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Redfern School site for ILC National Indigenous Development Centre
At a media conference at the former Redfern Public School the NSW and Federal governments announced that the ILC would proceed to purchase the site from the NSW Department of Education. The details of the media kit and that display boards at the media conference are available here.
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ILC 1 - Birds Eye View from West - 11 July 2006
- This is the first of three displays at the ILC Media Conference. This 338 KB PDF file of the current ILC plans as a Birds Eye View from West. The final plans are still being developed.
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ILC 2 - Courtyard View - 11 July 2006
- This is the second of three displays at the ILC Media Conference. This 2.4 MB PDF file shows the current ILC plans for the courtyard. The final plans are still being developed.
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ILC 3 - Plan of Redfern School Site Proposal - 11 July 2006
- This is the third of three displays at the ILC Media Conference. This 150 KB PDF file is a photo of the current ILC plans for the former Redfern School Site. This display panel has not been put up on the ILC site probably due to its reference to the PCYC who has not agreed to move into the new complex. The text on the display is provided seperatly. The final plans are still being developed.
- ILC 4 - Text from ILC Redfern School Display - 11 July 2006
- This is the text from the second and third display boards setting out what the ILC is currently proposing for the Former Redfern School Site.
- Indigenous Youth Centre for Redfern - 11 July 2006
- This Media statement was issued by the NSW and Australian Governments on 11 July 2006 to announce that the ILC would proceed to purchase the former Redfern Public School site and establish a National Indigenous Development Centre.
- ILC Media Backgrounder - 11 July 2006
- Plans by the Indigenous Land Corporation to transform the Redfern Public School into the first National Centre for Indigenous development focussing on sporting, educational and social excellence for young people Australia-wide have received strong support.
- ILC Fact Sheet - NATIONAL ABORIGINAL SPORTS CORPORATION AUSTRALIA (NASCA)
- David Liddiard, ex rugby league star founded NASCA 10 years ago as a way to connect with young Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islanders in some of the most disadvantaged communities in Australia. NASCA's aim was to help young Indigenous people understand that they can have dreams – and achieve them.
- ILC Fact Sheet - LLOYD MCDERMOTT RUGBY DEVELOPMENT TEAM
- The Lloyd McDermott Rugby Development Team was established in 1991 as a way to introduce rugby union to Indigenous male and female youth across Australia.
- ILC Fact Sheet - MURAWINA CHILD CARE CENTRE
- Indigenous owned and managed Murawina Child Care Centre was established in 1973 and for many years operated from a small terrace property on "the Block". Murawina moved to the former Redfern Public School in 2003 under a long-term lease arrangement with the NSW Department of Education and Training.
- ILC Fact Sheet - EXODUS FOUNDATION TUTORIAL CENTRE
- The Exodus Foundation will operate a tutorial centre in newly built, specifically designed classrooms within the future National Indigenous Development Centre.
- Bill Crews - A NEW DEAL FOR REDFERN
- The groundbreaking education programme of Rev. Bill Crews' Exodus Foundation will be included in the new National Centre for Indigenous Development at Redfern — the plans for which will be announced today.
- ILC - National Indigenous Youth Development Centre Redfern
- The ILC has now created a web page on their site with details of the National Indigenous Youth Development Centre Redfern. The site contains PDF fact sheets on the services that will be using the new centre as well as PDF files of two of the three display boards at the unveiling of plans for the site on 11 July 2006.
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ILC NIDC Master Plan - March 1st 2007
- This is a copy of the updated Master Plan map that was on display at the ILC Open day at the former Redfern School site. The file is PDF 2.2MB.
- A National Indigenous Development Centre is planned for the Redfern Public School Site - 1st March 2007
- This is the copy of the leaflet distributed at the time of the ILC's Open House at the School to discuss the future National Indigenous Development Centre. The leaflet contains details of the expected timeline for the development and consultation.
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Aerial Photo montage of the NIDC from the West - 1st March 2007
- This photo montage was on display at the ILC Open day. File is 127 Kb Jpg.
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George Street looking South - 1st March 2007
- This photo montage was on display at the ILC Open day. File is 159 Kb Jpg.
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George Street looking North - 1st March 2007
- This photo montage was on display at the ILC Open day. File is 238 Kb Jpg.
- ILC - National Indigenous Development Centre - Open House Q & A's
- The following summary of the questions asked at the NIDC Open House and the responses was released on 22 march 2007. Please send through any questions or comments that you may have regarding this project to the consultants whose details are at the foot of this page.
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NIDC Plans on Public Exhibition
- This is a copy of the main NIDC proposal which was placed on Public exhibition on 17th May 2007 until 15 June 2007. PDF 2.2MB.
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NIDC Approval process and timeline
- This ILC table sets out the likely time frame for the approval process for the NIDC. (15Kb PDF)
- ILC Statement on National Indigenous Development Centre (NIDC) Approval
- The Indigenous Land Corporation (ILC) welcomes the approval by NSW Minister for Planning, Frank Sartor for a National Indigenous Development Centre (NIDC) on the site of the old Redfern Public School.
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National Indigenous Development Centre Response to Submissions
- In June 2007 the Department of Planning placed on public exhibition the Environmental Assessment documents for the proposed National Indigenous Development Centre (NIDC). The NIDC is to be constructed on the site of the old Redfern Public School on George Street. During the 30-day exhibition period the Department received various submissions from the local community and agencies. The Department summarised the submissions and identified the key issues raised. The Director General of Planning then issued a statement of requirements to the Indigenous Land Corporation (ILC), seeking a formal response to the issues raised in public submissions. The ILC submitted its response in August, and on October 8 the Minister for Planning approved the project. The attached documents proves the ILC's response to some of the issues raised. File is PDF 117KB.
- National Indigenous Development Centre Statement - 22 October 2007
- The following update was issued by the ILC on 22nd October 2007 concerning the NIDC development on the former Redfern School site.
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ILC Proposal for Old Black Theatre Site
- This photmontage shows what is planned for the former Black theatre Site in Redfern.
- NIDC Proposed Facility Operators and Tenants - 26th June 2008
- This is the text of an ILC Handout from the Open Day held on 26th June 2008. It provides details of who the ILC proposes to Operate and use the site. The major change from previous statements is the replacement of the PCYC by the the YMCA as the operator of the Community Sports and Recreation Centre and the dropping of Murawina Child Care Centre from the proposed tenants.
- ILC response to Community Concerns about the NIDC Development
- This is the text of a handout produced by the ILC for their Open Day at the the former Redfern Public School on 26th June 2008. The handout responds to a number of issues raised during the public exhibition of the concept plan for the proposed National Indigenous Development Centre and sets out the ILC's response.
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NIDC Proposed Operating and Reporting Structure
- This is a copy of the ILC's NIDC Proposed Operating and Reporting Structure as at June 2008. The diagram envisages a NIDC Board responsible to the ILC Board responsible for the NIDC Centre management. File is 15Kb PDF.
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ILC NIDC Master Plan - June 2008
- This is a copy of the updated Master Plan map that was on display at the ILC Open day at the former Redfern School site on 26th June 2008. The file is 946 KB PDF.
- National Indigenous Development Centre FAQs
- This sheet was displated on the wall at the ILC's NIDC Open House in june 2008. It addressed some of the common questions raised about the development.
- Feedback form the Indigenous Land Corporation’s open house, June 26 2008
- The indigenous Land Corporation held an open house at the Redfern site on June 26th 2008. At that event community input was invited and below is a report from the ILC on the community input from this open house.
- Community Contact Details for the National Indigenous Development Centre
- The ILC has released the following contact information for the NIDC during the building phase of the project.
- Cope Street Residents’ Meeting - July 22 2008 3:30 to 5:00pm
- The ILC met with local residents primarily from Cope Street to address a range of concerns on 22nd July 2008. The following minutes were produced and supplied by the ILC and we have included them on the website as they provide further information about the project and issues of concern. We have removed details of peoples addresses to help retain peoples privacy.
- Indigenous sports centre under way
- CONSTRUCTION has begun on Australia's first national academy for young indigenous athletes in Redfern, two years after it was announced reports Joel Gibson Indigenous Affairs Reporter in Sydney Morning Herald of August 19, 2008.
- $24 M FOR NEW INDIGENOUS YOUTH CENTRE IN REDFERN
- Work on a national centre for Indigenous youth is underway on the former Redfern Public School site following a $24 million funding boost from the Australian Government reports this media release from Jenny Macklin MP Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Frank Sartor MP Minister for Planning, Redfern Waterloo and the Arts of 18 August 2008.
- Accused manager at work
- A MAN accused of defrauding the NSW Fire Brigades of $1.5 million was, until Monday, a project manager on $43 million worth of Federal Government construction projects for Aborigines in Redfern reports Joel Gibson Indigenous affairs reporter in the Sydney Morning Herald of August 20, 2008.
- Groundbreaking Indigenous youth centre for Redfern
- Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin broke ground on a new multi-million dollar indigenous youth centre in Redfern on Monday morning reports Jennifer Bennett on the on line edition of Central on 19th August 2008.
- National Indigenous Development Centre Site Remediation Works - Asbestos
- Below is an update issued by the ILC on 27th August 2008 regarding the remediation works being undertaken for the National Indigenous Development Centre.
- Redfern residents kept in the dark over asbestos removal
- More asbestos has been unearthed after construction began on the old Redfern Public school in Cope Street. Residents are concerned for their health as contamination levels exceed what was originally reported reports Patrick Billings in City News of 5th October 2008.
- National Indigenous Development Centre Update - Feb 2009
- This update was produced by the ILC and Tyford Consulting in February 2009 for the National Indigenous Development Centre (NIDC) and the YMCA's role in the NIDC.
- RWA - ILC - YMCA Meeting Report - 17 February 2009
- [The statement below has been provided by the RWA to report on the progress of the Youth Services and the NIDC. The statement was issued as a clarification following the 4 March 09 Redfern Waterloo Issues Update article where Geoff and Lyn Turnbull, who produced the article on the ILC, were not aware that there had been a meeting with agencies over the NIDC and the role of the YMCA - REDWatch]
- Hill & Knowlton Named Marketing Agency of Record for National Indigenous Development Centre
- SYDNEY, March 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Hill & Knowlton Sydney (H&K) today was honoured to be named marketing agency of record for the National Indigenous Development Centre (NIDC). The NIDC, opening in Redfern later this year, will provide sporting, educational, arts/cultural and leadership development opportunities for thousands of Indigenous young people from across Australia reports Reuters on 11 march 2009.
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NIDC Youth Advisory Committee Nominations Now Open
- The YMCA is calling for applications from young persons between 12 and 18 years to infom the YMCA on youth issues at the National INdigenous Development Centre (NIDC) in Redfern. File is PDF 296 KB
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Youth Advisory Committee Guidelines
- These are the Guidelinbes produced in April 2009 for the Youth Advisory Committee to the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence (formally NIDC). File is PDF 280Kb.
