Aboriginal people – travelled in a circle. They’d spend six months at a waterhole, eat, drink, fish, hunt and dance. When water got low or food got scarce, they’d move onto the next waterhole. A few seasons later they’d come back to find the waterhole was full and al Read More…
Aboriginal man ‘stabbed to death’ at The Block
A MASSIVE police presence, including Public Order and Riot Squad have arrived at The Block, after the overnight stabbing murder of a 23-year-old Aboriginal man in the Redfern’s notorious Everleigh Street last night reports Lauren Wiliams The Daily Telegraph May 22, 2008. Read More…
Hip to be square
Gathering Ground celebrates the children and community of the Block. Stephen Dunne reports in the Sydney Morning Herald of May 23, 2008. Read More…