Our Place: Stories of Redfern & Waterloo - Biographies

Our Place - Stories of Redfern & Waterloo - Ann Ramsay Biography

Ann’s earliest memories of Redfern are of the “dirt and squalor” and hard times: “There…

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Our Place - Stories of Redfern & Waterloo - Jane Lennon Biography

Jane Lanyon was born at home in February 1920 in Balfour Street, Chippendale. She has…

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Our Place - Stories of Redfern & Waterloo - Cathi Joseph Biography

Cathi’s family lived in her grandmother’s terrace house in Great Buckingham Street: “There were six…

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Our Place - Stories of Redfern & Waterloo - Bev Karonadis Biography

Bev has lived in George Street, Redfern all her life; she reckons they’ll have to…

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Our Place - Stories of Redfern & Waterloo - Ted McDermott Biography

When Ted was a kid, “nobody ever trusted a policeman”, “there were always a lot…

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Our Place - Stories of Redfern & Waterloo - Sir Nicholas Shehadie Biography

Nicholas Shehadie’s grandfather, the first Orthodox priest in Australia, built the church on the corner…

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Our Place - Stories of Redfern & Waterloo - Vivi Germanos Koutsounadis Biography

Vivi talks about the Greek and Aboriginal people of Redfern. Her uncle and parents ran…

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Our Place - Stories of Redfern & Waterloo - Kath Ingram Biography

Kathy lived initailly on the South Coast and moved to waterloo when she was 12…

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