Redfern, Eveleigh, Darlington, Waterloo Watch
Candles, cake and memories, mostly good and some bad, were on the menu when Waterloo-based organisation The Factory celebrated 30 years of community service reports Katrina Yu in Precinct South Sydney Edition Issue 4/2007 in November 2007. Read More…
“Back in the early 1900s, it was the rhythmic pounding of butchers tenderising lamb in their jiruns that could be heard while walking down Cooper Street in Redfern,” says Paul Convy from the Australian Lebanese Historic Society (ALHS), speaking on the inaugural Redfern Lebanese Legacy walk organised Read More…
There are surely few images more redolent of fading Imperial glory than the sight of idly decaying industrial machinery reports Shant Fabricatorian in Precinct Sydney Edition Issue 4/2007 in November 2007. Read More…
On Tuesday 20th November the Redfern Waterloo Chamber of Commerce met with Matt Brown the NSW Minister for Housing. The following Briefing Note was released following the meeting. The Briefing Note details some of the Chamber’s concerns about issues which need to be adressed by the Department in Redfern Waterloo. File is 32KB PDF. Download: … Read more
The Redfern Waterloo -Authority (RWA) and Rail Corp’s joint design plan for the development of Redfern station was completed in early September. The RWA had earlier informed residents that it would consult with them about the plan, which is expected to include commercial development around the stati Read More…
A street team that provide youth services in the Redfern and Waterloo areas between 2003 and 2005 failed partly because the model imposed on it by senior NSW government public servants was “flawed”, confused and needed more community consultation and involvement reports Precinct southside Issue 4/20 Read More…
The Combined Chippendale Community Groups have asked that their response to the Elton Consulting Social Context Report v1 which is posted on the Frasers Broadway website be also made available to the community. The CCCG letter contains some useful statistics about Chippendale Issues. 351 KB PDF. Download: CCCG Response 20071116.pdf »
The National Indigenous Development Centre has received approval from the Minister of Planning reports Redwater News of December 2007. Read More…
Local residents and community workers are proposing to hold an all day celebration entitled ‘Waterloo’s summer on the Green’ reports Redwater News of December 2007. Read More…
With the call for tenders to redevelop Rachel Foster Hospital, residents are seeing the loss of yet another public facility, this time to the private housing market reports Redwater News of December 2007. Read More…