In May 2014, a Tent Embassy was established on The Block in opposition to the Pemulwuy Development Project. Supported by the Aboriginal Housing Company the development proposes new university housing, commercial businesses and inner city housing in the much sought after Redfern. This involves selling off the land that was…
The struggle being fought in Redfern right now goes much deeper than locals vs. yuppies. This fight is about the situation of Indigenous people in Australia and their right to their land. Deemed the most unliveable part of Sydney in the 1960s, Redfern was an industrial precinct that became the…