marrickville
matters
MAR 2013
vol29 no1
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Photo: Raffaela Cavadini
(from left) Tina Zhou, the high-achieving 2013 Young Citizen of the Year. Marrickville Council’s 2013 Citizen of the Year, Joanna Souliotis, who founded Marrickville’s Holiday Club.
Council’s first-ever Senior Citizen of the Year, Bruce Livingstone, with the orange folders of some of his ten World Vision sponsor children. Photos: Rachael Brown
Marrickville’s Finest
Joanna is a tireless volunteer and community
worker who has developed programs and initiatives
that inspire, empower, and connect Marrickville’s
many diverse and sometimes vulnerable families.
She has much in common with Council’s firstever Senior Citizen of the Year, Bruce Livingstone.
He has been serving the community of
Marrickville in various capacities during most of
his 85 years – except for a five year stint spent in
Papua New Guinea where he put his professional
administration skills to use assisting locals
develop their banking skills.
And Tina Zhou, at just 17, shows every sign
of following closely in their footsteps. The
prodigiously talented and hard-working teenager
is “bright, enthusiastic and committed to youth,
humanitarian and social justice issues”. Tina is
Council’s 2013 Young Citizen of the Year.
“These three outstanding individuals make me
proud to be Mayor of Marrickville,” said Councillor
Victor Macri.
“They encapsulate all that is good in our area.
They are real life role models and, astoundingly,
all three of them represent Marrickville’s
established and emerging communities through
the decades. Our Senior Citizen Bruce is from an
Anglo-Saxon background, Joanna is Greek, and
Tina was born in Australia to Chinese and Thai
parents,” Councillor Macri said.
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Official publication of Marrickville Council
www.marrickville.nsw.gov.au
mayor’s
message
Welcome to the first issue of Marrickville
Matters for 2013. We’ve already kicked off
another new year with one of Council’s major
annual events, Australia Day at Enmore Park,
where a number of new Australians formally
embraced their newly adopted country by
becoming Australian citizens at Council’s
Citizenship Ceremony.
Australia Day
Picnic Celebrations
An estimated 15,000 revellers shared a
picnic during Council’s 2013 Australia Day
celebrations at Enmore Park on Saturday 26
January.
The crowd enjoyed live entertainment from
Marrickville youngsters, The Ukes of Today, the
winners of the 2012 Marrickville Festival Break
Competition.
International Zimbabwe star Chris Gudu and
seven-piece extravaganza Righteous Voodoo also
performed. Indie artist Jack Carty and party band
Jellybean Jam also took to the stage.
Kids enjoyed a host of free activities, with the
Circus Playground and drumming workshops, as
well as face painting and a jumping castle. There
was also an array of international cuisine adding
some delicious treats and spicy flavours to the
picnic spread.
At Council’s Citizenship Ceremony Mayor of
Marrickville Councillor Victor Macri welcomed
40 new Australian citizens and local Aboriginal
elder Allan Barnes spoke of the significance of
Australia’s indigenous heritage during a special
Welcome to Country.
Of course it was also the day when Marrickville
Council announced its 2013 Citizens of the Year. These
awards remind us of the importance of enhancing
community life and of what can be accomplished
through the contribution of every day individuals.
What often distinguishes these individuals is their
willingness to recognise that progress is worth
pursuing in spite of the challenges it inevitably
produces. It is not always easy to go out on a limb.
To lead, to inspire and to persuade others requires
an unrelenting enthusiasm and dedication.
Whilst this year’s Marrickville Citizens of the Year
come from different walks of life, they all have one
thing in common – they have gone about their work
in the community without expecting fame or favour.
Joanna Souliotis, a tireless volunteer and community
worker was named Marrickville Council’s 2013 Citizen
of the Year. She has helped develop programs and
initiatives aimed at our community’s most vulnerable.
Seventeen-year-old Tina Zhou was named Council’s
2013 Young Citizen of the Year for her dedication to
humanitarian and social justice issues.
This year Council included a whole new category
– Senior Citizen of the Year – which I think is
particularly relevant given the often unrecognised
contributions made by older generations. Its
inaugural recipient was Bruce Livingstone who at
85 years of age has spent most of his life serving
the community of Marrickville.
I extend my congratulations to all the candidates
in this year’s Citizen of the Year awards, all of
whom demonstrated an impressive array of
accomplishments.
Of course local festivities will continue into
March with the hugely popular Bairro Português
Petersham Food & Wine Fair on 17 March, and a
brand new festival, the Sydenham and Tillman Park
Fair, which is being launched by Council this year.
This fair will be a whole of family event with live
entertainment, children’s activities and great local
food stalls. Community celebrations like these are
an integral part of life in the Marrickville area. Let
us encourage a more celebratory outlook for 2013.
Councillor Victor Macri
Mayor of Marrickville
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Showing off the flag on Australia Day. Photo: Martin Brady.
Becoming Australian Citizens at Marrickville’s
Citizenship Ceremony. Photo: Martin Brady.
TRUE BLUE
AMBASSADOR
Award-winning actor John Wood added
Marrickville Australia Day Ambassador
to his resume after being selected as the
Australia Day Council’s representative for
the local area.
Best known for his leading roles in Rafferty’s
Rules and Blue Heelers, John helped
Marrickville locals celebrate Australia Day this
year at Enmore Park.
“I’m very proud of my heritage, which
like most Aussies is from many points of the
compass all around the world,” John said.
Asked what he would most like to see
represented in our national consciousness in
years to come, John answered: “I hope there is
someone equally proud to carry on in my stead
singing the praise of this great, and despite the
look of things sometimes, inclusive country.”
Actor and Marrickville’s
Australia Day Ambassador,
John Wood.
BAIRRO: A Fair
of the Senses
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Citizens of the Year
Joanna Souliotis, the 2013 Citizen of the
Year, is a single mother of three and survivor
of domestic violence who has turned life’s
obstacles into opportunities to improve the
fate of others.
She worked as a volunteer at Marrickville West
Primary School and eventually became first a
Teacher’s Aide and then completed a Bachelor of
Early Childhood Education.
“She is a model for life-long learning,” said Ruth
Bradfield Ling, Principal at Marrickville West Primary
School. “She used her expertise in IT to teach
others via TAFE, and established the school’s first
website. When she became an official employee of
the school, she developed programs and initiatives
that engaged Indigenous students and lifted
esteem and value.”
Joanna also started the Warren Road community
newsletter The Fly, enlisting several unemployed
young mothers in her neighbourhood and giving
them important vocational skills.
In 2005, she established the Holiday Club – “a
space where parents [who might not otherwise
be able to afford a holiday] could relax and enjoy
life and escape the pressure of mundane life.
This attracted and connected many diverse and
sometimes vulnerable families,” according to
Joanna’s nominator Vivienne Martin, who adds
that Joanna is also “an avid advocate for women
and children” who find themselves in situations of
domestic violence.
Joanna provided the Women’s Domestic Violence
Court Assistance Scheme (WDVCAS) with evidence of
detrimental practices that contributed to changes being
made to ‘The Children’s Cases’ pilot program, and she
addressed The Family Court staff at a workshop, telling
them of the concerns, issues and experiences domestic
violence victims faced in the court.
“Joanna is a woman who looks to see how she
can improve a situation, rather than indulge in
complaint,” said Ms Ling. “She is the person other
Experience the culinary and cultural
delights of one of Council’s preeminent
community events, the Bairro Português
Petersham Food and Wine Fair.
Council
lobbies on
key issues
Now in its eleventh year, the Fair is celebrated
widely both within the Português community
of Sydney and the wider Marrickville area.
Revellers are expected to turn out in their
thousands to partake in festivities including
traditional and contemporary Português and
Brazillian dance and music and tempting
banquet of delicious cuisines from Portugal, the
Mediterranean, Brazil and Africa.
All are welcome to the free event which is on
Sunday 17 March from 10am – 6pm at Audley
and Fisher Streets, Petersham.
The issues were discussed at the NSW
Government’s Community Cabinet which met last
December.
The indefinite deferment of funding for the
GreenWay remains a key policy disappointment
particularly given the findings from a Council
A delegation from Marrickville Council met
with a number of NSW Ministers to discuss
a range of issues impacting local residents
including the GreenWay, affordable
housing and the State Infrastructure
Strategy for Sydney.
mothers go to when they need advice – how to
complete a complicated form, where to find furniture
for a family in need, or how to recruit a team of
fathers to assist a single mum move house. Her
resourcefulness and generosity know no bounds.”
Bruce Livingstone has also had a profound effect
on his life-long home of Marrickville. A talented
sportsman, he represented the area in cricket
and table tennis, founded the Marrickville Soccer
Club, and spent many years in unpaid sports
administration. His voluntary work at his local church
spanned many decades, and post-retirement he
volunteered full time for Meals on Wheels.
“I had leukaemia when I was young, and I spent
three or four years in Westmead Hospital. I saw how
much the community gave to me, so I was inspired
to give back in some way,” said Tina, who is doing
her HSC this year.
“I’d like to study Arts Law or Commerce and
eventually work in government some day as an
advisor. I have an interest in politics,” Tina said.
An impressed Councillor Macri has no doubt Tina
will achieve her aims. “I predict Tina will be running
the country one day!” he said.
When the Citizens of the Year
judging panel saw the list of
Bruce’s achievements, they
decided there and then that
Marrickville needed an annual
Senior Citizen of the Year Award.
Council’s Young Citizen of the Year is Tina Zhou.
“Her CV while still at school would put to shame
many people twice her age,” marvels the Mayor of
Marrickville Councillor Victor Macri. “I’m still not
sure when she finds time to sleep!”
Late last year Tina represented Marrickville at
the YMCA NSW Youth Parliament, acting as the
Shadow Minister for Juvenile Justice and Police. She
is community liaison officer of the Marrickville Youth
Council, and on the Premier’s Debating Team. She
has volunteered at the Marrickville Festival, and for
CANTEEN, the Red Cross, Legacy, Daffodil Day and
Quota, and received Duke of Edinburgh silver and
bronze awards for her work at Marrickville Library
and the Marrickville electorate office.
Tina has won many accolades at her school
(Sydney Girls), and spends her spare time on art
and tennis lessons, and playing with the School
Chamber Orchestra and in the netball, volleyball,
hockey, cricket and tennis teams.
survey in which an overwhelming majority of
respondents – 90 per cent - said they would
use the walking/cycling path if it were to be
completed.
Council also expressed concerns to the
Minister for Transport Gladys Berejiklian and
Minister for Roads and Ports Duncan Gay
regarding the proposed WestConnex Motorway
emphasising the need to integrate public
transport with more accessible and sustainable
transport options in any plan.
In discussions with the Minister for
Planning and Infrastructure, Brad Hazzard,
Council affirmed the need for new residential
developments to incorporate affordable housing
and with the passing of the Boarding House
Bill 2012, requested that Marrickville Council
be represented on a new committee to oversee
required changes to the boarding house
industry.
“You don’t expect an award when you’re going on for 86.
It’s a good feeling,” says Bruce (right). “What I love about
Marrickville is that groups are not cliquey. Everyone gets
along,” says Joanna.
“The award was a surprise. I feel very humbled, and
inspired to do even more in the community as well,”
says Tina.
WASTE BIN
COLLECTIONS
Council is working to improve the efficiency of
its residential waste removal services and will
begin a series of new bin collection times over
the next two months.
As a result, it is likely that the times of day at
which garbage, recycling and green waste is
collected from local residences may be different
to what residents have previously experienced.
Garbage bins will, however, continue to be emptied
on the same day of the week and recycling and
green waste bins on the same day of the fortnight
that they have been emptied in the past.
For more information about the changes to
bin collection times please contact the Customer
Service Centre on 9335 2222 or visit Council’s
website www.marrickville.nsw.gov.au
Marrickville Matters March 2013 3
Get the MOST out of
Marrickville’s arts scene
Above: In 2011, hundreds of Marrickville citizens took advantage of the Marrickville Open Studio Trail.
Forty two studios, galleries, and artist-run
initiatives will open their doors to the public
on 9 – 10 March for the Marrickville Open
Studio Trail (MOST).
Public Forum
Coming in from the cold
and into the fold – free
MOST, part of Art Month Sydney, is an
opportunity to engage with Marrickville’s thriving
independent arts scene, view art in progress, and
purchase art at studio prices.
For two days, 200 of Marrickville’s artists
will welcome visitors and showcase their work,
practice, and philosophy.
“The Marrickville Open Studio
Trail ticks all the boxes. It brings
together our cultural community,
allows everyone in Marrickville
to experience the artistic life, and
encourages cultural tourism,”
said Mayor of Marrickville
Councillor Victor Macri.
MOST will include three walking tours –
one concentrating on local street art, one on
Newtown’s arts scene, and the other on the arts
and culture of Marrickville / St Peters. As well,
there are cycle tours, and a hop on-hop off bus.
On Thursday 7 March, a Q and A style public forum
will look at possible future directions and policies
Council could adopt in dealing with street art.
For more information about MOST 2013 visit
Counci’s website www.marrickville.nsw.gov.au
Hop On, Hop Off Bus Tour
– free
Free bus will circuit along main roads,
stopping for 10 mins at designated places on
Salisbury Road Camperdown, twice behind
King Street, Mays Street St Peters, Unwins
Bridge Road, Marrickville Road, Addison
Road, Stanmore Road, and old Canterbury
Road. For more information visit Council’s
website.
Saturday 9 March
Various locations
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Free Cycle tours
Art Month 2013 / Most Artcycle Bike Tour
BYO: Bike, helmet, water, lunch, lock, mobile
phone and repair kit. ARTcycle Inc organises and
leads this moderate speed, on-road bicycle tour.
Expect frequent stops at dynamic art spaces not
normally open to the public. Limited numbers. To
book and route map: see Council website
Saturday 9 March, 10.45am - 5pm
Meet: Hollis Park, Warren Ball Avenue Newtown.
Sign on, bicycle check, ride briefing.
Finish: Summer Hill Station
Most Artcycle Bike Tour
Bike, helmet, water, lunch, lock, mobile phone
and repair kit. ARTcycle Inc organises and
leads this moderate speed, on-road bike tour.
Expect frequent stops at dynamic art spaces not
normally open to the public. Limited numbers.
Bookings essential. To book and route map: see
Council website
Sunday 10 March, 10.45am - 5pm
Meet: Alpha House, Union Street Newtown
Finish: Salmagundi Studios, Arncliffe
Opening Party – free
A celebration of – and for – Marrickville’s arts
precinct. Come and mingle, catch up, have a drink,
chat all things art, and plan your
MOST route. Over 18’s only.
Thursday 7 March, 7.15pm
ZanziBar, 323 King Street Newtown
Marrickville citizens, stakeholders, street artists,
academics, practitioners, and dissidents are invited
to a Q and A style public forum to discuss Council’s
changing role from adversarial to curatorial and
looking at future directions and policies Council
could adopt in dealing with street art.
Thursday 7 March at 6.45pm
Newtown School of Arts, Eliza Street
Followed by the MOST Opening Celebration
from 8.30pm.
Match Box Projects Ari
Walking Tours – free
Join twin sisters Leanne and Naomi Shedlezki
- artist duo and creators of Match Box Projects
Sydney ARI Guide – on free walking tours of
Marrickville’s Artist Run Initiatives. Register
and more information: www.sydneyariguide.com
Marrickville ARI tour
Saturday 9 March, meet at 12.50 for 1pm - 4pm
Various locations in Marrickville
Newtown/St.Peters ARI Tour
Sunday 10 March, meet at 12.50 for 1pm - 4pm
Various locations in Newtown/St.Peters
Art On The Streets Walking
Tours – free
Join Melinda Vassallo, author of Street Art of
the Inner West, and street artist Chris Tamm
as they walk you through the back lanes of
Newtown and Enmore seeking out some
of Sydney’s best street art. Book and more
information: see Council website
Saturday 9 March and Sunday 10 March, 11am
HUB Newtown, opposite Newtown Station
Last year’s runner up in the Marrickville Urban
Photography competition, The Gingerbread House by
Anette Blattman.
EYE ON HERITAGE
Carole White (far left) and walkers from the Marrickville Meanderers group. Photo: Nicole Trian
RECREATION IN
CYBERSPACE
A new online hub that offers all you need to
know about recreation in the Marrickville
area has been launched by Council.
Rec Post was launched in January and is aimed
at local sporting clubs, recreational groups and
users.
The site contains news, information on
events, as well as profiles on sporting clubs
and recreational groups with features on local
personalities and their achievements.
Rec Post users are also invited to share their
recreational experiences with pictures and videos,
and provide feedback on events.
Carole White, Walk Organiser for the
Marrickville Meanderers, said Rec Post would
benefit many of Marrickville’s sporting clubs and
recreational groups.
“It will get more people to join in, and that in
turn should benefit anyone who joins, as they
all become more social and enjoy a healthier
lifestyle.”
Carole joined the Marrickville Meanderers to
exercise and meet new people. There are currently
10 regular walkers of about 60-70 years of age.
“We walk one day each week on Thursday
morning, starting at the Abbey and Debbie Borgia
Sports Centre,” Carole said.
The Marrickville Meanderers walk for an hour
and a half from Steel Park to Tempe train station,
and back along the other side of the Cooks River.
“I think the best part about being involved with
this group is the nice people I have met and also
getting more exercise.”
The Marrickville Meanderers are just one of
many local groups, big or small, invited to interact
on the new Rec Post website.
“Rec Post not only encourages residents to
join new recreation groups, but connect with
like-minded enthusiasts from soccer and cycling
to ping-pong or kayaking,” Mayor of Marrickville
Councillor Victor Macri said.
“We want Marrickville residents to be more
engaged with their sporting community.
“We want Rec Post to enrich their recreational
experience.
“Whether it be joining a new sports club,
discovering a new walking trail, or celebrating
achievements and sharing stories, Rec Post
ensures the interaction continues well after the
game is over,” Clr Macri said.
Rec Post also lists volunteering opportunities,
and information on upgrades to facilities at
Marrickville parks. Maps of cycle routes, walking
and running trails and park locations are also
available.
Visit Rec Post at recpost.marrickville.nsw.gov.
au and register for the monthly newsletter. For
more information on Rec Post contact Council on
9335 2287 or email [email protected]
Did you know?
• There is 132 hectares of open space in
Marrickville including 55 playgrounds, 27
picnic/BBQ facilities, six cycle paths
• Top recreational activities in Marrickville
are walking/walking the dog, gym/aerobic/
fitness, swimming, running and cycling
• Most popular parks are Steel Park, Enmore
Park, Camperdown Memorial Rest Park,
Camperdown Park and Mackey Park.
• There has been an increase in sports such
as AFL, soccer, dance, touch football, yoga,
lawn bowls, outdoor cricket, rugby league
and aerobic/fitness participation.
• Marrickville residents participate in
recreation activities for fitness, fun, health
and social connection.
Now in its third year, the Marrickville Urban
Photography Competition is inviting photographers
of all ages and abilities to turn their lenses on the
Marrickville urban landscape. Images must feature,
reference or comment on the older attributes
of the local, pre-1960s built environment with a
contemporary perspective that focuses on the
layers that make up our urban spaces. All photos
must have been taken after 2000.
Entries close 18 March 2013 and must be sent
via email to [email protected].
Visit council’s website www.marrickville.
nsw.gov.au or call Council’s Heritage and Urban
Design Adviser on 9335 2114 for more details.
MEDAL FOR
BUILT HERITAGE
Marrickville’s built environment tells a
historical narrative of the local area that
reflects numerous economic, social and
political trends.
In recognition of the area’s rich cultural and
architectural heritage, Marrickville Council
will award the annual Marrickville Medal for
building works where conservation, restoration
or reinterpretation has enhanced Marrickville’s
built environment.
This year’s theme is “Community Milestones”
with judges looking for thoughtful and
innovative outcomes.
Awarded annually since 1995, it was one of
the first of its kind in NSW and coincides with
the state-wide National Trust Heritage Festival
held in April-May every year.
Mayor of Marrickville Councillor Victor Macri
said the Marrickville Medal was an important
means of retaining links with the area’s
historical past.
“Buildings from decades ago tell us a lot
about how people lived, worked and socialised
and so any efforts toward conservation,
restoration or reinterpretation should be
encouraged,” Clr Macri said.
Nominations close 4 March 2013. Entry
forms can be found at Council’s website
www.marrickville.nsw.gov.au with entry valid for
all properties in the Marrickville area.
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OUR COUNCIL…
OUR VERGE GARDENS
Ester Nyers is Marrickville Council’s Sustainable Streets Officer. She has launched a two-year
pilot program that encourages residents to work on converting concrete and grass verges to
garden verges.
What does your role involve? I liaise with
residents and work across a range of Council
directorates to facilitate a collaborative approach to
verge management and maintenance as part of the
Sustainable Streets Program.
What is the Sustainable Streets Program and
why has Council introduced this program? The
verge gardening program is about making better
use of verges which are important areas of public
land that have the potential to provide ecosystem
services and help create more liveable spaces.
An ongoing process of collaboration with the
community whereby concrete and turf are gradually
replaced with footpath gardens will see more
sustainable streetscapes emerge.
Verge gardening is a key part of the Sustainable
Streets Program, for those who don’t know
what a ‘verge garden’ is could you give a brief
explanation? The strip of land between the kerb
and the property line is known as the verge. Some
areas in Marrickville have full concrete verges while
other areas will have a combination of footpath and
grass. Technically the verge is part of the road and
Council has responsibility to ensure public safety is
maintained in these areas.
Also known as footpath gardens or nature strip
gardens, converting grass verges to garden has
many benefits including increasing biological
diversity and improved water quality outcomes.
Less grass to cut means less noise, maintenance
costs and emissions associated with mowing.
What are the benefits to individual verge
gardeners and the wider community? Gardening
on the verge brings a raft of associated benefits to
both the community and the individual. Gardens
encourage people to connect with their local
neighbourhood through meaningful, positive
interactions. People being present in the street
can help to increase feelings of safety and security.
Furthermore, social connectedness is known to
contribute to personal wellbeing and provide a
basis for improved quality of life.
Su Kennedy was recently recognised for her volunteer work at Marrickville’s Community
Nursery where in the past three years she has clocked up more than 400 voluntary hours.
Meanwhile, she found time and inspiration to plant a new verge garden outside her home.
Photo: Nicole Trian
How did you get interested in verge gardening?
It’s a life long story. In a sense just an extension of
an interest in preserving the natural environment
and maintaining biodiversity as much as we
possibly can in this urban world.
As a child my father owned a cattle property so
some of my earliest memories are of identifying
plants, weeds, crops. As an adult I became more
interested in conservation issues, which included
plants and animals. This garden I’ve created here
is almost entirely natives. Wherever I’ve moved
I have created the garden around the house and
steadily over the years that’s included more and
more natives.
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What do you get out of verge gardening?
Intellectually, every little bit counts and I know I’ve
replaced a little bit of concrete with local natives
and I know that it’s setting an example for others
possibly to follow and be influenced by and that
in itself is reward. As individuals we have varying
levels of ability to contribute and the way I can
contribute is in the doing – verge gardens, bush
care and community nursery work.
How has Council assisted you in getting the
verge gardens started? I rang the office and my
personal experience overall is that everyone’s been
helpful and enthusiastic. It was such a cooperative
experience [with Council], it was easy. Council has
guidelines available to help with planting.
Have you had much interest from people on the
street? During Marrickville Festival, parades of
people walked past and almost everybody spoke
and was complimentary.
What advice would you give to someone
thinking of planting a verge garden? That it’s
relatively easy to make happen. Overall the kind of
garden I have is not high maintenance - it’s more
holding it back than keeping it going. So I don’t
regard it as hard work. If everybody did their tiny
bit it would make a big difference.
Partners at home and in
business, Cornersmith Café
owners James Grant (left)
and Alex Elliott-Howery.
Report
an Issue
Photos: Nicole Trian
Marrickville residents are encouraged
to report issues instantly to Council by
using Snap Send Solve.
Snap Send Solve is a free iPhone and Android
smartphone app which allows users to take a
photo of an issue and by using GPS positioning
determines the responsible council and sends
an email to report the problem.
The app allows users to take a photo of
issues such as litter, waste, parking, street
cleaning, trees or noise, and provide general
feedback to Council.
Download Snap Send Solve for free from
Council’s website.
Making Greener Strides
A number of local businesses were recognised for making changes to
their business practices that have netted substantial gains in the area
of sustainability at the annual Business Environment Awards for 2012.
Mayor of Marrickville Councillor Victor Macri
demonstrates how to use the Snap, Send, Solve app.
Cooks River
Plan
Marrickville Council, along with eight
other partner councils, has delivered a
long-term management plan to address
the environmental challenges impacting
the Cooks River.
The Cooks River Alliance includes councils
from Ashfield, Bankstown, Canterbury, City of
Sydney, Hurstville, Strathfield, Rockdale and
Marrickville and was formed in September
2011.
The Management Plan has a number of
goals that include: making the quality and
volumes of water flowing to the Cooks River
from all parts of the catchment better reflect
the natural water cycle; ensuring natural
habitats are thriving and connected across
the catchment; having the community actively
participate in initiatives to improve the health
of the catchment; readily available information
on the catchment that is accessible,
centralised and up to date; increasing the
catchment’s resilience to climate change.
“The key to this Alliance is that it signifies
a collaborative and strategic approach to
managing one of Sydney’s most important
water assets,” said Mayor of Marrickville
Councillor Victor Macri.
“I am particularly proud of the work being
done by Marrickville Council in conjunction
with residents and stakeholders to create rain
gardens, permeable paving and to ensure our
waterways, wetlands and green spaces are
part of a thriving urban ecosystem.”
Businesses were recognised across several categories at the target
sustainability @ marrickville program - a program that assists small
and medium enterprises to better understand, measure, manage and
communicate their sustainability performance.
“Council has a goal to work with businesses to grow local knowledge,
capabilities and capacity for businesses and organisations to be sustainable,”
said the Mayor of Marrickville Clr Victor Macri.
“It’s about meeting the community’s vision of creating economically,
environmentally and socially sustainable neighbourhoods throughout Marrickville.”
If you’d like to sign your business up to the target sustainability @
marrickville program please contact Council on 9335 2222.
The Innovators
A bartering system and rooftop beehive are among the innovative
approaches used by the owners of Cornersmith Café to create a
sustainable business that garnered them two 2012 Environment
Business Awards.
The dual award recipients were recognized with a Sustainable Innovation
Award and a Community Partnership Award at the 2012 Environment
Business Awards.
The accolades have come less than a year after Alex Elliott-Howery and
her partner James Grant first opened Cornersmith Café on Illawarra Road,
Marrickville, with the express intent of sharing their ideals of sustainability.
“We source local produce, focus on seasonal food, only use ethical meat
products, use a water-saving dishwasher, have recycling and composting
programs, and buy recycled paper products when available,” Alex said.
Two bee hives on the garage roof allow the business to align with its
philosophy of local food, small scale production and urban farming.
Additionally, Cornersmith incorporated green into the café by building an edible
garden last May. It was created following a $500 grant awarded by Council. By
June, Cornersmith hopes to source 50 per cent of herbs, greens and edible flowers
from its garden. They’ve already installed two Aerobin 400 compost sites in the
garden to reduce waste with the aim to compost 75 per cent green waste by June.
Their home grown produce bartering system has enabled locals to
exchange their excess produce for coffee and preserves.
“One week in winter we received 50kg of citrus which we turned into
marmalade, preserved lemons, syrups and jams,” Alex says.
Cornersmith has also donated to a number of local schools as well as to Animals
Australia and The Organic Soup Kitchen which teaches young underprivileged
mothers how to cook healthy meals for their babies.
Cornersmith intend to allocate their $1000 award from Sydney Water
towards implementing water saving measures.
For a full list of winners please visit http://www.marrickville.nsw.gov.au/environment/
working_with_business/tsm/environment_awards.html?s=2038671932
Adam Taylor, Coordinator, Alfalfa House.
Narelle Mantle, Reverse Garbage
The Leaders
They distinguished themselves by leading the way in adopting
sustainable approaches. Alfalfa House at Enmore and Reverse
Garbage at the Addison Road Centre Marrickville were joint
winners of the Sustainability Leadership Award.
Adam Taylor, Coordinator at Alfalfa House, said the focus of their ethos
had shifted marginally to encourage suppliers to not only provide bulk,
unpackaged foods but to change from plastic packaging to paper and
re-usable containers.
“For the past 32 years we have been working to reduce packaging in the
shop, reuse everything we can, and recycle everything we cannot as a last
option,” Adam says.
“We take notes on what ends up in the rubbish bin and do everything we
can to try and find ways to keep it out next time.”
Although the local co-op is a small part of the food retail chain, Adam
emphasises that sustainability means that everyone can play a part.
“We work really hard every day to cut out costs from middlemen, shipping
companies etc,” he says.
“We are also dedicated to paying our farmers a fair wage, and in that we
are constantly working to find that happy medium between producer and
consumer.”
Adam cites a number of projects including the shop mural, the planting
of a verge garden, all supported by Council, as a means of aiding the
expansion of the co-op’s sustainable policies.
“All in all, Alfalfa House has always been – and always will be –
dedicated to not just environmental, but social sustainability as well.”
For nearly 40 years, Reverse Garbage has inspired individuals, students,
local artists and businesses to recognise the value of ‘waste’ as a resource
to be reused.
Off-cuts, over-runs, art and craft materials, stage props, knick-knacks,
furniture and other items from hundreds of supporting commercial and
industrial businesses plus donations from the community, form the tonnes
of reusable resources collected at Reverse Garbage.
An estimated 30,000 cubic metres or the equivalent of 100 football fields
of items destined for landfill are saved on average each year.
“We’ll soon be running our creative education workshops at a number of
council events and venues,” said CEO Reverse Garbage, Narelle Mantle.
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Be Active. Be Happy. Be You. Be Active. Be Happy. Be You. Be Active. Be Happy. Be You.
Be Active. Be Happy. Be You. Be Active. Be Happy. Be You. Be Active. Be Happy. Be You.
Council has organised many activities as part
of this year’s Youth Week from Friday 5-19
April 2013 including:
Council has organised a host of activities to
coincide with this year’s Seniors Week from
19-23 March 2013.
XPOZED 9 Youth Art
Seniors week luncheon
The creative talents of young people will be on
display for the annual youth art exhibition. There
will be artistic samples, short films and ArtExpress
works, as well as creative art workshops.
Information on local youth services and programs,
recreation, drugs, mental health, employment
and education will also be available.
Monday 8 April – Friday 19 April
Dulwich Hill High School of Visual Arts and Design
The Seniors Week luncheon at the
Petersham RSL will be held on Tuesday 19
March from 10.30am-2pm. Tickets are booked
through Community Services on 9335 2143.
Transport can be provided through Tom Foster
Community Care on 9335 2153. Entertainment
will be provided along with a two course lunch.
health and wellbeing
The Health and Wellbeing Expo will be held
on Thursday 4 April from 9.30am-12.30pm
at Marrickville Town Hall. The Expo provides
an opportunity for service providers to set up
information stalls. Seniors are invited to come along
and enjoy the morning of interactive workshops,
learn something new or just chat to old friends.
Watch Your Head Band Night
YOUTH
WEEK 2013
For enquiries and bookings contact Council’s Community Development Worker – Youth Services on
9335 2158 or email [email protected]
It’s a
Two-way
Street
A new Council initiative to reduce social isolation, bridge the
generational gap between young and old and foster old fashioned
values of ‘neighbourliness’, are the reasons behind the aptly named
Two-Way Street.
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Local hip hop and R&B artists will provide live
music to celebrate the end of school term.
Watch Your Head has been organised by
Marrickville Youth Council.
Friday 12 April, 6pm – 10pm
Jarvie Park Youth Facility Yabsley Avenue
Marrickville
Library Activities
Marrickville Library will host a number of
workshops for young people during Youth Week.
Learn African drumming, create chocolate treats
and bath bombs. See more details in Council’s
Events Calendar on page 13.
The Marrickville Community Drug Action Team
members will also support Youth Week celebrations
and offer information and support about prevention
programs currently running in the area.
Two-Way Street is about building stronger relationships within communities and
increasing cooperation, understanding and respect between neighbours to create
a safer environment for everyone.
From verge gardening to simply knocking on your
neighbour’s door to say ‘hi’, everyone can contribute
to the program.
As part of the initiative, a one day forum with participants from
Council’s Youth Council and Seniors Reference Group will explore ways
of strengthening relationships between our younger and older residents.
Council is encouraging all secondary schools in the Marrickville area to send
interested students to take part on the day. The forum is to be held in early
May with further details available on Council’s website www.marrickville.
nsw.gov.au closer to the forum date.
Further information about the launch of Two-Way Street will be available on
Council’s website in the coming months.
Meanwhile, read our One Life interview with forum participant, Emily Hill,
on page 12.
Everybody Sing
SENIORS
WEEK 2013
For enquiries and bookings contact Council’s Strategic Community Projects Officer – Ageing on 9335
2143 or email [email protected]
A piano sing-along is held once a fortnight
on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month, at
midday, at the Tom Foster Community Care.
No expertise required as it’s all about fun.
Transport is free for those who are unable to
make their own way to the venue, although
there is a small charge to cover lunch. Advance
bookings are essential on 9335 2143.
MUSIC – ELIXIR OF YOUTH
Marrickville Council is running a program
for local musicians to volunteer their musical
talent by performing in local nursing homes
Days and times are flexible and Council can
provide the initial contact with a care facility in the
area. For more information please call 9335 2057.
A woman needs a shed
When Virginia Woolf penned her famously
feminist thesis declaring that every woman
needs a room of her own, she may not have
visualised it as a tin shed routinely found in
suburban back yards.
But there can be little doubt Woolf would
have approved, at least ideologically, which is
heartening news for Cherie Thompson who’s
campaigning to start up a local Women’s Shed.
A mixed media artist and member of Council’s
Seniors Reference Group, Cherie believes a shed
would be perfectly suited to local women who
have a yen for the creative arts, and enjoy having
a lively discussion.
“I have a fixation because the creative, older
women are under-recognised and underacknowledged,” Cherie said.
“There’s a lot of middle aged women and the
shed would be a meeting place for writing, art
- anything creative- as well as learning how to
change a washer on a tap.”
The shed would also be a place where
knowledge of the creative arts could be passed
down to women of younger generations.
“Over the years we’ve lost all those techniques
like crocheting, recipe making, sewing; what the
baby boomers didn’t teach their daughters.”
A first step would be to find a suitable venue
for the shed where the core group could meet
weekly, possibly more regularly. Firstly, though,
Cherie hopes to attract community support.
“A a shop front somewhere or even a Pop-Up
Women’s Shed would be ideal as we could move
around and spread the word about what we do.”
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Keeping Traditions
Craft workshops at the 2012 Marrickville
Festival that featured traditional cross
stitch, hand-held embroidery, and crochet
from Council’s Sister Cities of Funchal, Kos,
Larnaca and Bethlehem proved highly
popular with Festival-goers.
The Stitch Stop craft workshops recognise that many
of Marrickville’s local women possess valuable skills
in sewing and textile crafts and are able to pass these
skills on to a new generation. Almost 100 people
signed up for notification of similar workshops an endorsement of the Sister Cities Program and
its aim of sharing knowledge and skills.
“As part of our Sister Cities Program, Council
wants to help ensure these skills are valued
and not lost, but instead passed on to a new
generation,” said the Mayor of Marrickville Clr
Victor Macri.
As a result, regular craft activities will be added
to the already comprehensive list of activities to
be held at Marrickville Library in 2013. For more
information, contact Ros Khan on 9335 2166.
Road
Works
Ahead
Mattress Recycling
Marrickville Council is working with contractors
to collect, recycle or clean and redistribute
selected mattresses to charity for reuse.
Between June 2009 and December 2012, a
total of 18,520 individual mattresses have been
collected and recycled saving approximately 741
tonnes of landfill space.
Residents can make a booking by contacting
the Council’s Customer Service Centre (9335
2137) or booking online at www.marrickville.
nsw.gov.au with collection organised within two
working days. Bookings can also be made for
general waste, metal goods/whitegoods and
bulky green waste by calling 9335 2137.
Chemical cleanout
A Household Chemical Cleanout and e-waste
event has been scheduled for Saturday 11 May
2013. The event will be held at the Marrickville
Council Works Depot, St Peters (entry via
Bolton Street- parallel to railway tracks) from
9-3:30pm. For a complete list of items that can or
can’t be accepted visit Council’s website www.
marrickville.nsw.gov.au
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Marrickville wins
Marrickville Council’s Sister Cities Program
(SCP) won Best Overall Program at the
Sister Cities Australia Annual Conference
2012 in Devonport Tasmania in November.
The SCP won for the diverse and innovative series
of activities during 2011-12 that promoted cultural
diversity, inclusiveness and social justice.
The Program has a special focus on
celebrating and supporting the participation
of young people, and developing international
cultural co-operation and dialogue.
Some of those activities included traditional
craft workshops held in Out Of School Hours
Care Centres, the Australian Leadership Awards
Fellowships (ALAF) international exchange
that brought Bethlehem Council worker Dina
Nassar to Marrickville, and the Home and Away
Digital Storytelling Project in partnership with
Stanmore’s Cyprus Club.
Mayor of Marrickville Clr Victor Macri shares the circuit with local seniors Nigel
Cadogan and Bob York.
Public spaces
for fitness
McNeilly Park provided blank canvasses for taggers
Outdoor exercise equipment at Camperdown Oval was unveiled
as part of Council’s innovative Alternative Approaches to Graffiti
Management Program.
Marrickville Councillor Sam Iskandar (centre)
accepts the award for Best Overall Program at the
Sister Cities Australia Annual Conference 2012 in
Devonport Tasmania
Complete Works – July to November 2012
Silver Street, Calvert St to Marrickville Lane
Marrickville
Ann St, Frances St to Arthur St
Marrickville
Fletcher St, Marrickville Rd to end
Marrickville
Moyes St, Greenbank St to Warren Rd
Marrickville
Cook Rd, Victoria Rd to Addison Rd
Marrickville
Cavey St, Calvert St to end
Marrickville
Hampden Ave, Thornley St to Day St
Marrickville
Illawarra Lane, Illawarra Lane to Calvert St
Marrickville
320 Marrickville Road
Marrickville
Albermarle St, Livingstone Rd to end
Marrickville
Livingstone Rd, Wallace St to Hill St
Marrickville
Stanley St, Livingstone Rd to Petersham Rd
Marrickville
Holmesdale St, Sydenham Rd to Woodland St
Marrickville
Murray St
Marrickville
Jubilee St, Victoria St to end
Lewisham
Old Canterbury Rd, Barker St to Alfred St
Lewisham
Albany Rd, Northumberland Ave to Bridge Rd
Petersham
Terminus St, Palace St to Railway St
Petersham
Corruna Lane, Bridge Rd to Northumberland Ave
Stanmore
Corruna Rd, Bridge Rd to Northumberland Ave
Stanmore
Elizabeth Ave, Dixon Ave to Old Canterbury Rd
Dulwich Hill
Tennyson St, Ness Ave to Riverside Cres
Dulwich Hill
Challis St, Wardell Rd to bridge overpass
Dulwich Hill
Denison Rd, New Canterbury Rd to 80m west
Dulwich Hill
Old Canterbury Rd, Windsor Rd to Blairgowrie St
Dulwich Hill
Old Canterbury Rd, Maddock St to Constitution Rd
Dulwich Hill
Old Canterbury Rd, Constitution Rd to Abergeldie St
Dulwich Hill
Old Canterbury Rd, Arlington St to Hugh St
Dulwich Hill
Old Canterbury Rd, Hugh St to Elizabeth Ave
Dulwich Hill
Arlington St, Old Canterbury Rd to Constitution Rd
Dulwich Hill
Stanley St, Victoria St to end
Tempe
Cooks St, Station St to View St
Tempe
Park Rd, Unwins Bridge Rd to Princes Hwy
Tempe
Bishopgate Lane, Chelmsford St to Probert St
Camperdown
Works in Progress (December 2012)
Rich St, Victoria Rd to end
Marrickville
Sloane Lane, Sydenham Lane to Saywell St
Marrickville
Illawarra Rd, Renwick St to Cahill Pl
Marrickville
Livingstone Rd,
Marrickville
Salisbury Rd, at Northumberland Ave
Stanmore
Salisbury Rd, at Cardigan St
Stanmore
Federation Rd,
Camperdown
Station Street West,
Tempe
Gleeson Ave
Sydenham
Works Scheduled for January 2013
Enmore Rd, Stanmore Rd to Newington Rd
Enmore
Unwins Bridge Rd, Campbell St to Silver St
Sydenham
Road Works
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Road Works
Drainage improvements and footpath reconstruction
Relay heritage brick path – both sides
Relay heritage brick path – west sides
Relay heritage brick path – north side
Reconstruction of footpath – both sides
Modification to central median island
Road Works
Reconstruction of concrete footpath
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Road Works
Road Works
Reconstruction of concrete footpath
Reconstruction of concrete footpath
Reconstruction of concrete footpath
Reconstruction of concrete footpath
Reconstruction of concrete footpath
Reconstruction of concrete footpath
Road Works
Road Works
Reconstruction of concrete footpath – both sides
Road Works
Road Works
Road Works
Road slab reconstruction
Upgrade of existing pipeline
Reseal at intersection
Reseal at intersection
Pedestrian refuge island and kerb extension
Watts profile speed hump/line marking and signage
Footpath widening
Reconstruction of footpath – west side
Reconstruction of footpath
The exercise equipment caters for stretching, aerobic exercises and weight
based exercise for a wide range of fitness levels and has been installed with
rubber soft-fall.
This project is one component of Council’s graffiti alternatives project
plan that, in addition to rapid graffiti removal, aims to reduce unwanted
graffiti in the Marrickville area.
Mayor of Marrickville Councillor Victor Macri said the equipment will
give locals an opportunity to increase their fitness, and at the same time,
encourage the active use of our public spaces.
“The idea is that as well as the physical benefits, residents will also
benefit from a reduction in unwanted graffiti, as more people will be using
the park at varying times of the day,” Clr Macri said.
Anyone can use the equipment except for commercial personal trainers.
The project has been funded as part of the NSW Government’s Attorney
General Justice Department Graffiti Hotspot Crime Prevention Program.
Before and After School Care
Do you need before and after school care for 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017?
Council’s Before and After School
Care and School Holiday Care
Services provide a safe, supervised
and fun place for school aged
children. The programs provide
a wide range of supervised
creative, recreational and play
activities that assist in the social,
emotional, creative and physical
development of your child. Council
staff plan the program with input
from the children attending the
Centre. Children are offered
a balance of structured and
unstructured activities providing
stimulating, enjoyable and safe play
opportunities. Council operates
services at a number of locations.
Places are limited at centres and
families are encouraged to put their
wait list in as early as possible.
Applications are being taken up to
the school year of 2018.
• Camdenville OSHC Service (Located on the grounds of
Camdenville Public School)
• Ferncourt OSHC Service (Located
on the grounds of Ferncourt
Public School)
• Marrickville West OSHC Service
(Located on the grounds of
Marrickville West Public School)
• Stanmore OSHC Service (Located
on the grounds of Stanmore
Public School)
• Wilkins OSHC Service (Located
on the grounds of Wilkins Public
School)
To find out more about Outside
School Hour Care Services (OSHC)
operating in the Marrickville local
government area or obtain waiting
list applications for services
operated by Marrickville Council,
please call 9335 2008.
An early artist impression of the artwork
New Art at
McNeilly Park
A three-dimensional public artwork has been installed at McNeilly
Park Girl Guide Building and amenities block as a way of reducing
unwanted graffiti and tagging.
Residents around McNeilly Park, near Marrickville Train Station and Illawarra
Road, had reported noise disturbance and anti-social behaviour in the
otherwise well utilised park that features a playground, BBQs and sheltered
picnic area, playing field, Marrickville Guides Hall, rest area and amenities
block.
The new art will reduce illegal graffiti by removing blank canvasses and
will celebrate and interpret local culture.
Council called for Expressions of Interest last year. Collaborative design
practice The Lot was chosen for their project, ‘Map’.
Participatory Mapping – or community-based mapping – combines
cartography with the spatial knowledge of local communities.
Designers met with Council’s History Services team to look at old maps
and plans of McNeilly Park and asked park users to participate in a map
making exercise which was used for the development of the design.
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Kim Knox-Thurn in her front garden
CELEBRATING LOCAL
GARDENERS
Marrickville Council celebrated the area’s best gardeners at the annual Spring Garden
Competition awards in November.
The Mayor of Marrickville Councillor Victor Macri
said Council is committed to encouraging all kinds
of gardening.
“Council has helped support the development
of seven community gardens, and has introduced
the Sustainable Streets program that creates
verge gardens in collaboration with local
residents,” he said.
“I congratulate all the entrants in the Spring
Garden competition who are passionate people
beautifying our street fronts and backyards, and
making Marrickville a more enjoyable place to
live,” Councillor Macri said.
Peter Willet and Cindy Lin of Camperdown won
Best Native Garden. They combined Japanese
design elements with Australian drought-tolerant
plants. “We divided the garden into three
zones, each of which has its own microclimate.
We recycled sandstones, footings, and some
hardwood decking, and we have rainwater tanks
for irrigation. We are trying to practice green
methods in our garden,” Cindy said.
“And we adopted a Japanese garden approach,
so we use framing and layering. On the ground
SWITCH OFF
FOR EARTH
HOUR
Marrickville Council will join with hundreds
of millions of people, businesses and
governments around the world on Saturday
23 March at 8.30pm to support the largest
environmental event in history – Earth Hour.
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level is our office, which looks out at the various
ground covers. Then from the first level, we have
the family room and deck which opens out onto
tree branches, and from the attic, you look out
onto the tree canopy.”
Stephen Thurn & Kim Knox-Thurn were runnersup in the Best Front Garden. “It’s not a very large
garden and so we do what we can with a small
space,” Kim said.
“We planted the hedges for some privacy,
and my husband built the arbour that mirrors
the shape of the house. We put in a drought
tolerant lawn, and paid special attention to the
long established Banksia roses which now bloom
longer & in larger numbers. We planted lavender
and jasmine to add some softness to balance out
the hard edges of the hedges. We take great pride
in having a house & garden that looks so beautiful
in our street,” Kim said.
“People walking past will stop and say how
nice it all looks. This gives us a sense of pride. We
love it.”
For a full list of winners visit Council’s website
www.marrickville.nsw.gov.au
More than 7,000 cities and towns in 152 countries
and territories switched off their lights for Earth
Hour 2012, sending a powerful message for
action to save the planet. This year Council will
participate in Earth Hour by turning off all nonessential lighting at its major properties.
The Cooks River Valley Association (CRVA) is
staging an Earth Hour event at Steel Park, Marrickville.
There will be local musicians creating atmosphere
with acoustic and a Capella sounds. Marrickville West
Public School and other schools will be making small
paper boats to float candles in the river. These will
be retrieved by canoes at the end of the evening to
ensure there is no litter impact to the Cooks River.
Find out more at www.earthhour.org
Emily Hill
Twenty three year old Emily Hill lives in
Earlwood and is studying international
studies at the University of Sydney. A long
time member of the Youth Council, she’s
hoping to dispel misconceptions about the
generational gap between youth and seniors
at this year’s Intergenerational Forum, ‘On for
Young and Old’.
How long have you been on Council’s Youth
Council?
Probably eight or nine years. I got involved because
the Youth Council runs an annual youth forum and
our school was invited I was so stoked to find people
who were interested in advocacy and doing things.
I felt an instant bond to the kind of people there and
what they were about.
Why are you volunteering for the
intergenerational forum ‘On for Young and Old’?
I’m volunteering because I guess I’ve had some
history with this issue on youth council. My thing
with older people is that everyone loves their own
grandparents and their own family but when you
come together as a community the misconceptions
about both seniors and youth are ‘why waste your
time?’ And when I looked at, particularly some
of the cultural groups around Marrickville, and I
looked at how much they valued their elderly in their
communities I thought, it should be like this with
broader society.
MARCH
2013
events calendar
Peter Willet and Cindy Lin in their Best Australian
Native Garden
one life
Photo credit:
Nicole Trian
What are some of the burning issues you wish to
raise at this forum?
I think it’s about reducing the sense of isolation
between the two groups. Certainly with senior
communities it’s about seeing what ways young
people can help seniors. It’s also about finding out
exactly what they want. It’s humbling to remember
that these people have been around a lot longer
than you and they’ve been through the experiences
you’ve been through. It’s worth listening to them.
Thursday 7 –
Sunday 10 March
Marrickville Movie
Club, 10.15am
Marrickville Open
Studio Trail (MOST)
Casablanca
Marrickville Town Hall
Meeting Room
Friday 8 March
Sunday
17 March
International
Women’s Day
Bairro Português
Petersham Food
and Wine Fair,
10am – 6pm
10.45am. Every Monday
at Dulwich Hill Library
(except Public Holidays).
Stories read aloud,
songs, rhymes and
simple craft. Bookings
essential on the day on
9335 2182
Monday
18 March
Thursday
21 March
Saturday
23 March
Wednesday
27 March
Free Workshop
for Supervisors of
Learner Drivers,
6.30pm – 8.30pm
Community Singing,
12pm
Earth Hour,
8.30pm
Tom Foster Community
Care Centre, 11 – 13
Darley Street Newtown.
For more information visit
www.earthhour.org
Rainwater
Harvesting Technical
Workshop,
6pm – 9pm
Bookings essential call
Leichhardt Council on
9367 9000.
For transport bookings
call 9353 2143.
Tuesday
2 April
Thursday
4 April
Marrickville Movie
Club, 10.15am
Community Singing,
12pm
The Grapes of Wrath
Marrickville Town Hall
Meeting Room
Tom Foster Community
Care Centre, 11 – 13
Darley Street Newtown.
For transport bookings
call 9353 2143.
What do you hope to get out of your involvement
with the forum?
Personally I love talking to seniors. I love the
knowledge that they have, I love the history, I love
finding out what things were like in yesteryear and
what they think should be around in the future. As
young people we do have an obligation to learn from
the old and to make their lives better in the future
and make our society better going forward.
Tuesday
5 March
APRIL
2013
Bookings essential call
9335 2222.Bookings
essential on the day on
9335 2175
Tuesday 9 April
Tuesday
16 April
Free Child Car
Restraint Safety
Check,
9.30am – 12.30pm
Youth Week 2013:
Soul Drummer
Workshop,
2pm – 3pm
Woolworths car park
463 Illawarra Road
Marrickville South.
Marrickville Town Hall.
Bookings essential on
9335 2173.
Bookings essential call
9335 2207.
Friday
19 April
Tuesday
23 April
Youth Week 2013:
Chocolate Making
Workshop,
2pm – 3pm
Youth Week 2013:
Bath Bombs
Workshop,
2pm – 3pm
Marrickville Library.
Bookings essential on
9335 2173.
Marrickville Library.
Bookings essential on
9335 2173.
MAY
2013
Tuesday
7 May
Saturday
11 May
Thursday
16 May
Sunday
19 May
Marrickville Movie
Club, 10.15am
Household
Chemical Cleanout
and e-Waste drop
off day,
9am – 3.30pm
Community Singing,
12pm
Tempe-Sydenham
Community Fair,
11am – 4pm
Dead Poets Society
Marrickville Town Hall
Meeting Room
Council’s Works Depot,
entry via Bolton Street.
Tom Foster Community
Care Centre, 11 – 13
Darley Street Newtown.
For transport bookings
call 9353 2143.
For more
information on
these events,
call Council’s
Customer
Service Centre
on 9335 2222
or visit www.
marrickville.
nsw.gov.au
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Council Services
Customer Service Centre
You can: • ask a question
• request a service
• obtain an approval
• make a payment
• get information
• provide feedback
• book a facility
Ground Floor, Administration Centre
2-14 Fisher Street, Petersham
Hours: 8.30am-5pm, Mon to Fri
Phone: 9335 2222 (24 hrs, 7 days
except public holidays)
Fax: 9335 2029
Resource Recovery Services
Weekly garbage and fortnightly
recycling and green waste
collection for residents. Free
clean-up service for household
and white/metal goods. Bookings
essential. Phone: 9335 2137
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around the
community
1. A young festivalgoer enjoying the Native
Animal Show at Dulwich Hill Community Fair in
December.
2. Phoebe Meredith and Maeve Marsden of
Blackcat Productions will present “Cabaret in the
‘Ville” during the second Open Marrickville 2013.
3. Peak Lu’s (left) organisation the Australian
Federation of Chinese Organisations will present
the Chinese Cultural Festival, while Alfira
O’Sullivan’s (right) Suara Indonesia Dance will
present the Indonesian Food & Cultural Bazaar.
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Reporting breaches
Report concerns and get advice on
neighbouring building works at the
Customer Service Centre.
Phone: 9335 2222
Web: www.marrickville.nsw.gov.au
(go to ‘request a service’ and fill in
the form)
Meals on Wheels
Home delivered nutritious meals, 7
days a week for the frail, aged and
people with disabilities. Ethnic and
special diets catered for.
Phone: 9335 2153
Annette Kellerman
Aquatic Centre
Black Street, Enmore Park
Phone: 9565 1906
www.akac.com.au
COUNCIL ARCHIVES
Marrickville Council Archives.
Open each Wednesday from
9.30am – 5.00pm. For more
information please call 9335 2185.
Halls and Room Hire
Marrickville and Petersham Town
Halls and a number of meeting
rooms are available for hire.
Phone: 9335 2222
Marrickville Matters
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quarterly in March, June,
September and December. Noncommercial community events or
activities may be submitted for
consideration, if space allows.
Contact the Media and Publications
Coordinator on 9335 2047.
Children and Family Services
Council operates a range of services
for children and families which
includes Long Day Care, Pre-school,
Family Day Care, The Magic Yellow
Bus mobile playgroup service,
Before and After School Care and
Vacation Care programs.
Phone: 9335 2222
Marrickville Council
Libraries
Marrickville Central
Cnr Marrickville and
Petersham Roads
Mon to Fri 10am-8.30pm
Sat 9.30am-5pm
Sun 1pm-4pm
Phone: 9335 2173
Fax: 9335 2189
Dulwich Hill Branch
12-14 Seaview Street
Mon to Wed 10am-5.30pm
Thurs 12.30pm-8pm
Sat 9am-12pm
Fri and Sun closed
Phone: 9335 2182
Fax: 9564 2543
Stanmore Branch
Douglas Street
Mon to Wed 10am-5.30pm
Thurs 12.30pm-8pm
Sat 9am-12pm
Fri and Sun closed
Phone/Fax: 9335 2183
St Peters/Sydenham Branch
St Peters Town Hall
39 Unwins Bridge Road
Sydenham
Mon to Wed 10am-5.30pm
Thurs 12.30pm-8pm
Sat 9am-12pm
Fri and Sun closed
Phone/Fax: 9335 2184
Council Offices
Administration Centre
& Customer Service Centre
2-14 Fisher Street, Petersham NSW 2049
Hours: 8.30am-5pm Monday to Friday
Phone: 9335 2222
(24 hours, 7 days except public holidays)
Fax: 9335 2029
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.marrickville.nsw.gov.au
TTY: 9335 2025 (for deaf & hearing impaired)
Postal Address:
Marrickville Council
PO Box 14, Petersham, NSW 2049
All correspondence should be addressed
to the General Manager.
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Mayor, Clr Victor Macri (IND)
Ph 0408 219 260
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Clr Sylvie Ellsmore (GRN)
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4. Marrickville Council hosted the NSW Minister
for Local Government Don Page for the launch of
the NSW Model Asbestos Policy for NSW Councils
last November.
5. Australia Day Concert at Enmore Park.
6. Local Aboriginal Elder Allan Barnes at
Australia Day during a special Welcome to Country.
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ENGLISH
Welcome to the first issue of Marrickville Matters
for 2013. We’ve already kicked off another new
year with one of Council’s major annual events,
Australia Day at Enmore Park, where a number
of new Australians formally embraced their
newly adopted country by becoming Australian
citizens at Council’s Citizenship Ceremony.
Of course it was also the day when
Marrickville Council announced its 2013
Citizens of the Year who have been
interviewed on pages 1 and 3. You can also
read about the winner of Council’s inaugural
Senior Citizen of the Year, which is a new
category Council introduced this year. These
awards remind us of the importance of
enhancing community life and of what can
be accomplished through the contribution of
every day individuals.
The festivities are set to continue with a
number of events scheduled including the
always popular Bairro Portugues Petersham
Food & Wine Fair on Sunday 17 March and a
brand new festival, the Sydenham and Tillman
Park Fair on Sunday 19 May.
Of course, there are also a number of
events to mark Youth Week and Seniors Week
(see pages 8-9) including the launch of a new
Council initiative, Two-Way Street.
For more information about these or any
of the stories in Marrickville Matters, contact
Council’s Customer Service Centre at 2-14
Fisher Street Petersham or phone 9335 2222.
The Translator Interpreter Service is also
available.
Greek
Καλωσορίσατε στο πρώτο τεύχος του ‘Marrickville
Matters’ (Θέματα του Marrickville) του 2013.
Αρχίσαμε ήδη μια ακόμη νέα χρονιά με μια μεγάλη
ετήσια εκδήλωση του Δήμου, τον εορτασμό της
Ημέρας της Αυστραλίας στο Enmore Park, όπου
μερικοί νέοι Αυστραλοί αγκάλιασαν την καινούργια
θετή τους πατρίδα, κι έγιναν Αυστραλοί πολίτες κατά
την Τελετή Απονομής Υπηκοότητας [Citizenship
Ceremony] του Δήμου.
ARABIC
Marrickville ‫مرحباً بكم في العدد األول من مجلة‬
‫ لقد بدأنا للتو عاماً جديداً آخر‬.2013 ‫ لعام‬Matters
‫ عيد‬،‫مع واحدة من فعاليات المجلس السنوية الكبرى‬
‫ المكان الذي اعتنق‬،‫أستراليا الوطني في إنمور بارك‬
‫فيه عدد من األستراليين الجدد رسمياً بلدهم الجديد بأن‬
‫أصبحوا مواطنين أستراليين في احتفال المواطنة الذي‬
.‫يقيمه المجلس‬
‫وهو بطبيعة الحال اليوم الذي أعلن فيه مجلس ماريكفيل‬
‫ الذين أُجريت معهم مقابالت‬2013 ‫مواطني العام لسنة‬
‫ يمكنكم كذلك التعرف على أول‬.3‫ و‬1 ‫في الصفحتين‬
،‫فائز بجائزة المواطن المُسن للعام التي يقدمها المجلس‬
‫ تُذكرنا هذه‬.‫وهي فئة جديدة طرحها المجلس هذا العام‬
‫الجوائز بأهمية دعم الحياة المجتمعية وبما يمكننا إنجازه‬
.‫من خالل إسهامات األفراد العاديين‬
‫من المقرر أن تستمر المهرجانات من خالل عدد من‬
Bairro Portugues ‫الفعاليات من بينها معرض‬
‫ يوم األحد‬Petersham Food & Wine Fair
‫ هو معرض‬،‫آذار ومهرجان جديد‬/‫ مارس‬17 ‫الموافق‬
‫ يوم‬Sydenham and Tillman Park Fair
.‫أيار‬/‫ مايو‬19 ‫األحد الموافق‬
‫ هناك أيضاً عدد من الفعاليات لالحتفال‬،‫وبطبيعة الحال‬
8 ‫بأسبوع الشباب وأسبوع المُسنين (راجع الصفحتين‬
،‫ بما في ذلك إطالق مبادرة جديدة تابعة للمجلس‬،)9‫و‬
.)Two-Way Street( ‫الشارع ذو االتجاهين‬
‫لمزيد من المعلومات حول هذه األخبار وغيرها في‬
‫ يرجى االتصال‬،Marrickville Matters ‫مجلة‬
‫بمركز خدمة عمالء المجلس على‬
‫أو يمكنك‬
Fisher Street Petersham
.9335 2222 ‫االتصال هاتفياً على الرقم‬
.‫تتوافر خدمة الترجمة الشفهية والتحريرية‬
Portuguese
Bem-vindo à primeira edição da Marrickville
Matters de 2013. Estamos iniciando o novo
ano com um dos principais eventos anuais
da Câmara, o Australia Day no Enmore Park,
onde um grande número de australianos
adotaram oficialmente o seu novo país e se
transformaram em cidadãos australianos na
Cerimônia de Cidadania da Câmara.
Βεβαίως ήταν επίσης η ημέρα που ο Δήμος του
Marrickville ανακοίνωσε τους Δημότες της Χρονιάς
του 2013, συνεντεύξεις των οποίων δημοσιεύονται
στις σελίδες 1 και 3. Μπορείτε ακόμη να διαβάσετε
για την ανάδειξη του Πρεσβύτερου Δημότη της
Χρονιάς [Senior Citizen of the Year], που είναι
μια νέα κατηγορία η οποία εγκαινιάστηκε φέτος
απ’ το Δήμο. Αυτά τα βραβεία μας θυμίζουν τη
σπουδαιότητα της ενίσχυσης της κοινοτικής ζωής
και του τι μπορεί να επιτευχθεί μέσω της συμβολής
των απλών ανθρώπων.
Naturalmente, foi também o dia em que a
Câmara de Marrickville anunciou os Cidadãos
do Ano de 2013, que são entrevistados nas
páginas 1 e 3. Podemos ler ainda sobre o
primeiro vencedor do Cidadão Sênior do Ano
da Câmara, uma nova categoria introduzida
este ano. Esses prêmios nos fazem lembrar a
importância da ampliação da vida comunitária
e o que pode ser realizado através da
contribuição de todos.
Οι εορτασμοί θα συνεχιστούν με έναν αριθμό
προγραμματισμένων εκδηλώσεων στις οποίες
περιλαμβάνονται το πάντα δημοφιλές φεστιβάλ
φαγητού και κρασιού ‘Bairro Portugues Petersham
Food & Wine Fair’, την Κυριακή 17 Μαρτίου και
ένα εντελώς νέο φεστιβάλ, το Sydenham and
Tillman Park Fair, την Κυριακή 19 Μαΐου. Υπάρχουν
ακόμη εκδηλώσεις όπως η Εβδομάδα των Νέων
[Youth Week] και η Εβδομάδα των Ηλικιωμένων
[Seniors Week] (δείτε τις σελίδες 8-9), καθώς και το
λανσάρισμα της νέας πρωτοβουλίας του Δήμου, το
‘Two-Way Street’.
Essas festividades deverão prosseguir com
vários eventos já programados incluindo a
sempre popular Feira de Comidas e Vinhos de
Petersham no Bairro Português, no domingo
17 de março e também o novo festival
Sydenham and Tillman Park Fair no domingo
19 de maio. Estão programados também, é
claro, vários eventos para marcar a Semana
da Juventude (Youth Week) e a Semana da
Terceira-Idade (Seniors Week) (ver páginas
8 e 9), incluindo o lançamento de uma nova
iniciativa da Câmara: Two-Way Street.
Για περισσότερες πληροφορίες γι αυτά ή
οποιαδήποτε δημοσίευση του ‘Marrickville
Matters’, απευθυνθείτε στο Κέντρο Εξυπηρέτησης
Πελατών [Customer Service Centre] του Δήμου,
στη διεύθυνση 2-14 Fisher Street Petersham ή
καλέστε το 9335 2222. Υπάρχει επίσης διαθέσιμη η
Υπηρεσία Μετάφρασης και Διερμηνείας (TIS).
Para mais informações sobre estas e outras
matérias da Marrickville Matters, entre em
contato com o Centro de Serviços à População
da Câmara no endereço 2-14 Fisher Street
Petersham ou telefone para 9335 2222.
O serviço de intérprete e tradução também
está disponível.
CHINESE
欢迎阅读2013年第一期《马力围事务专
刊》。我们已经以市议会的一项重要年度
活动——在Enmore公园举办的澳大利亚
日庆祝活动——开启了新的一年。期间，
一批新澳大利亚人在市议会举办的入籍仪
式上成为澳大利亚公民，正式投入了这个
新近接纳他们的国度的怀抱。
当然，澳大利亚日还是马力围市议会宣布
其2013年“年度市民”的日子。年度市民的
采访内容刊登在第1页和第3页上。此外，
您还可以了解市议会首届“年度高龄市民”
获奖者的情况——这是市议会今年引入的
一个新奖项。这些奖项提醒我们提升社区
生活的重要性以及通过每个人的日常奉献
我们可以实现多么美好的目标。
我们将继续举办丰富多彩的节庆活动，
其中一系列节庆活动的日期已经确定，
包括一直倍受欢迎的Bairro..Portugues
Petersham美食美酒节（3月17日星期
日）和一个全新的节日——Sydenham
和Tillman公园节（5月19日星期日）。
当然，还有许多旨在庆祝“青少年周”和“
高龄人士周”的活动（请参阅第8页和第9
页），其中包括推出市议会的新举措“双
向街道”。
如果您在阅读本出版物的任何信息时
需要帮助，请亲临马力围市议会居民服
务中心，地址是：2-14..Fisher..Street,
Petersham；或致电 9335 2222。我们还
能提供翻译和口译服务。
vietnamese
Chào mừng quý vị đến với ấn bản ‘Các Vấn Đề
của Marrickville’ đầu tiên trong năm 2013. Chúng
tôi đã bắt đầu một năm mới khác với một trong
những sự kiện sinh hoạt chính hàng năm của
Hội Đồng, Ngày Quốc Khánh Úc tại Công Viên
Enmore, nơi một số người dân Úc mới đã chính
thức chọn quê hương mới của mình bằng cách
tuyên thệ trở thành công dân Úc tại Buổi Lễ Nhập
Tịch của Hội Đồng.
Dĩ nhiên đó cũng là ngày khi Hội Đồng
Marrickville công bố các Công Dân Nổi Bật Trong
Năm 2013 của mình, những người được phỏng
vấn ở các trang 1 và 3. Quý vị cũng có thể đọc
về người trúng giải của buổi lễ ra mắt Công Dân
Cao Niên Trong Năm của Hội Đồng, vốn là một
tiêu chuẩn mới mà Hội Đồng giới thiệu năm nay.
Các giải thưởng này nhắc nhở chúng ta về tầm
quan trọng của việc nâng cao đời sống cộng
đồng và về những điều có thể thực hiện được
qua sự đóng góp hàng ngày của các cá nhân.
Các lễ hội được tiếp tục với một số sự kiện sinh
hoạt được lên lịch trình bao gồm hội chợ Ẩm
Thực & Rượu Bairro Portugues Petersham phổ
cập vào ngày Chủ Nhật, 17 tháng 03 và một lễ
hội hoàn toàn mới đó là Hội Chợ Sydenham và
Tillman Park vào ngày Chủ Nhật, 19 tháng 05.
Dĩ nhiên, còn có một số các sự kiện sinh hoạt để
đánh dấu Tuần Lễ Thanh Thiếu Niên và Tuần Lễ
Người Cao Niên (xem các trang 8-9) bao gồm
việc ra mắt một sáng kiến mới của Hội Đồng,
Đường 2 Chiều.
Muốn biết thêm chi tiết về các vấn đề này hay bất
kỳ câu chuyện nào khác trong ấn bản ‘Các Vấn
Đề của Marrickville’, xin liên lạc với Trung Tâm
Phục Vụ Khách Hàng của Hội Đồng tại địa chỉ
2-14 Fisher Street Petersham hoặc điện thoại
số 9335 2222. Dịch Vụ Thông Phiên Dịch cũng
có sẵn.
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