Sharon Smith is a descendant of the Wiradjuri people of western NSW. She was born in Erskineville in 1957, the fourth of Eleanor and Matthew James Smith’s five children. As a child, Sharon was very close to her extended family.
REDFERN: Locals crowded into the Redfern Hotel on Monday March 25 to farewell Dr Adrian Jones, retiring from medical practice after 47 years’ service. The popular General Practitioner had a surgery in Pitt Street for many years before moving into the Redfern Station Medical Centre on Redfern Street.
Image-maker Hillary Monckton is newly enrolled in a visual arts program at the University of Sydney. “I feel I am more of an art student than an artist,” she says. “There’s so much reading to do!”
Act for Peace is the international aid agency of the National Council of Churches Australia. Its focus is on assisting the most conflict- and disaster-affected...
Recently appointed CEO of the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence (NCIE), Grant Cameron, is positive about the future. A Kamilaroi man with strong connections to Redfern, Grant says, “The NCIE is a unique cultural hub where people can come, learn and grow.
Last month, many churches, including South Sydney Uniting Church, marked the liturgical Season of Creation. September 24 was River Sunday, an occasion to give...
The 1,000-plus public housing residents of the Waterloo South public housing estate have recently learned of the new government’s plans to redevelop the estate.
The...
WATERLOO: David Young has volunteered with the Waterloo Recycling Workshop (WRW) for more than 10 years. Located in a garage beneath the Turanga flats...
REDFERN: Cafe Dreaming, established in 2022, is a First Nations-owned business. Located on the corner of Renwick and Redfern streets, opposite the bank, the...
I remember when Father Bob Maguire (1934-2023) came to Sydney in 2010. He was the after-dinner speaker at Buon Gusto Italian restaurant in Darlington,...
Established in 2009, ClothesLine Incorporated distributes donated clothing directly to those who need it most. The organisation supports homeless and disadvantaged people by providing...
Belvoir has announced Gumbaynggirr and Wiradjuri actor and creative Dalara Williams as the 2022 Balnaves Foundation Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Fellow.
The Balnaves Fellowship...
Dedicated to Rainbow Christians Together … in support of the Queer Faces of Faith photographic exhibition (at Pitt Street Uniting Church until March 31,...
Andrew Collis recently caught up with Malaysian-born Tamil-Australian recording artist Kandiah Kamalesvaran AM, better known by his stage name Kamahl. Kamahl sings love songs and ballads, recites the Gettysburg Address, and is one of the great stars of Australian music.
The photos in Bernadette Smith's exhibition Light Interactions at Ironbark gallery in Strathfield are of light waves interacting within heritage glass at close range revealing an “aurora-like display”.
It wasn’t raining on Saturday, October 22. Well, maybe just a little. Between Regent and Chalmers streets, closed to traffic for the day, Redfern Street sparkled.
The Season of Creation is a period of prayer and reflection inviting renewed commitment to the world around us. This year’s themes (September 4-25) focused on Oceans, Flora and Fauna, Storms and the Cosmos.
For many Christians, Sabbath observance seems odd or optional – a matter of personal spirituality or something we do, somehow, on Sunday rather than...
Roger’s Shoe Repairs in Redfern has been saving soles for over 60 years. “Go to Roger’s!” one repeat customer urges. “He can fix just about anything – soles, toes, heels, straps, elastic gussets – fixing a favourite pair of shoes is so much better than buying new ones.”
