Redfern, Eveleigh, Darlington, Waterloo Watch
On Thursday 10th August, more than 400 people attended a candle light vigil in Redfern in support of the Aboriginal Housing Company’s (AHC) Pemulwuy Project – a redevelopment plan for the historic Indigenous precinct in Sydney known as The Block, reports Ben Falkenmire in the South Sydney Herald Sep Read More…
Like many an Australian story, the future of the beloved steam train 3801 is all about money, real estate, bureaucratic intransigence and political manoeuvering reports John Stapleton in the South Sydney Herald of September 2006. Read More…
The Redfern Waterloo Authority (RWA) released the final Draft Built Environment Plan (BEP) for the area’ on 30th August, completing stage one of the NSW Government’s Redfern Waterloo Plan, which includes the Human Services Plan and the Employment and Enterprise Plan reports Ben Falkenmire in the Sou Read More…
Report by Catherine Burn Commander Redfern Local Area Command in Comment & Opinion in the South Sydney Herald of September 2006. Read More…
The latest chapter in South Sydney’s efforts to preserve its urban open spaces concerns the battle for Marian Street Park. Once again, a familiar refrain has been heard from those who would like to interfere with urban parkland. That’s when they say, “it’s underutilised’: Reports by Anna Christie t Read More…
The dissonance between the outsiders’ view of Redfern r deprived and disadvantaged, a hotbed of violence and crime – and the reality experienced by those who live here was highlighted in the annual Margaret Barry Memorial Lecture, given this year by historian Sue Rosen at Redfern Town Hall on August Read More…
The South Sydney Herald’s Samantha Van reports that the City of Sydney Councillor Chris Harris suspects that the Carlton and United Brewery site owners and Planning Minister Frank Sartor “are preparing the way to announce increased density on the CUB site and are simply going through the motions to Read More…
South Sydney Herald editor Trevor ‘The Paperboy’ Davies has gained three kilograms in the past month despite taking part in an intensive fitness program at Mundine’s Gym in Redfern reports Joseph Conn in the South Sydney Herald of September 2006. Read More…
Obituary by Barrie McMahon from the South Sydney Herald of September 2006 Read More…
This week Kristina Keneally announced that Alexandra Park Community School is one of the latest schools to join the Schools in Partnership (SiP) initiative. [Extract from Kristina Keneally’s Heffron E-Herald No 25 of 8th September 2006]. Read More…