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
Jenny Munro
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Jenny Munro is an Australian Wiradjuri elder and a prominent activist for the rights of Indigenous Australians. She has been at the forefront of the fight for Aboriginal housing at The Block in Sydney
The Block (Sydney)
…against the decision to redevelop the housing. Other people involved in the early days were Bob's brother Sol Bellear; Lyall Munro Jnr and his wife Jenny Munro; Gary Foley; Paul Coe and his sister Isabel Coe; Billy Craigie (later Isabel's husband); Gary Williams; Naomi Mayers; retired boxer Dick Blair (1937–2013…
Jenny Munro speaking at a demonstration outside State Parliament House, New South Wales
Jenny Munro accepts award at the National Indigenous Human Rights Awards