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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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- Minister Approves North Eveleigh Concept Plan
- The Minister for Planning and Redfern Waterloo, Kristina Keneally, today announced she has approved a concept plan for the redevelopment of the historic former Eveleigh Railway Yards site in Redfern reports this news release of 30th January 2009 from the Minister's office.
- PUSH FOR HERITAGE GROUP
- In this letter of 28th January 2009 REDWatch Spokesperson Geoff Turnbull responds to Central’s "Grand plans for Eveleigh" (Central, January 14) about Eveleigh Heritage.
- Government extends deadline for wages
- Aboriginal people have been given more time to claim some $68 million of “stolen wages” held by the State Government writes Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 28 January 2009.
- The new generation
- REDFERN’s Binowee Bayles is representative of a new generation of local Aborigines: smart, articulate and possessed with a proud sense of Aboriginal identity writes Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 28 January 2009.
- Change sweeps The Block
- THE inauguration of Barack Obama as President of the United States might have seemed a world away for some of us, but for Redfern’s indigenous community, the winds of change were blowing close to home writes Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 28 January 2009.
- Full house sign up for Redfern clash
- SUMMER may be only half over, but rugby league has its first sell-out of 2009 with South Sydney's return to Redfern against Wests Tigers to be played before a full house reports AAP in The Australian of January 26, 2009.
- 2 of US - Gordon Syron & Elaine Pelot Syron
- Aboriginal artist, activist and art curator Gordon Syron, 67, first met his American documentary photographer wife, Elaine, 63, in 1982, after he was released from prison. They are the "keepers" of an extensive collection of indigenous art and artefacts, for which they are seeking a permanent home reports this interview by Beth Jessup in the SMH Good Weekend section the 2 of US of January 24 2009.
- YABUN 2009 - 26 Jan - Celebrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures
- With a dynamic program that brings politics, art and craft, literature, music and lots of activities for kids together, Yabun is shaping up to be bigger and better in 2009. Back at Victoria Park for the third year, Yabun has grown into the space and promises to deliver a dynamic and exciting day for all the family reports this media release from Gadigal Information Service.
- Americans celebrate Obama inauguration in Sydney
- BRITTANY Spencer was a long way from home, but she wasn't about to let a little thing like a 15-hour time difference stop her from witnessing the Obama inauguration reports Michelle Cazzulino in the Telegraph of January 21, 2009.
- Broadway set to become a ‘windswept high rise canyon’
- Chippendale and Ultimo residents have to put up with yet another large scale development on Broadway which will include permanent closure of Jones Street and an increase in high rise buildings writes Anne von Fehrn in City News of 21 January 2009.
- Service not Delivered - Letter
- In this letter in the 21 January 2009 Central Ross Smith responds to an earlier Central article on Housing NSW "Sewer pipe fix delayed".
- Tickle the Ivories
- YOU may have noticed the pianos that have appeared on city streets in the last fortnight. Fee! free to sit down and play reports Jennifer Bennett in Central of 21 January 2009.
- No to Supermarket
- RESIDENTS have triumphed after a controversial proposal to build a two-storey supermarket at Erskineville village was rejected in the NSW Land and Environment Court last week reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 21 January 2009.
- Where have all the flowers gone?
- "Where's all the Blackfullas? All the young men?" I asked my cousin Johnny-boy a couple of weeks ago as we stood at the top of Eveleigh Street, Redfern writes Paul Collis in this Redfern Feature on the ABC’s Indigenous website on 20 January 2009.
- Grand plans for Eveleigh - Heritage plans
- OFF to one side of Australian Technology Park is a large shed that is not home to offices, or event venues or art galleries reports Central of 14 January 2009.
- Evolution of Eveleigh
- Australian Technology Park was once home to dusty old workshops housing locomotives. With a 99 year lease for the use of the park up for grabs, what does the future hold for this historic site? This was how the font page of Central Sydney introduced its cover page story on Wednesday 14 January 2009.
- Court stops Erskinville Supermarket
- Friends of Erskineville and City of Sydney Council have won the final stage; no supermarket will be built on The Hive site, Erskineville Road, Newtown / Erskineville.
- The last post
- Heritage buildings have been abandoned by a modern postal service, writes Mike Ticher. In July the Herald received its last letter. from the old Redfern Post Office. Appropriately, it was about the removal of postal services from the landmark building on Redfern Street reports this article from the Sydney Morning Herald of 7 January 2009.
- Sewer pipe fix delayed
- ALMOST a year since Central first reported on repair delays and security concerns at Waterloo Green, public housing residents have said things were worse than ever reported Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 7 January 2009.
- Eveleigh Railway Workshops
- A recent National Trust meeting with the Office of Rail Heritage has confirmed some significant progress in the Trust’s campaign to have the historic workshops, their collections and associated specialised traditional skills recognised and conserved reports National Trust (NSW) E-Newsletter January 2009.
