Update on The Block in Redfern

This information is being circulated around the traps to provide you with the latest info on whats happening with the redevelopment of the block.

To fellow supporters of Aboriginal housing on The Block ----

The AHC has submitted a proposal to the Dept of Planning entitled Pemulwuy Mixed Use Development, Appl No 06-0101. The details of the plan can be viewed on the Department's website. The proposal includes a development over seven parcels of privately owned land on the East side of Eveleigh St, South of Holden St. The six owners of these parcels have not been formally consulted about the project, and most were unaware of it or had only heard rumours. The result of the plan being approved would be the demolition of their homes and their replacement with a non! viable commercial development.

Since the publication of the plan on the departmental website, the affected owners have agreed on a joint position, and have all sent to the Department the submission printed below.

The Director General,
Department of Planning
PO Box 39 GPO Sydney NSW 2001

Fax 9228 6455

Dear Sir

Re: Pemulwuy Mixed Use Development -- Application No 06-0101, Joint Submission by Residents and Landholders

1. The undersigned are residents and landholders in Eveleigh and Holden Sts Redfern.
2. We support the provision of Aboriginal housing on The Block, and look forward to a thriving community on this iconic Aboriginal land.
3. We support the provision of arts, cultural and sporting facilities on AHC land in the Lawson St precinct, and the adaptive use of the former Murrawina site for Aboriginal community purposes.
4. We believe that commercial development is non-viable and inappropriate except in the Lawson St precinct, due to the abundance of this type of usage to be provided nearby, and to preserve the residential character of the surrounding area.
5. We are part of this community, we enjoy living here and intend to remain. We will continue to be supportive of, and optimistic about, the future of Aboriginal Redfern.
6.We oppose commercial zoning, use and development in the area on which our homes stand.
7. We have not given, and will not give, consent to the lodgement of any Application that would deprive us of our homes and introduce commercial development in their place.