Our Place: Redfern & Waterloo Interview Transcripts

Our Place: Redfern & Waterloo - Vivi Germanos Koutsounadis Interview Transcript b.1945

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

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Our Place: Redfern & Waterloo - Kathy Ingram Interview Transcript b.1945

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

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Our Place: Redfern & Waterloo - Jill Edwards Interview Transcript b.1952

Jill grew up in a Housing Commission house in Walker Street Redfern, the daughter of…

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Our Place: Redfern & Waterloo - Ted McDermot Interview Transcript b.1925

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

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Our Place: Redfern & Waterloo - Nicholas Shehadie Interview Transcript b.1926

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

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Our Place: Redfern & Waterloo - Jane Lanyon Interview Transcript b.1920

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

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Our Place: Redfern & Waterloo - Esosa Equaibor Interview Transcript b.1970

Esosa, was born in Lagos Nigeria and came to Australia when she was six years…

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Our Place: Redfern & Waterloo - Dean Ingram Interview Transcript b.1975

Dean, is the son of Kathy Ingram who was also interviewed for the project. He…

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Our Place: Redfern & Waterloo - Cathi Joseph Interview Transcript b.1950

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

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Our Place: Redfern & Waterloo - Bev Karonadis Interview Transcript b.1936

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

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Our Place: Redfern & Waterloo - Ann Ramsay Interview Transcript b.1914

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

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