About Redfern Eveleigh Darlington and Waterloo

This section aims to assist people locate information about the Redfern-Waterloo area.

Sydney Magazine published this article on 31 August 2012. It contains many cameos of the area showing some of the area complexities. We have rearranged the page order slightly to improve on line readability. The photos are at the rear of the article. An OCR text version can be found at www.redwatch.org.au/media/120831smhsm - This file is a large 5.3MB.

The suburbs of Redfern Eveleigh Darlington Waterloo (REDW) and the land covered by Alexandria Park School define the area covered by the Redfern Waterloo Authority. The suburbs covered include some of Sydney’s most disadvantaged areas as well as some areas far from disadvantage. To get a picture of the whole area is difficult as the REDW area is a NSW Government construct which does not directly correspond to Local Government and Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) areas. Below we provide some links to suburb and regional profiles which will enable you to gain an understanding of the REDW area.