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Ern McQuillan’s Gym – Former Oddfellows Hall
Author: Professor John Maynard Ern McQuillan was born at Newtown in 1905, and was, from the outset, a kid on the street trying to earn a buck. He was given…
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Elouera Gym
Author: Professor John Maynard For over 33 years, Elouera Gymnasium on Redfern’s Eveleigh Street was a magnet for budding young fighters wanting to train under the guidance of one of…
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Bill McConnell’s gym
Author: Professor John Maynard Bill McConnell’s gym was originally in Newtown, but moved to 83 Abercrombie Street, Chippendale in 1934. After the gym was destroyed by a fire in 1955,…
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Golden Gloves gym
Author: Professor John Maynard Tom Laming’s Golden Gloves gym was the chosen training ground of many talented fighters across the four decades of its existence. Laming opened his first boxing…
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Dave Sands Lane
Dave Sands Lane is a small lane in Glebe, which runs behind Phillip Street, and between Denman Lane and Mitchell Lane West. It was named in 2014 in honour of…
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Redfern Town Hall
Town Halls throughout Sydney’s inner suburbs provided large civic spaces that Aboriginal organisations used to gather and socialise for leisure activities and political meetings. Aboriginal activist William Ferguson was a…
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Sydney Town Hall
Sydney Town Hall played an important role in the movement towards self-determination from the 1960s onwards. Like other town halls throughout Sydney’s inner suburbs, it was a ‘hall for hire’,…
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Alexandria Town Hall
Town Halls throughout Sydney’s inner suburbs provided large civic spaces that Aboriginal organisations used to gather and socialise for leisure activities and political meetings. Regular dances were organised by the…
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Empress Hotel
The Empress Hotel on Regent Street was frequented by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from the 1940s through to the 1970s. Although it was a place where Aboriginal people…
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Clifton Hotel
The Clifton Hotel on Botany Road in Waterloo was a place where Aboriginal people gathered. It was where the decision was made to start the Koori Knockout, and where Bob…
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Redfern Community Centre
The Redfern Community Centre, a focus for Aboriginal social and cultural activities in Sydney, is located in a refurbished former factory on The Block. It is surrounded by a landscaped…
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NCIE
Redfern Public School was established in 1879. It educated generations of Aboriginal children living in Redfern and surrounding suburbs during the 20th century. Most students knew the school as George…
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Koori Knockout
The NSW Aboriginal Rugby League Knockout, known to most as the Koori Knockout, has been held annually since 1971. It grew out of a longstanding tradition among Sydney’s Aboriginal community…
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Redfern All Blacks
The dynamic and successful Redfern All Blacks rugby league team formed officially in 1944, but may have begun informally a decade earlier. The team attracted talented players from around NSW…
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Paddington Town Hall
Author: Paul Irish Town Halls throughout Sydney’s inner suburbs provided large civic spaces that Aboriginal organisations used to gather and socialise for leisure activities and political meetings. Paddington Town Hall…
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Foundation for Aboriginal Affairs
The headquarters of the Foundation for Aboriginal Affairs on George Street was opened in October 1966. In addition to providing welfare support for Aboriginal people migrating to Sydney from regional…