Venue
Redfern (Ref: Joannes Walking Sydney)
Participants
Ron, Chris, Richard, Helen, Natalie, Colin, Yvonne
The start
We met at Redfern station at 9.30am
Points of Interest
-on Wilson Street , heritage railway buildings are being restored. One was previously the Suburban Car workshops. We appreciated the terrace housing, both single and double storey, with a wonderful variety of iron work on the balconies. Workmen were busy along the street establishing a new cycle way of two lanes.
-Next we visited Carriageworks, now an arts precinct in another of the restored railway buildings
-Shepherd lane is a delight with a fascinating collection of old household items hung or hidden amongst pots of overgrown plants
-The Block (bounded by Eveleigh, Caroline, Vine and Louis Sts) once housed mainly people of Indigenous descent. From 35,000 in 1968 the population fell to around 300 in2011. The area is undergoing redevelopment by the Aboriginal Housing Company.
-we crossed to the other side of the railway lines going past the impressive mural depicting the life of those once dominating the area. Jarjum College, TAFE and other learning places encourage students to be ‘Deadly’ . This is an Aboriginal word meaning fantastic, great and awesome. An old Hardware shop which seems to sell ‘everything’ catches our attention.
- Redfern Park, and adjacent Redfern Oval (once the home ground for Souths NRL), contains a couple of water fountains and is retreat for locals.
-on Baptist St Surrey Hills we stop to look at the home of the NSW Mounted Police. A policeman brings ‘Prince’ to the gate and spends some time telling us about the role the horses play and how they are cared for.
-in Burke St we found the NSW Taoist Centre and were able to wander around to see their temple and grounds which contained housing for the elderly. The once popular ‘Coachman’ restaurant is being redeveloped.
-on the way back to Regent St we pass a modern corrugated iron clad house, the ‘skipping girls’ murals, some locals painting a large mural on a lane wall which depicts scenes important to the indigenous community and also note the very tall public housing blocks which have not always benefited those who live in them. We also noted Redfern Public School and the Salvation Army Centre.
The finish
- The day ended with lunch at the Locomotive Workshops in Technology Park and then a train ride home.
Distance walked
- Approximately 8 Km
Redfern (Ref: Joannes Walking Sydney)
Participants
Ron, Chris, Richard, Helen, Natalie, Colin, Yvonne
The start
We met at Redfern station at 9.30am
Points of Interest
-on Wilson Street , heritage railway buildings are being restored. One was previously the Suburban Car workshops. We appreciated the terrace housing, both single and double storey, with a wonderful variety of iron work on the balconies. Workmen were busy along the street establishing a new cycle way of two lanes.
-Next we visited Carriageworks, now an arts precinct in another of the restored railway buildings
-Shepherd lane is a delight with a fascinating collection of old household items hung or hidden amongst pots of overgrown plants
-The Block (bounded by Eveleigh, Caroline, Vine and Louis Sts) once housed mainly people of Indigenous descent. From 35,000 in 1968 the population fell to around 300 in2011. The area is undergoing redevelopment by the Aboriginal Housing Company.
-we crossed to the other side of the railway lines going past the impressive mural depicting the life of those once dominating the area. Jarjum College, TAFE and other learning places encourage students to be ‘Deadly’ . This is an Aboriginal word meaning fantastic, great and awesome. An old Hardware shop which seems to sell ‘everything’ catches our attention.
- Redfern Park, and adjacent Redfern Oval (once the home ground for Souths NRL), contains a couple of water fountains and is retreat for locals.
-on Baptist St Surrey Hills we stop to look at the home of the NSW Mounted Police. A policeman brings ‘Prince’ to the gate and spends some time telling us about the role the horses play and how they are cared for.
-in Burke St we found the NSW Taoist Centre and were able to wander around to see their temple and grounds which contained housing for the elderly. The once popular ‘Coachman’ restaurant is being redeveloped.
-on the way back to Regent St we pass a modern corrugated iron clad house, the ‘skipping girls’ murals, some locals painting a large mural on a lane wall which depicts scenes important to the indigenous community and also note the very tall public housing blocks which have not always benefited those who live in them. We also noted Redfern Public School and the Salvation Army Centre.
The finish
- The day ended with lunch at the Locomotive Workshops in Technology Park and then a train ride home.
Distance walked
- Approximately 8 Km