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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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- Aboriginal Cultural Assessment: The Former Redfern Court House and Police Station, NSW
- Registration of Stakeholder Interest for Aboriginal Cultural Assessment: The Former Redfern Court House and Police Station, NSW.
- ’67 Referendum remembered
- Bobby Perry remembers the 1967 Referendum as a turning point in the darker chapters of Australian history. The long-time political activist, now 68, was a member of the Aboriginal Progress Association which campaigned for Indigenous citizens’ right to be properly accounted for in the population census and be included in policy considerations reports Candice Chung in the South Sydney Herald of June 2007.
- An old digger’s black experience
- “It was the system that let him down” says 82-year-old Val Hinton of her late husband Cecil. Speaking in a soft, gentle tone, Val remembers Cecil as “a good man who was well-liked and loved” – but who also became “very bitter” over his treatment as an Aboriginal returned soldier reports Robert Domm in the South Sydney Herald of June 2007.
- Indigenous artists dream together at Performance Space
- Indigenous artists will get together for the first time at Performance Space in their new CarriageWorks location later this month for an eclectic mix of shows centred around the theme Ngalaringi Nangami Dyaralang (‘Our Dreaming’) reports Ben Falkenmire in the South Sydney Herald of June 2007.
- Wire MC
- This MC – also a guitarist, songwriter, actor and community worker – brings power to the people with his own brand of “abodigital” hip hop! reports the South Sydney Herald of June 2007.
- Support Independent Media! Concert South Sydney Herald Concert
- Wire MC will play the Support Independent Media! Concert at Australian Technology Park on Sunday 8 July, 4–8pm. Tickets $12 at the door. Support Independent Media! is a fundraiser for the South Sydney Herald. Join us for fine food, drink, music and lively debate, arts/crafts & more. Also playing: Jackie Orszaczky, Café of the Gate of Salvation, the Clarity Project. The SSH gratefully acknowledge the support of Australian Technology Park, the Redfern-Waterloo Authority, Appetite Café, Tripod Café, Guitar Jungle, South Sydney Community Aid.
- Green light for Green Square pool?
- It may be cold outside, but the demand for a swimming pool in Green Square is hotting up reports Claire Thompson in the South Sydney Herald of June 2007.
- APEC: like Sydney during the Olympics, but in a bad mood
- Legal professionals have lent a voice to those expressing concerns over the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) Leaders Meeting to be held in the CBD the weekend commencing 7 September reports Andrew Collis in the South Sydney Herald of June 2007.
- Indian Queen in Waterloo
- One journalist writing in a local paper back in 2000 said of Juliette Kumari: “She is one tough lady who can lift a 120kg man without any hesitation” reports Trevor Davies in the South Sydney Herald of June 2007.
- Locals concerned over Redfern-Waterloo revitalisation
- With intense demand for convenient inner-city living, Sydney’s Redfern and neighbouring Waterloo are getting a facelift. Downsizing public housing blocks and increasing private tenancies is a top priority for the overseeing Redfern-Waterloo Authority, but are its proposed changes in the interests of the local community? Annabel Boyer reports in UTS Reportage of June 2007.
- Redfern lament
- DRIVING past Redfern Oval breaks your heart writes Ray Chesterton in The Daily Telegraph May 25, 2007
- ILC School Update – 22 May 07
- The ILC have advised that some some archaeological investigation work is about to begin on the site. This means the car park gates will be closed and there will be no public access to that bit of the property from this Friday May 25th. The ILC consultants also advised that they will be letter boxing properties neighbouring the former Redfern School on Tuesday 22nd to advise them that the proposals for the site are on exhibition and about the archaeological work. The project and its appendices are now all on the Department of Planning website at:
- SYDNEY COUNCIL THREATENS JUANITA NIELSEN'S HERITAGE HOME
- "Sydney Council's plan to eliminate the community grants component of its Local Action Plans, details of which have been released in a revised budget currently out on public exhibition, will threaten important community-based projects" Andrew Woodhouse said on 17th May 2007 in a Media Release from the Potts Point & Kings Cross Heritage Conservation Society Inc.
- Redfern NAB Volunteer Awards scheme
- Redfern Neighbourhood Advisory Board is turning up the heat to find our exceptional Volunteer of the Year in an awards scheme. Members of the public, volunteer and community groups are being asked to nominate individuals who deserve to be recognised for making an outstanding contribution by their volunteer work.
- Indigenous Budget Statement 2007-8
- This is a copy of the Indigenous Budget statement issued by Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, the Hon. Mal Brough, MP on 8 May 2007
- Block edging closer to rebirth
- For years there has been talk about revitalising the area of Redfern known as the Block reports ABC news 4 May 2007.
- Save Black Fella's Dreaming
- The Member for Sydney and Lord Mayor Clover Moore has joined her support for keeping the "Black Fella's Dreaming" collection in public hands. A large part of the collection goes to Auction on Wednesday 9th May 2007 at Bonhams & Goodmans. Clover Moore has written to the minister for the Arts Frank Sartor asking him to secure the collection for the public. Below you will find a copy of her letter as well as an update on what is happening to try and save the collection.
- Redfern setting complements Goot's minimalist style
- MANY of Sydney's fashion set discovered Redfern for the first time when they swarmed on the suburb's CarriageWorks railway complex for the Josh Goot show this morning reports Georgina Safe and Edwina McCann in the Australian of May 03, 2007.
- “Unethical” – Foster’s to block legal aid
- Goliath has attacked David even before he got his slingshot out, City of Sydney Deputy Lord Mayor Councillor Chris Harris said on his website last month reports Samantha Van in the South Sydney Herald of May 2007.
- Where there’s smoke there’s … pollution
- It has been described as a living museum, a unique snapshot of history preserved in time, or merely an amusement device that runs round in circles but, to some unhappy residents living in Chippendale, an iconic locomotive is causing smoke to come out of their ears reports Claire Thompson in the South Sydney Herald of May 2007.
