2004 Redfern riots
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The 2004 Redfern riots took place on the evening of Sunday 15 February 2004, in the inner Sydney suburb of Redfern, New South Wales, and were sparked by the death of 17-year-old Thomas Hickey, also kn
Fireworks being shot at police on Lawson Street during the riot
The Block (Sydney)
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The Block is a colloquial name given to a residential block of social housing in the suburb of Redfern, Sydney. It is bound by Eveleigh, Caroline, Louis, and Vine Streets. Beginning in 1973, houses on
2004 Redfern riots
…motivation concluded the death to be an accident. On the evening of 15 February, Aboriginal and non-Indigenous youths and adults, most of them from The Block, the Waterloo estate and other inner city housing precincts gathered at Eveleigh Street quickly after the word of the death spread. Persons were seen…
Eveleigh Street, showing Aboriginal flag mural, vacant lot, and derelict terraces c.2003
A mural on the corner of Lawson Street and Eveleigh Street (2008)
Demolition of the Block in 2011