South Eveleigh Precinct

RWA Draft Built Environment Plan - South Eveleigh

This section contains the Land Use and Design Concepts for this RWA Strategic Site provided in the RWA Redfern Waterloo Built Environment Plan (Stage One) in August 2006 and the Draft of February 2006.

The Large Erecting Workshop

The South Eveleigh site is mainly occupied by the Large Erecting Workshop which has been the home of the 3801 and some other heritage railway equipment.

What Could Eveleigh Become?

Many people seem to have ideas about what could be done at the LES or elsewhere in Eveleigh. To help capture some of those ideas we have started this section of the website where we will post people's ideas of what they would like to see happen at Eveleigh.

Review of Tourism in NSW - Some Submissions concerning Eveleigh

Mr John O’Neill AO undertook a Review of Tourism in NSW on behalf of the NSW Government in mid 2007. Some submissions were made to this review were made which made reference to the importance of maintaining Eveleigh as part of the States Heritage rail infrastructure. We have been provided with some of these submissions and have posted them here.

The fate of Eveleigh: more of ‘Ugly Sydney’ or an enhancement of the greatest rail heritage site in the world?

This is the draft of an article being prepared for " The Australian Folklore Journal " that is published annually by the University of New England. The article has been made available by the authors Brian Dunnett (a retired Eveleigh worker) and Robert Haworth (from the Heritage Futures Research Centre, University of New England). The article provides a detailed suggestion of how some of the Eveleigh Heritage identified in the RWA Heritage map and some other items could be retained and made into a tourist attraction that tells the Eveleigh Story. The article is well worth a read to understand the important role Eveleigh played in Sydney and wider state and the rich potential for a heritage attraction on the site which also includes an ongoing active rail heritage use.

The Fate of Eveleigh: More of ‘Ugly Sydney’ or an Enhancement of the Greatest Rail Heritage Site in the World?

This is a copy of the Brian Dunnett and Robert J. Haworth article that was published in Australian Folklore 21, 2006 about the future of heritage at the old Eveleigh Railyards. The article looks at the sites identified as significant by the RWA and proposes how they could be used to strengthen the preservation of railway heritage. (700Kb PDF)

Rail, Tram & Bus Union Request Forum on Rail Tourism

This letter from the RTBU requests that as part of the NSW Government Review of Tourism in NSW that a forum on rail tourism be convened to explore the potential role that rail tourism and sites like those at Eveleigh can play in NSW Tourism. File is 156 Kb PDF.