ALEXANDRIA: Children from Camp Australia’s before- and after-school care service at Alexandria Park Community School (APCS) have posted 1.2kg of bread tags to an organisation in South Australia and are continuing to collect tags at a fast rate.
ZETLAND: On March 13, PETstock Zetland will host local animal rescue organisation Sydney Dogs and Cats Home as part of PETstock Assist’s annual National...
An authentic Chinese tea ceremony and a calligraphy demonstration are on offer in Waterloo as one of many attractions during Sydney Lunar New Year.
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On the occasion of our 200th issue there is much to celebrate. The SSH is the only community media with a newspaper reporting continuously in the inner southern suburbs.
This February, Heart Research Australia invites all Australians to wear RED for someone close to their heart to help keep families together for longer. It is also...
A Surry Hills ceramics and pottery instructor has joined forces with a Balmain-based visual artist to create a unique exhibition exploring Sydney’s waterways.
Although Christmas may be different for many of us in this year of pandemic, 1300 churches spanning 15 denominations across Australia have come together to help communities around the...
The SSH Celebrate Community fundraiser on December 11 will include an online auction. There are fabulous items for bidders to win, and bidding starts now!
Leading First Nations artists, Tony Albert, Blak Douglas, Thea Perkins and Nicole Monks worked with Bourke St Public School (BSPS), parents, and Elder Uncle Jimmy Smith, to create new Aboriginal school house names and symbols unveiled during NAIDOC week in November.
Young people from NSW aged between 15 and 19 years have significant concerns relating to equity and discrimination, Covid-19, the environment and mental health.
These...
The Australian Museum (AM) reopened to the public on November 28 after a 15 month $57.5m building transformation which has significantly increased public spaces...
Sydney will sparkle and buzz this Christmas, with pop-up musical performances in local neighbourhoods, light displays, decorations, roving performers and more Christmas trees than...
Don't miss our virtual variety concert, trivia comp with prizes, online auction, great artists and MC. Raise funds to support your independent local newspaper. See you there on Friday December 11 at 7 pm. Spend the evening with Julie McCrossin AM, Tim Gray (Green Hand Band) Claire Patti-Chehade, Mel Quinn, Julia Jacklin, and others, including South Sydney Herald contributors and supporters. It will be a great night.
Speakers from four faith traditions – Buddhist, Islamic, Unitarian/Atheism and Christian – presented at a “faith, sexuality and sexual ethics” seminar conducted by the...
Calling on local artists, old and young – drawers, writers, sculptors, bush lovers ... Which bush animals do you most love and care about? Who do you hope will have a safe and happy summer in our Australian bush?
On September 25, people gathered across Australia to call on the government to “fund our future not gas”.
Six hundred and thirty actions were registered...
Co-founder of Strawberry Hills based Dinosaur Designs, Stephen Ormandy, has painted a new mural to mark the reopening of Paddington Markets on September 26.
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Japanese-Australian artist, Hiromi Tango, says the series that make up her exhibition New Now represent an artistic response to overwhelming situations, and a quest...
EVELEIGH: Carriageworks, Australia’s largest and most significant contemporary multi-arts centre, will reopen to the public on Friday August 7. Visitors will be offered free...
Chronic pain affects over 3.2 million Australians and is arguably one of the world’s fastest growing conditions. It can significantly impact a person’s quality of life...
Australians are being urged to thank aged care workers – the forgotten heroes of Australia’s response to the pandemic – in a new campaign launched by Uniting NSW.ACT.
The Redfern Station Upgrade – New Southern Concourse proposal from Transport for NSW (TfNSW) is on a month’s exhibition until June 24, 2020. The proposal is a State Significant Infrastructure project carried out under the Transport Access program.
Tens of thousands of people tuned in to School Strike 4 Climate’s #BuildaBetterFuture livestream on May 15. Participants heard from those fighting on the...
Sydney-based mural artist Scott Marsh has transformed a wall in Chippendale to protest coal’s power over Australian politics.
The mural, located on the corner...
The Copyright Council’s Reading Australia project has launched a National Reconciliation Week (NRW) colouring competition to encourage children to be active participants in reconciliation. Dub Leffler, author and illustrator of Once There Was a Boy has created a colouring sheet for the competition, which closes on July 22.
Australia and the world are in massive upheaval due to the Covid-19 pandemic. At the same time, the crises presented by climate change, biodiversity...
“Sometimes we just need the time and space – physical and emotional – to be able to pause to experience them … to soak in the details that can go unseen in everyday life.”
The global health crisis continues to have a devastating impact on people living on the streets and in places where they are not safe. What is being done to help?
Three of the South Sydney Herald’s longstanding distributors followed strict health protocols to get the April issue of the paper into the community this month – ensuring safety for everyone at the time of Covid-19.
With planned ANZAC Day services around the country cancelled amid the coronavirus pandemic, Australians have created other ways to safely commemorate the day.
The RSL...
Johnston Street Jazz, one of Sydney’s most respected jazz venues, hosted a magnificent celebration of International Women’s Day at its location in the Annandale Arts Centre on March 12.
