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Media Articles on Redfern Waterloo
This is a selection of major news items about Redfern Waterloo from various media outlets.
The AHC also has a good selection of the stories about the Block in their media news section at http://www.ahc.org.au.
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- Frasers Property Australia announces joint venture at Central Park
- Sekisui House Australia Holdings Pty Limited and Frasers Property Australia enter into joint venture agreements to jointly develop $2billion Central Park development reports this media release from the parties on 7 July 2011.
- Loved leader defended dispossessed
- Sister Marnie Kennedy was a nun and an educator, counsellor, activist, spiritual leader and defender of the rights of the dispossessed and marginalised. She was greatly valued and dearly loved for her warmth, grace, wisdom, generosity of spirit and capacity for love reports this obituary in the Sydney Morning Herald of 1 July 2011.
- NCIE wins Urban Design Award
- The National Centre of Indigenous Excellence at inner city Redfern by Tonkin Zulaikha Greer was awarded the top honour for recent urban design projects, the Lloyd Rees Award for Urban Design, as well as a commendation for public architecture.
- Yaama Dhiyaan in Slow Food
- They’re preparing kangaroo pies in the sunny kitchen at Yaama Dhiyaan Hospitality Training College when I first visit Aunty Beryl Van Oploo. It’s a warm November day and spring is in full swing in Sydney, Australia. Outside in the street, the jacaranda trees are flaunting their opulent lilac blossoms and raucous cockatoos screech overhead. Aunty Beryl’s training college for young Indigenous women and men is situated in a luminous, glass-walled industrial building beside the recently converted train carriage works in the Redfern sector of the city. Next to it is the warehouse that now hosts the weekly Eveleigh farmer’s market, one of Sydney’s most vibrant community markets. The carriage works have been turned into an arts centre, with a stylish café and theatre reports Slow Food.
- Obituary for Trevor Davies 1956-2011 - South Sydney Herald
- This obituary for Trevor Davies May 25 1956 - June 14 2011 was written by Susan Leith-Miller (Trevor’s sister) and Dorothy McRae-McMahon. It was based on addresses from the funeral and published in the South Sydney Herald of July 2011 and reproduced in Insights the journal of the Uniting Church in NSW.
- Residents fear uni plan will gobble up suburb
- RESIDENTS of Darlington are feeling squeezed as the University of Sydney plans to build a massive school and student accommodation on Abercrombie Street reports Josephine Tovey in the Sydney Morning Herald of June 25 2011.
- RWA Clarification on RWIU of 22 June 2011
- Following Geoff and Lyn Turnbull's Redfern Waterloo Issues Update of 22 June 2011, the RWA provided the following clarifications regarding North Eveleigh, BEP2 Consultation Process and the Redfern Waterloo Transport Study.
- Penny Sharpe - Parliamentary Tribute to Trevor Davies
- On 23 June 2011 following the funeral the Member for the Legislative Assembly Penny Sharpe made the following parliamentary tribute to Trevor Davies.
- Geoffrey Turnbull Funeral Tribute to Trevor's Activism
- At the Funeral of Trevor Davies on 23 June 2011 Geoffrey Turnbull gave the following address regarding Trevor's Activism.
- Andrew Collis Funeral Homily for Trevor Davies
- This is the text of the Homily given by South Sydney Parish Minister Andrew Collis at the funeral for Trevor Davies on 23 June 2011.
- Big Day for Pizza Deliveries
- Rebelling against the seasonally inappropriate snowmen and reindeers that festoon Australian houses at Christmas, Norrie May-Welby opted for a simple, but meaningful, decoration. The word ‘‘love’’ has lit up this Redfern street for years, and not just at Christmas. It inspired fellow residents of Caroline Street to hang lights outside their houses reports the Sydney Morning Herald of 23 June 2011.
- Template for Letter to Dept of Education re Darlington School Impact
- The following Draft has been supplied by RAIDD and parents from Darlington School with the suggestion that parents and friends of the school should send such letters to the Department of Education to encourage action by the Department of Education regarding the redevelopment.
- Darlington School & Community Objection to USyd Development
- The letter below has been circulated to the community and parents by Nick Vanos Darlington School & Community President on behalf of the Darlington S&C encouraging parents and community members to make a submission to the Department of Planning and Infrastructure.
- RWA Email Update - 20 June 2011
- In this Update: NEWS: Minister tours Redfern / Redfern Fire Station mural unveiled / New Redfern home for community groups / Redfern makes its mark online / ATP joins Biggest Morning Tea / Nathan Merritt reaches his 150th game / Bike fever hits Redfern-Waterloo / In memory of Trevor Davies / DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS : Art Bar at 70 Regent Street, Redfern / Redfern RSL Club Fit Out / Youth Hostel at 90 Regent Street, Redfern / WHAT’S ON: 3-10 July NAIDOC Week / 1 July - Storytime / 4 July - Flag Raising Ceremony / 5 July - Elders Luncheon / 8 July – Family and Sports Day / 9 July - Bush Tucker Talk / Black History month / Eveleigh Farmers’ Market – every Saturday 8am to 1pm / Eveleigh Artisans’ Market – first Sunday of the month, 10am to 3pm / Alexandria Community Garden – 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month
- Carmel Tebbutt - Parliamentry Tribute to Trevor Davies
- On 21 June 2011 the Member for Marrickville Carmel Tebbutt made the following tribute to Trevor Davies.
- June 2011 - RWA Redfern Waterloo Update - Text Version
- In this Update: Capturing Redfern with a smile / A message from our CEO / Over 850 jobs and counting / RWA welcomes new Minister / Draft BEP 2 update / The Big Issue moves to Redfern / New art space / Art is a load of rubbish / Underbelly comes to Redfern / New Director for CarriageWorks / Education pioneer wins award / New chef at Yaama Dhiyaan / Commitment to the community / RWA Board Member honoured / Connecting local families / Farm cooperative offers the tastes of the world / Local kids learn top tips about health / A Night Off the Grog Forum / Domestic and family violence forum / NASCA Gala Day / Contact Sydney Metropolitan Development Authority
- Tanya Plibersek Parilamentary Tribute to Trevor Davies
- The statement below was made by the Federal MP for Sydney Tanya Plibersek in the Parliament of Australia House of Representatives on 16 June 2011 about Trevor Davies following his death on 14th June 2011.
- Tanya Plibersek on Trevor Davies
- The statement below was made by the Federal MP for Sydney Tanya Plibersek in the Parliament of Australia House of Representatives on 16 June 2011 about Trevor Davies following his death on 14th June 2011.
- Redfern mourns the death of community activist Trevor Davies
- The Redfern community is mourning the death of REDwatch founding member Trevor Davies following his death on Tuesday. Mr Davies will be remembered for founding and editing the South Sydney Herald and for his community activism and commitment to social justice writes Tara Blancato in the City News of 16 June 2011.
- Redfern mourns the death of community activist Trevor Davies
- The Redfern community is mourning the death of REDwatch founding member Trevor Davies following his death on Tuesday. Mr Davies will be remembered for founding and editing the South Sydney Herald and for his community activism and commitment to social justice writes Tara Blancato in the City News of 16 June 2011.
