When I arrived a number of workers with a couple of trucks were cutting down trees planted on the former Pemulwuy Park in the last 10-15 years during the stalemate between former Minister Frank Sartor and the AHC before the Pemulwuy Project was approved by the Department of Planning and Environment in 2012. By lunchtime the trees were all cleared.
There was also activity at the other end of Caroline Street as the City of Sydney is partway through structural repairs to its Redfern Terrace that, with its artwork by Reko Rennie and young local Aboriginal artists, was unveiled in 2013 to celebrate the launch of the Eora Journey series of Aboriginal artworks across the local government area.
The terrace is presently cordoned off to allow the “Welcome to Redfern” sign on the eastern wall to be removed temporarily to give access for repairs to the brick wall behind it. The sign will be reinstalled in consultation with the artist when all repairs to the edges of the mural and roof are complete.
