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early 1990s

Eveleigh St mural, photo courtesy State Library
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t i m e l i n e

1983

40,000 years mural on Redfern Bridge by Carol Ruff
click on the image for the restoration in 2018

1984

Sydney Community Billboard Arts Project

1984

Think globally, act locally
public art squad | the park

1985

1 Edward Street on Vine

1987

Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative was formed
in late 1987 by ten Sydney-based Aboriginal artists.
It was also located in Cleveland and Abercrombie St,
before moving in 1997 to Annandale then Leichhardt.

1987 - 2005

The Settlement Neighbourhood Centre
by Jeff Samuels, Fiona Foley and Sheryl Parnell

1989

Railway View Hotel then AHC [Mervyn Fitzhenry n/a]

1998

Mum Shirl [1921-1998] by Gordon Syron

2000 - 2019

Redfern Aboriginal flag mural restored [SMH 25.1.14]

Alex Tui put this up in 2000

2005

Adam Hill [aka Blak Douglas] @ RCC

2005 - 2009 ish

'Mission boy blues' by Roy Kennedy at Wyanga
Art can be history | Art Gallery film

2007 - 2010

SMH 13/11/08
Gordon & Elaine Syron's Keeping Place

2008

United we stand, divided we fail the future

memories - most kids climbed this tree to get
their ball back from one of the yards ...

repping the boys that have passed away
couple of young fellas there died under police hands

2008

Danny Eastwood - memories of growing up in Waterloo

2010-11

Redfern Fire Station mural project

2012

This painting is a dedication I did for exhibition at naida in 2012. the old fighter is keith b saunders my friend and mentor...in his older life trained guys like anthony mundine, mark hunt, alex tui, solomon omono and so on. he boxed with sands brothers, freddy dorsen etc.and he still had plenty of time to try and help me. best man I ever had pleasure to meet...

Stephen A. Floyd