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
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
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
The Block (Sydney)
…the Aboriginal Housing Company's 50th birthday, and the official completion of the Pemulwuy Project. On 14 February 2004, The Block was the scene of 2004 Redfern riots following the death of an Aboriginal boy, TJ Hickey. Hickey died after, while on his bicycle, he collided with a protruding gutter, was flung into the…
Fireworks being shot at police on Lawson Street during the riot