Demolition of houses in The Block, Redfern and those remaining, Oct 2000 / photographed by Richard Sandilands

PXA 912

fonds

Oct 2000

Graphic Materials, Photographs

401903

Photographs - 5 silver gelatin photoprints - 24 x 30.3 cm.

1. Demolition of The Block
2. Western side, Eveleigh Street, from Holden Street
3. Eastern side of Eveleigh Street, Holden Street on left
4. Looking north along Eveleigh Street
5. Looking south along Eveleigh Street

The Block "bounded by Eveleigh, Vine, Louis and Caroline Streets, Redfern ... was one of the first pieces of land in urban Australia owned by Indigenous people when it was purchased for Indigenous housing in 1973." -- Reference: Register of the National Estate Database, Jan 2000
In October 2000, demolition of The Block, was completed, with a small group of houses left for heritage purposes.