Waste engagement by social media On the record: Waverley’s migrant history the vast majority were Holocaust survivors. BY MADELAINE WONG In response to the increasing environmental issues BY DANIEL PAPERNY Waverley Council will record the historical According to a Waverley Council Waverley Council will use social media to of Waverley beaches, Council has set a three-year spokesperson, over 17,000 Jews arrived from implement a 10-year plan to involve the community contract with ‘Dial A Dump’, who will contribute by experiences of Jewish immigrants in Waverley after World War II. Europe and Shanghai between 1946 and 1954. in their Waste Engagement Strategy. regularly disposing of green waste in local areas. In the 1970’s and ‘80s Waverley saw a surge Councillor Angela Burrill has coordinated the The Responsible Runners are one of few The initiative will document the stories of Jewish migrants and their descendents who of Russian Jewish immigrants and Russian initiative and said she will collaborate with an charity groups that have become engaged in the is now the second-most common language advertising agency to raise support and community environmental strategy plan. Next week they will be initially settled in Waverley after their arrival in Sydney. spoken in Waverley. awareness. awarded $2,000 as part of the Ministers Conservation Councillor Leon Goltsman said the initiative Councillor Dominic Wy Kanak proposed the “The Community Engagement Strategy for Waste Fund by Minister for the Environment and Coogee was developed to acknowledge the struggles of initiative to be expanded to acknowledge cultural (CES for Waste) suggests that Council engage with MP, Bruce Notley Smith. post-war Jewish families and their migration to connections between the Aboriginal and Jewish an advertising agency who are prepared to work pro “Responsible Runners do an excellent job of Australia. communities, a move that was welcomed by bono on this campaign,” she said. cleaning up Bondi Beach and encouraging awareness “With each generation, as we progress ... that councillors Leon Goltsman and Miriam Guttman- “This CES for Waste is the starting point for the of the impact of litter on the ocean,” said a Council story is lost, especially post-war,” he said. Jones. creation of this social media campaign.” spokesperson. Mr Goltsman, Chair of the Waverley “Council has been steadily gathering the Ms Burrill said the media strategy will be “Responsible Runners has contributed with their Multiadvisory Committee, said the program will multicultural history of our local government composed of “colourful and interesting” elements. consistent efforts in promoting the cause and for help raise awareness of multicultural issues area by documenting conversations with elders “I have suggested that flash mobs of local singers personally cleaning Waverley waterways, parklands by reaching out to school children and create of all backgrounds in Waverley,” Mr Wy Kanak and dancers with a positive clean beach or recycling and beaches.” a connection between the younger and older said. message could be a great way to make a statement Ms Burrill, a former executive marketing generations. “It is important to record the stories of all our and get everyone to take notice,” she said. accountant, said apart of the social media campaign is Council will engage volunteers from local community elders before it is lost with their sad “Council is also going to consider options to set promoting Council’s short and long-term goals. schools such as Rose Bay Secondary School passing.” up incentives for recycling at home which provide “The CES for Waste is the first time a strategy and, if the program is successful, will begin the Mr Wy Kanak hopes the research will help vouchers to use at local businesses.” like this has been put together,” she said. “My hope is same process for researching other post-war uncover further links between the Aboriginal and Council are searching for more financial backers. that this strategy has the effect of increasing recycling groups which initially settled in Waverley. Jewish communities in Waverley. “Council provide much of rates and cleaning up our streets, “The idea is not to focus on the Holocaust,” the funding for local waste parks and beaches. Mr Goltsman said. “What we want to do is reduction education programs “The strategy would be record the history, the forgotten gap - these are and continue to apply for reassessed each year and further the people who have been forgotten but mean grants from State Government ideas would be developed to so much.” for specific environmental and continue to work together to Jewish migrants make up 17 per cent of educational projects,” said a raise awareness of the waste Waverley’s population, with the concentration Council spokesperson. challenge. My hope is that of Jewish residents higher than any other Ms Burill said: “Bondi this strategy has the effect of municipality in NSW. Beach is world famous so I increasing recycling rates and Bondi Beach was considered a working-class invite an advertising agency cleaning up our streets, parks suburb at the turn of the twentieth century but to create this social media and beaches. The strategy would following World War II, the eastern suburbs campaign as a great way be reassessed each year and became home for Jewish migrants from Poland, to make a difference in the further ideas would be developed Russia, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Germany. community and potentially to continue to work together The largest influx of Jewish immigrants win awards for excellence in to raise awareness of the waste arrived in Sydney between 1946 and 1961, and Councillor Leon Goltsman social media.” Councillor Angela Burrill challenge.” OPINION Hall Street’s Boheme impacts “residential soul” Published fortnightly and distributed to Bondi Beach, Bondi, BY PAUL PAECH couldn’t call them cheap. “Bondi can do with Bondi Junction, Dover Heights, Waverley, Tamarama, An ICAC investigation into the NSW With construction almost complete, Paul additional visitor accommodation,” said Ms Government revealed Mr Kelly to be involved Clovelly, Randwick, Rose Bay, Coogee and Maroubra. Paech casts an eye over Hall St’s ‘Boheme Bondi Distribution enquiries call 9212 5677 Hill. Already they’re proving popular with in corruption. Published by the Beach’ development. Alternative Media Group of Australia. While every effort is tourists and others. At the same time as Boheme sells Bondi as made to ensure accuracy of content, The Bondi View takes 4) Below the building, a massive four-level car “a community melting pot and meeting place”, no responsibility for inadvertent errors or omissions. There are four parts to the project: park has been carved out of the sandstone. projects like this one reduce variety and damage 1) The floating tower of 45 luxury apartments There’s almost 140 car spaces for the retail community continuity here. ABN 48 135 222 169 was designed, according to the architects, to and restaurants alone. It will be used 24 hours Some people shrug and say it’s “hello new Group Publisher: Lawrence Gibbons echo Bondi’s art deco heritage. But local art a day, so expect big increases in traffic along Bondi, goodbye old timers” and “if you don’t Group Manager: Chris Peken deco lover, Judith Hill argued there is nothing O’Brien and Roscoe Streets, and on Old like it, move out”, but rapid and radical change Group Editor: Marcus Braid art deco about it. “It’s a great big blob,” she South Head Rd which is already chokkers. here is shaping the qualities of Bondi. Bondi View Editor: Daniel Paperny said. There are likely to be changes to local traffic Whenever urban planning fails to manage Editors: Peter Hackney and Adam Hunt Andy Solo, a blogger from atbondi.com flows too. large-scale property development (leaving it to Contributors: Tara Waniganayaka, Paul Paech, Madelaine disagreed. “I love the top levels with the Boheme is the first large development to “market forces”), bad buildings just sit there Wong, Virat Nehru, Triana O’Keefe and Paul Gregoire curves and green glass façade,” he said. break out of the Campbell Pde zone since the causing problems for generations. Arts Editor: Leigh Livingstone All but four of the flats have been sold, Beach Road Hotel expansion was approved in Bondi needs to place a significantly higher Contributing Arts Editor: Emma Salkild mostly to owner-occupiers, according to the the 1960s - with consequences that police and value on the public areas like the beach, the Live Music Editor: Sharon Ye developers. These are literally million-dollar residents have been battling with ever since. park, streets and footpaths. Dining Editor: Jackie McMillan views, but “those look-at-me flats are going to Hall St’s Boheme could certainly have been And Waverley needs to more aggressively Advertising Managers: David Sullivan, be mighty uncomfortable when the breezes much worse: it could have been taller, for control the damaging impact that commercial Toni Martelli, Robert Tuitama, Suzette Frater and Debra pick up,” said one long-term local. starters. operations have on Bondi’s residential soul. O’Kane 2) Shops and restaurants will open in stages But it should have been a lot better. Design: Joanna Grace from late October. The two-level arcade is What the developer calls the “chic façade of Publisher’s Assistant: Deeksha Chopra a welcome semi-public area, and the sunny pastel masonry panels” on Hall St is universally Distribution Manager: Danish Ali cavern should be welcoming in winter. disliked, and the traffic problems generated by Cover Photo: Chris Peken - Anthony Lister Toga, the developer, confirms that there’ll the parking capacity will plague local streets for be a Harris Farm, a fresh coffee roaster, a years. Email: [email protected] gelato shop, Italian food shops, and a mix of Perhaps the biggest negative is that Bondi Advertising: [email protected] Italian and Asian restaurants.