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VOLUME ONE NUMBER FIFTY-EIGHT MARCH ’08 CIRCULATION 22,000 ALEXANDRIA BEACONSFIELD CHIPPENDALE DARLINGTON ERSKINEVILLE KINGS CROSS NEWTOWN PADDINGTON REDFERN SURRY HILLS WATERLOO WOOLLOOMOOLOO ZETLAND Jackie Sorry Day Orszaczky Reflections IN MEMORIAM – PAGE 7 STORIES – PAGES 12 & 14 Tempers fray over damage to Chinese Temple The Chinese Temple in Alexandria Photo: Ali Blogg Reem Al-Gharabally re-located as the buildings are now too are using it as their back yard. We time and have written to Council and mencement of works, by agreement, dangerous for occupation. The caretak- don’t mind giving people access but the Heritage Society arguing that the we carried out a dilapidation report The heritage-listed Yiu Ming Tem- ers of the temple claim they negotiated not to the extent of heavy machinery development was endangering the on the residences which were in very ple in Alexandria sits at the edge of a with the builders to fix the damage to and pouring of concrete,” said Henry temple’s buildings. poor condition. It appears that one large excavation site for a mixed-use the building and permission was given Chan, President of the Society, speak- “We want the people who caused of the many pre-existing cracks has development. Tempers have frayed for an access road to be built behind ing through an interpreter. “What is the damage to fix it up as soon as expanded. No dangerous subsidence since a large crack appeared in one the heritage-listed terraces where the upsetting is to see that the whole of the possible because it is causing real exists and all measures to date have of the temple buildings which mem- damage has occurred. The access road back lane is blocked away for exclusive hardship to the elderly Chinese,” been precautionary. bers of the Yiu Ming Hung Fook Tong now runs through the back gardens use of the builder.” says City of Sydney Councillor John “The access road was agreed to dur- Society that oversees the temple’s of the temple but members of the Yiu The 130-year-old temple is one McInerney. ing negotiations between the temple affairs claim is directly related to the Ming Society say the road is being used of only a small number of Chinese At the time of writing, the SSH and the insurer. The rectification of the building work next door. by the builders as an access point to temples that survive in NSW. Residents received a response via email from building is in the hands of the insurer. the development. of Hudson Apartments on Botany Road a representative of the development Demands made by the temple on the 16 elderly tenants who live in the “They said that road was built for Alexandria have also been concerned company Baseline Constructions, insurer have delayed the insurer in temple’s residential facility have been the purpose of fixing our wall but they about the fate of the temple for some which reads: “Prior to our com- proceeding with the works.” 2 The South Sydney Herald – March 2008 PUBLISHER South Sydney Uniting Church Raglan Street, Waterloo News Telephone 0400 008 338 Phone/fax 02 9698 8949 The views expressed in this newspaper are those of the author and the article and are not necessarily the views of the Uniting Church. Saint of Redfern remembered ADVERTISING [email protected] 0400 139 710 MAILING ADDRESS: ‘Mum’ Shirl (1924-1998) PO Box 2360 Strawberry Hills NSW 2012 Sarah Malik LETTERS Please send letters and emails to: The South Sydney Herald. The City of Sydney lit up Redfern Email: [email protected] Street on February 27 in an official Supply sender name and suburb. memorial service for Colleen Shirl Size: 150 words or less. We may edit for legal or other reasons. Perry, better known as “Mum Shirl”. The lighting and re-dedication of Mum Shirl’s Memorial is part of a $50 EDIToRIAL CoMMITTEE million plan by the City to redevelop Redfern. The decorative lighting will illuminate the Redfern Park Gates, the Redfern Court House, the St Vincent de Paul Church, and the Redfern Post Office. “I am pleased to see Redfern’s historic buildings illuminated and privileged to honour Mum Shirl, one of Redfern’s most generous volunteers,” said Lord Mayor Clover Managing EditoR Andrew Collis Moore. In her 74 years, Mum Shirl was a powerful advocate for Aboriginal rights and welfare. She assisted in setting up the Aboriginal Medical and Legal Service in Redfern in the Redfern local Elizabeth beside Mum Shirl’s Memorial Photo: Jack Carnegie 1970s, visited prisoners in gaols and opened her home to the addicted and She willingly gave and left a legacy “She had a brilliant mind. She was Ms Ansiewicz. homeless. that most Australians can be proud of. a mentor and a friend. We called her Friends remember Mum Shirl as a “She was a dynamic, unbelievable She was just a remarkable lady. We the Saint of Redfern, her heart went woman of deep religious faith who woman. I know my life has been were fortunate to have her.” out to the homeless, the addicted,” didn’t hesitate to challenge church Co-EDIToR Dorothy McRae-McMahon enriched. She kept that candle burning Close friends remember her as a said Ms Kennedy. officials when she thought they were and took in the wounded,” said Ann passionate and formidable woman. Social worker Rhonda Ansiewicz wrong. Welding, Mum Shirl’s great-niece. “She was absolutely fearless. She met Mum Shirl whilst working in “She was refused communion as a Growing up in an Erambie reserve wasn’t scared of nobody. She would a soup kitchen in 1974. She would young girl and that nearly broke her in Cowra, Ms Welding remembers take on the police, politicians,” said often drive Mum Shirl to prisons and heart,” said Ms Ansiewicz. “You could Mum Shirl defying the welfare authori- Kaye Bellear, a close friend. remembers occasions where Mum have huge fights with her though. ties when they attempted to remove Marni Kennedy, sister of the late Shirl would be called in to quell She’d say, ‘I’m an MRC’ (Mad Roman children. “She made people listen. Father Ted Kennedy of St Vincent’s riots. Catholic). She’d take on anybody. That we are survivors and we have to Church in Redfern whom Mum Shirl “She understood their pain and That’s what Ted and Shirley taught. be acknowledged,” said Ms Welding. worked closely with, remembers her their incarceration. She had an amaz- You stand up. You pull the rug from “She was the matriarch of this family. as a woman who had an open heart. ing way of embracing people,” said under people who oppress.” Co-EDIToR Trevor Davies Residents up in arms over Hillsong Nicholas McCallum Rosebery residents met face-to- PHoTography Ali Blogg face with Hillsong last month to decide the fate of the building of a 2,700-seat mega-church at an old RTA site in Rosebery. Chaired by the City of Sydney Council, the Wesley Conference Centre was packed by residents and bus loads of Hillsong members who had been driven in specifically for the occasion. ADVERTISING & CoNTENT Council revealed there had been Ben Falkenmire 170 community objections to the DA, with 63 in favour of the proposal, but the main talking point was traffic. The Rosebery Residents Action ASSISTANT-EDIToR Group stressed the proposed church Jessica Moore would have a massive impact on DESIGNER their quality of life in terms mainly of Robert Young parking, particularly at peak times. There would be a further 1,098 PRINTER MPD people within the office building 46-62 Maddox St, Alexandria 2015 and childcare centre, the RRAG estimates, taking the possible total REGULAR CoNTRIBUToRS on site to 3,798. Photo: Ben Bontia Reem Al-Gharabally Ellice Mol The old RTA site in Rosebery Jane Barton Susannah Palk General Manager of the Hillsong Anna Christie Carissa Simons Church, George Aghajanian, said 75 the benefits the church provides It was pointed out by Aghajanian applications that had failed to meet Candice Chung Claire Thompson per cent of all traffic would arrive within the South Sydney community, that no other development on the the zoning requirements for develop- Ben Falkenmire Samantha Van and exit from the north of the centre including the “street teams” which site would offer Rosebery as much ment on the old RTA site. norrie mAy-welby Ben Walker Nicholas McCallum Peter Whitehead through Kensington but did not talk perform “random acts of kind- accessible public space as the The proposed Hillsong church Sarah Malik Scott Winter about the flow-on effect to surround- ness”. Hillsong DA proposed. exceeds floor space limits and height ing areas. A Rosebery resident asked Hill- With Lord Mayor Clover Moore limits by 12 metres. The DA also “We gratefully acknowledge the many volunteer contributors and distributors When discussion time came, song members to raise their hands looking on, Council’s Giovanni failed to fall within the parking limit who make this publication possible.” emotion poured out from members if they lived in Rosebery. Only a few Cirillo compared the Hillsong allowed by the controls, surpassing it of Hillsong who reminded residents dozen were counted. development application to past by 313 spaces. The South Sydney Herald – March 2008 3 News ADVERTISEMENT Kristina Keneally MP MEMBER FOR HEFFRON Securing NSW Future Energy Supplies The focus of the Iemma Government is firmly fixed on improving services for the people of NSW – services that we all rely on, such as health, transport and education. The energy debate is part of this service improvement.