Redfern, Eveleigh, Darlington, Waterloo Watch
Peta Fitzgerald Southside News Issue 3/2005 page 10 reports. An agreement between the Redfern-Waterloo Authority (RWA) and the main construction union has been reached in a bid to improve employment for Redfern’s indigenous community.
The support of Sydney’s Lord Mayor is vital for the success of the Redfern Waterloo redevelopment plan. But as DHEEPTHI NAMASIVAYAM finds out its not guaranteed. (Southside News issue 3/2005 page 10)
New South Wales Labor MP Frank Ernest Sartor, in his early years as a Sydney City councillor, described The Block in Redfern as: “the most difficult problem I have ever had to deal with”. Today, as a minister, he heads the Redfern Waterloo Authority. JOE CORREY profiles the man who now has extraordi Read More…
Pemulwuy was the Rainbow Warrior who in the late 1700s united Aboriginal clans to resist the British. This earned him the reputation as the most famous freedom fighter in Aboriginal history. Another battle is now brewing – this time between the NSW Government and the Aboriginal Housing Company (AHC) Read More…
On May 25, a map of Redfern Waterloo was published in the Government Gazette. It showed areas declared state significant within Redfern and Waterloo boundaries and included The Block – land privately owned by the Aboriginal Housing Company. Gazetting means planning and compulsory acquisition powers Read More…
In the early 1970s, many Aboriginal people living in Sydney were homeless and there was a serious overcrowding of what housing did exist. With no permanent housing they constantly faced eviction and racial discrimination in the private rent market. As a result of this lack of affordable housing, a g Read More…
Appendix 6 Minutes 186 Download »
Appendix 5 Recommendations of the Human Services Review, copied from the Review Report prepared by Morgan Disney & Associates 177 Download »
Appendix 3 NSW Police Aboriginal Coordination Team 175 / Appendix 4 Strategies for employment of Aboriginal police officers 176 Download »
Appendix 1 Submissions 166 Appendix 2 Witnesses 169 Download »