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Justice Kirby to be replaced by NSW judge
Justice Michael Kirby will be replaced on the High Court bench by the New South Wales Court of Appeal judge, Justice Virginia Bell reports ABC news on December 15, 2008.
Tears as Mario Fenech, Craig Coleman return to Redfern
HE shed blood for more than 10 years at Redfern Oval. Yesterday, Souths legend Mario Fenech shed a tear reports Dean Ritchie in the Herald Sun of 18 December 2008.
Disservice to children
THEY had a little Christmas party at the offices of the Aboriginal Children's Service in Sydney's Redfern yesterday. It was pretty much a traditional affair, with some tinsel and presents for the kids. Most of the guests were young Aboriginal mothers who need help with their parenting skills. As such, there were also the usual reminders: don't overdo it this Christmas, stay off the grog and focused on the kids, and don't blow the pre-Christmas welfare cheques on some bloke who may be on the scene only as long as the money lasts reports Caroline Overington in Australian of December 18, 2008.
Souths' fans stick with Crowe
REDFERN is a long way from Tinseltown, but it seems Russell Crowe is far from out-of-touch with Rabbitohs fans reports Amy Dale in the Herald Sun of December 17.
Domm quits but questions remain
The Redfern community is calling for proper community consultation following the resignation of CEO Robert Domm from the Redfern-Waterloo Authority (RWA) writes Angus Thompson in City News of 14th December 2008.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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".
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Gordon Syron To Thank SBS & Promote Keeping Place
Please join us in true spirit on Thursday, the 12th of February, where Uncle Gordon Syron, an Elder from the Worimi and Biripi Nations is congratulating SBS on the documentary series "First Australians" by donating a painting. This painting is similar to the painting that saw Syron win the "COFA Professional 2008 NSW Parliamentary Prize for Indigenous Art" reads this media release from the Keeping Place Committee.
Bunnies Hop Home
SOUTHS supporters are lobbying for their beloved Rabbitohs to return to Redfern Oval for good in the lead-up to a trial game at the ground this Saturday reports Angus Street in Central of 4 February 2009.
Indigenous leaders cautious about carbon trading schemes
Local Indigenous business leaders are enthusiastic about a carbon trading scheme as a means of emissions reduction and promoting economic development in Indigenous communities, but are warning them about signing agreements with unscrupulous traders reports Reem Al-Gharabally in the South Sydney Herald of February 2009.
Redfern activist calls for climate justice
The Rudd Government’s failure to adopt adequate greenhouse gas emission targets may prove devastating for Pacific Islanders, according to Aboriginal and Islander activist Patricia Corowa reports Laura Bannister in the South Sydney Herald of February 2009.
Survival Day on Sydney Harbour
The SSH organised a Survival/Australia Day harbour cruise in support of the Tribal Warrior Association. We’re happy to report plans for a similar event in 2010! reports Andrew Collis in the South Sydney Herald of February 2009.
Songs with a beat – Yabun 2009
What would a day held so special in a nation’s heart be without its lingo, colloquialisms and ironies? Well those attending “Yabun” (song with a beat) found more than you could poke a “boondi” at, much of which came from the mouths of gifted Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander MCs. Wire MC and Sista Agz. Main stage at the nationally acclaimed Indigenous concert ironically held upon a tract of Gadigal land re-named after a former monarch, Victoria Park. Here, significant generic terms such as “gammon” (pulling your leg), “walung” (money) and “djilewa” (toilet) were used fleetingly throughout the day reports Adam Hill in the South Sydney Herald of February 2009.
Artworks in shop windows
SLOT is a window gallery located at one of Sydney’s busiest intersections – the corner of Regent Street and Henderson Road in Redfern. It has presented in excess of 50 art exhibitions since 2003, viewed from the street 24 hours a day. To celebrate its fifth anniversary, SLOT will re-create 11 of those installations in empty shop windows along Regent Street, stretching from Wells Street to Henderson Road and creating an art walk of about one kilometre during a five-week period from January 19 to February 21 reports the South Sydney Herald of February 2009.
Sydney’s abandonment of artists may lead to artists’ abandonment of Sydney
Sydney is not a city that shies away from the art world. It hosts the Biennale and the Sydney Festival, two events that bring us some of the most accomplished and significant artists in the world. Both the City of Sydney and the State Government invest noteworthy funding through their policy and funding body, Arts NSW. Sydney Festival Ltd alone received $4.3 million from the Government, with one million going to the opening night when international super diva Grace Jones performed a free concert in the Domain reports Nicholas McCallum in the South Sydney Herald of February 2009.
Good turnout for RWA Christmas Market
The RWA Christmas Market was well supported with many people turning out to take a look and buy in the lead up to Christmas. The RWA reported receiving much good feedback. Most people seemed to be walking to the site from around the area or from the station although local residents say that the area was parked out and that many were walking from cars parked around the area. Locals also say there were problems at the entrance to North Eveleigh as people tried to enter the park. The market seemed to have a big impact on the Darlington shops with café use and paper sales well down and little new passing trade reports Geoff Turnbull in the South Sydney Herald of February 2009.
Community decay, bulldozers and real estate agents – the NSW State Plan?
The recent events at Rosemeadow are another link in a long chain of negative outcomes for Housing NSW tenant communities across the state. The history goes back to the era of the Green Bans in inner Sydney of the 1970s when the tenants sought assistance to protect their communities and housing from the assaults being made on them by the government through its agent, then known as the Housing Commission. The induced community and property destruction was then cited as the justification to sell real estate to generate income for the government reports Ross Smith in the South Sydney Herald of February 2009.
A question of access
Every day, Arne Hanna of Redfern, a muso by trade who’s been in a wheelchair for 21 years, negotiates the same route in order to head out into the community to enjoy a cup of coffee at his local café reports Wendy Collis in the South Sydney Herald of February 2009.
SSH Fast News February 2009
Trevor Davies in The Fast News in South Sydney Herald of February 2009 covers a number of Redfern Waterloo Stories.
Activists’ manual launched in Alexandria
A new manual explaining the rights of political activists was launched by Labor Councillor Meredith Burgmann on Human Rights Day, December 10 reports Shaun Walsh in the South Sydney Herald of February 2009.
Volunteers sought for street count
The next City of Sydney Street Count will take place on Tuesday morning February 17 reports the South Sydney Herald of February 2009.
Supermarket development rejected by court
Relief for some, as a community’s battle to keep The Hive in Erskineville free of development, comes to an end. An appeal by developer, Arto Management, was unsuccessful in the Land and Environment Court. The Council had earlier rejected the application for a two-storey supermarket on Erskineville Road, as a result of the proposal’s scale, intensity, traffic generation and adverse impact on the village reports Ellice Mol in the South Sydney Herald of February 2009.
State taxes tough on inner-city business
A recent report has thrown open the doors on the State tax system, exposing that NSW has the highest taxes on small business out of six Australian states reports Tara Cliffordin the South Sydney Herald of February 2009.
Night of the Black Stars lights up The Block
Aboriginal Boxing, basketball and culture will make a triumphant return to the Aboriginal heartland of Redfern on Black Friday, Friday 13 February, as part of a major community event to raise funds for the Indigenous Sporting Academy and Indigenous Boxing Academy reports City news on 4th February 2009.
Builders oust bankers in Australia's posh suburbs, while blue-collar areas move upmarket
THE social structures of some of Australia’s wealthiest suburbs could deteriorate as quickly as their house prices, while "underdog" locales become increasingly gentrified reports Mark Schliebs on NEWS.com.au on 6 February 2009.
Notre Dame University Misleads Community Over Its Expansion
In their 7 Fenruary 2009 Chippendale News the Coalition Chippendale Community Groups report on Notre Dame University expansion plans and a key DA just ending exhibition.
Souths return to Redfern Oval
RUSSELL Crowe remembers what the old Redfern Oval used to look like. But he specifically remembers its sound reports Andrew Webster on 9 February 2009 in the Daily Telegraph.
Mundine spoils for a stronger apology
"THE MAN" is not known for pulling punches. And Anthony Mundine is not about to start on the eve of the first anniversary of Kevin Rudd's apology to the stolen generation writes Leesha McKenny in the Sydney Morning Herald of 11 February 2009.
Welcome to our land
Allen Madden believes knowing the past is the key to a better future for all Australians, writes TERRY SMYTH in The Sun Herald Extras of 15 February 2009.
Justice for TJ!
One hundred people marched through Redfern on February 14 to mark the fifth anniversary of the death of a young local Aboriginal man, TJ Hickey writes Aaron Benedek in Green Left Weekly of 15 February 2009.
Night of the Black Stars rocks the Block
The ‘House Full’ sign went up at the Bigtop tent on Black Friday night as Aboriginal Boxing, basketball and culture made a triumphant return to the Aboriginal heartland of Redfern with the first ‘Night of the Black Stars’ reports Michael Gormley in City News of 19 February 2009.
Chippendale to become a “students’ playground”
Concerned by spiralling numbers of students at The University of Notre Dame (UND) in Chippendale, residents have used Freedom of Information (FOI) processes to access the university’s long-term development plans reports Emma Rugg in the City News of 19 February 2009.
Untie your chi for free
City Council has started offering free tai chi classes at parks in several suburbs, eliciting mixed responses from local businesses. The classes, provided by not-for-profit organisation SHARE, aim to provide a cheap exercise option for senior city residents. They began in late January, taking place in Eddie Ward Park on Tuesday and Victoria and Redfern Parks on Wednesday reports Matt Carr in City news 18 February 2009.
Redfern and Waterloo safer
Redfern and Waterloo are becoming safer according to an evaluation of the area’s first Safety Plan recently released by the City of Sydney reports Emma Rugg in City News of 18 February 2009.
Do you live in a crime hotspot?
Have you had your car stolen in Pyrmont or been the victim of robbery somewhere around Central Station? Figures contained in the City Council’s Draft Glebe Community Safety Plan show that certain parts of the inner city are more prone to specific types of crime than others reports Michael Gormley in City News of 11 February 2009.
Cyclists’ choice: risk it or rot
When westbound cyclists reach the intersection of Wilson Street at Erskineville Road, Newtown, they face a Catch-22: The traffic lights are designed for the previous car-only use and there are no lights allowing bikes to exit Wilson street by Michael Gormley in City News of 4 February 2009.
Stories to Sing
THE team behind the SBS series The First Australians has set to work on a new documentary about the indigenous history of Redfern writes Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 18 February 2009.
Unholy row to erupt again?
SOUTH SYDNEY residents are preparing for another period of uncertainty after Hillsong leader Brian Houston said the Christian group was "going to put all [its] efforts" into expanding its activities into Rosebery reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 18th February 2009.
Black Stars in a First for the Block
REDFERN is preparing for a brawl this week when the Indigenous Boxing Academy hosts Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander boxers including former Rabbitoh Joe Williams reports Angus Street in the central of 11 February 2009.
Local Representation for All
Despite the Government's claim that the 2004 amalgamation of the City and South Sydney Councils was to improve the efficiency and quality of services, it has not addressed the duplication by the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority (SHFA) and the Redfern Waterloo Authority (RWA) says Clover Moore's eNews of Friday 20 February 2009 - No. 435.
Unis learn some hard lessons about their money
The state's top universities are fighting to hold the line against course and research cuts after losing hundreds of millions of dollars in investments exposed to falling financial markets reports Malcolm Knox in the Sydney Morning Herald of 24 February 2009.
What next for North Eveleigh?
The Redfern-Waterloo Authority’s concept plan for the redevelopment of the presently deserted rail-yards at North Eveleigh has been given the tick of approval by the State Planning Minister Kristina Keneally. On January 30 Ms Keneally signed off on the plan with the hope that the 10.7-hectare site will be transformed from empty industrial shells into a new commercial precinct and 1,200 new homes with 12 per cent designated for affordable housing reports Nicholas McCallum in the South Sydney Herald of March 2009.
Darlington dudded, again
A large part of the formerly gracious Victorian suburb of Darlington was first dudded in the post WWII expansion of Sydney University. A large part of it was razed – the town hall was demolished, the public school marooned on the campus, and only recently nicely landscaped writes Bruce Lay in this Opinion article in the South Sydney Herald of March 2009.
Kristina Keneally on North Eveleigh.
The following comments from Member for Heffron and Minister for Redfern Waterloo Kristina Keneally appeared in her advertisement in the South Sydney Herald of March 2009.
Blaming Redfern
Repeated references to Redfern in crime reports are encouraging perceptions about the level of crime in the suburb reports Brendon Wong in the South Sydney Herald of March 2009.
Roller shutters blight streetscapes
The problem of solid roller shutter doors on the business landscape of inner-city Sydney has been a “festering sore” for far too long, according to the Potts Point and Kings Cross Heritage Conservation Society reports Pam Dagwell in the South Sydney Herald of March 2009.
Inner-city happiness
In a recent report compiled by Professor of Psychology at Deakin University, Bob Cummins, it was stated that some of Australia’s most unhappy suburbs are right in our backyard. Newtown and Redfern, as well as St Peters and Surry Hills, were named in the gloomy group. The Australian Unity-Wellbeing Index Report also stated that our country cousins are happiest in communities of 40,000 people or less reports Nicholas McCallum & Andrew Collis in the South Sydney Herald of March 2009.
Support for the Keeping Place
Gordon and Elaine Syron and their collection of over 1300 paintings and thousands of photographs and artefacts have been given more time by the RWA to negotiate a new, hopefully permanent, home for the collection following a recent meeting with Minister Keneally reports the South Sydney Herald of March 2009.
The National Apology – one year on
February, Friday the 13th, the skies are dark with the threat of heavy rain as I ride down Eveleigh Street towards the Community Centre where the first anniversary of the National Apology to the Stolen Generations is being celebrated reports Peter Whitehead in the South Sydney Herald of March 2009.
Swans star meets kids at Darlo School
Michael O’Loughlin is one of the AFL’s great players and holds the Swans club record for the most games played. In recent times the Indigenous star has played as full forward. They say the trainers will only let him have a set number of kicks a week to try and extend his playing life as long as possible reports the South Sydney Herald of March 2009.
Sydney’s first Lebanese restaurant Wilsons of Pitt Street Redfern
Wilson Mrouh and his brother Marcelle founded the first Lebanese restaurant in Sydney, on their arrival as immigrants, 51 years ago. At that time, they had to arrange for nearly all the ingredients they needed to be brought in by travellers from Lebanon, so novel was the Lebanese menu. On the wall of the restaurant now, you can see a page out of an old newspaper of 1967 on which is a write-up of the opening of the restaurant and a description of what was then regarded as its unusual food reports Dorothy McRae McMahon in the South Sydney Herald of March 2009.
Journey towards a dream – Reader profile Pamela Neville
Pamela Neville has lived in Redfern since 1994 and loves it. She was born in Parkes when it was the centre of a wheat belt, rather than the Elvis capital of the world, and left there at the age of four. Her father worked in a bank and the family moved home about every two years as he was transferred around the state. Pam remembers her newborn sister being carried in a shoe-box as they travelled to Garah, near the Queensland border. It was the rail head for wheat and sheep sales and there was no electricity or running water in the town – the power grid was turned on the day they left! She became used to a changing lifestyle in small country towns and still loves to go back and view the wide horizons and watch for shooting stars reports the South Sydney Herald of March 2009.
Vale – Peter Symon
Newspaper editors rarely allow the words “kindness”, “patience” and “socialism” to coexist in one sentence. However, you’ll need to indulge us, as we join the Guardian in remembrance of the life and times of our Comrade, Peter Symon reports Nick Tesoriero in the South Sydney Herald of March 2009.
Arranging Elderflowers – An interview with playwright Alana Valentine
Alana Valentine is a Redfern playwright with previous success in telling the stories of the South Sydney Rabbitohs in Run, Rabbit, Run, and the residents of Parramatta Girls’ Home in Parramatta Girls reports Eve Gibson in the South Sydney Herald of March 2009.
More trouble for Yiu Ming temple
The City of Sydney has just finished hosting festivities to welcome the Chinese New Year but the residents of the historic Yiu Ming temple complex have little to celebrate. The compound behind Botany Road has witnessed an ongoing saga over construction, with the latest development plans proposing an IGA supermarket and liquor store reports Tara Clifford in the South Sydney Herald of March 2009.
Additional Affordable Housing for Green Square and Ultimo
Federal Member for Sydney, Tanya Plibersek MP, recently toured affordable housing in Pyrmont, managed by City West Housing reports the South Sydney Herald of March 2009.
Have you heard? - The fast news with Trevor Davies – March 2009
Trevor Davies has reported on a number of items of interest to Redfern Waterloo in his column in the South Sydney Herald of March 2009.
Sydney to host Edinburgh Military Tattoo
Sydney has beat New York, Melbourne and Auckland to win the right to host the Edinburgh Military Tattoo for the second time [and the replica castle is stored in Redfern] reports ABC News of 3 March 2009.
Darlington - Charles Kernan Reserve Plans & Community Garden Consultation - April 2009
A small community garden is proposed within the park. Council is now seeking input from interested persons as to how this space will be developed and managed to best serve the community. A meeting will be organised for residents interested in the proposed community garden, and if you would like to be involved in the design and development of a community garden please contact Council's Community Garden Coordinator, Annie Walker. The details of the proposal are below:
Hip Hop Heaven
A Hip Hop Festival will be held in Sydney on March 27 and 28 2009 reports Nick Soon in the Blacktown Sun of 12 March 2009.
Ethical Food
The City of Sydney Council is developing an Ethical Food Policy to ensure that sustainable, healthy and cruelty-free options are considered and implemented for all catered functions says this media release from City of Sydney Greens Councillor Irene Doutney on 2nd March 2009.
Ethical food still not cheap as chips
Sydney’s newest fresh food markets are a running success but ‘ethically produced’ food remains out of reach for those who need it most reports Adam Black in City news of 11 March 2009.
Opinion: Memories sacrificed on future’s altar
From my youthful experiences, ‘heritage’ and ‘history’ are antiquated words. Old houses give me the creeps and I am at home in beige, open-plan compact living. Give me the high-rise life writes Angus Thompson in this opinion peice in City News of 11 march 2009.
Foreshore Parks Languish
FRUSTRATED city residents have called for the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority's responsibilities to be passed to Sydney Council reports Robert Burton-Bradley and Kim Shaw in Central of 11 March 2009..
WAYS Youth Employment Defunded
The following statement has been circulated by Russell King CEO of ways regarding the defunding of their Youth Employment Programme covering Redfern Waterloo on 24 March 2009/
Local pubs go under the hammer
IT HAS been a tough time for pubs. Bankers have been pulling the plug on many hotels [including Redfern’s Woolpack] and forcing distressed sales to reap back some of the cash owed reports Carolyn Cummins in the Sydney morning Herald of 28th March 2009.
New Alcohol-Free Zones Proposed for Sydney
The City of Sydney is to consider 73 proposals for Alcohol Free Zones (AFZ) from police and local residents across Sydney reports Annette Shailer in The Shout on 27th March 2009.
Carriage Works Market.
In the issue of City News on 12 March, there was an article about the Eveleigh Market, which incorrectly named the market as the ‘Carriage Works Market’ writes Stephanie Zappala in this letter to City News.
$130M bailout helps bandage Housing’s eyesores
“The ibis restaurant” – a corroded, road-dwelling dumpster where urban pests constantly feast, is just one of the eyesores of the Redfern-Waterloo public housing precinct reports Angus Thompson in City News on 19th March 2009.
Block-aid
Sydney's inner-city suburb of Redfern has had its fair share of negative media: not least of all about riots, drugs and violence. But the community is fed up with its own problems and is taking them into its own hands reports SBS’s Living Black on 30 March 2009.
Cleveland Street a "deathtrap" for pedestrians and cyclists: Locals
Cleveland Street is a death trap for cyclists and pedestrians and Erskineville Road is not much better, locals told Sydney Council at a community meeting on Wednesday reports Kim Shaw for Central on 3 April 2009.
Redfern program helps Indigenous youths get ahead
For many young people all it takes is the right opportunity to get their career and their life back on track Koori Job Ready is a program set up in inner city Sydney to train young Indigenous people to work in the construction industry reports Michael Edwards for ABC’s AM on 4 April 2009.
Rovers move to Erskineville Oval
After 60 years the Alexandria Rovers Football Club has made the move to Erskineville Oval from Alexandria Park. It now allows the club to train where we play reports Perry Johnstone in the South Sydney Herald of April 2009.
Notre Dame – ever expanding
The Notre Dame University has lodged a Development Application (DA) for Pioneer House on Broadway (cnr Buckland Street), to house 480 students, opening next year reports John August in the South Sydney Herald of April 2009.
Government grant for city upgrades
South Sydney childcare centres, town halls and community centres are soon to benefit from a $660,000 Federal Government grant to upgrade energy and water facilities across Sydney reports Pam Dagwell in the South Sydney Herald of April 2009.
Opening windows on pain
Nikki Brown, the Fundraising Manager for the Windows on Pain campaign gives us the background to this moving and powerful exhibition reports the South Sydney Herald of April 2009.
Long journey home from Newport to Redfern on a Saturday
A few weeks ago I bravely ventured up the Northern Beaches to a family function at the Newport Hotel on a Saturday night. I came back by bus at about 9pm reports Trevor Davies as part of The Fast News in the South Sydney Herald of April 2009.
Ravens on the run!
Greetings and howdy doo! Achtung! Atencion! Hear this! We need supporters! The Sydney Half Marathon is the aim. And Ravens is the name reports Adrian Spry in the South Sydney Herald of April 2009…
Green Loop sets high standard
The proposed Green Square Town Centre is at the heart of Australia’s largest urban renewal area – right between the CBD and our international airport (although the site is not excessively affected by aircraft noise. Several arterial roads intersect in the area, serviced by a number of cross regional bus routes and there is a modern subway station at that intersection. The site is as close to a blank slate as you will find in any international city writes Jack Barton in the South Sydney Herald of April 2009.
Caroliners enjoy picnic in the park
On Sunday, March 1, the residents of Caroline Street decided to have a celebration of the diversity that exists within their neck of the woods in Redfern. For all the trouble that is often associated with the area it was a great change to meet each other in the park across the road from their houses, to be able to share a joke, a bite of food and have a good time reports the South Sydney Herald of April 2009.
Intercom installed in public housing complex
An earlier story in the SSH (‘Elderly residents at risk …’ [November 2008]) told of the quest for an intercom for a Housing Department complex, particularly to allow access by the emergency services. At the time of publication, the residents had been trying for over a decade, without success reports Barrie McMahon in the South Sydney Herald of April 2009.
RWA’s new CEO in listening mode
“Moving on”, “leaving the past in the past” and “looking to the future” were just some of the well-tested catch-cries heard when the new Minister for Redfern-Waterloo, Kristina Keneally, and recently appointed CEO of the Redfern-Waterloo Authority, Roy Wakelin-King, met with REDWatch and other community members on Thursday March 5 at the Factory Community Centre in Waterloo reports Nicholas McCallum in the South Sydney Herald of April 2009.
Honest John bares warts-'n-all
JOHN McIntyre has a down-to-earth approach, SARAH HUDSON writes in the Weekly Times Now.
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