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Carriageworks is a multi-arts urban cultural precinct located at the former Eveleigh Carriage Workshops in Redfern, Sydney, Australia. Carriageworks showcases contemporary art and performing arts , as well as being used for filming, festivals, fairs and commercial exhibitions.
The Eveleigh Carriage Workshops were built by the New South Wales Government Railways in 1888 as a depot for its passenger carriage fleet. The workshops are located west of what is now Redfern station on the northern side of the Main Suburban railway line opposite the heritage-listed Eveleigh Railway Workshops.
The foyer delivers a remarkable new public space, animated and activated by the revealed heritage items. Located in the Redfern-Waterloo precinct, CarriageWorks sets a precedent for the remaining development of the site, for heritage values to be respected and to inform the design of new interventions."
Performance Space was established in 1983 in a venue in Cleveland St, Redfern (known as Cleveland Street Performance Space from 1980 until 1983 [1]), with Christopher Allen as its manager. [2] [3] The building was formerly the State Rail Authority Trade Union Dance Hall. [4] [5]
The name Redfern originates from an early land grant to William Redfern in 1817. It was previously known as Roberts Farm and Boxley's Swamp. [2] William Redfern (1774–1833) was a surgeon's mate in the Royal Navy and was aboard HMS Standard when its crew took part in the revolt in 1797 known as the Mutiny of the Nore. Because he had advised ...
Redfern Darlington is a small, inner-city suburb of Sydney , New South Wales , Australia. Darlington is located about three kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney .
It was created in 1995, by the Government of New South Wales, the University of Sydney, University of Technology, Sydney and University of New South Wales, and was originally operated by the Australian Technology Park Sydney Ltd up until 2000, then by the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority before operation was passed to the Redfern-Waterloo ...
In November–December 2016, his work was included in an exhibition celebrating the 40th anniversary of NAISDA at Carriageworks in Redfern. Naya Wa Yugali ("We Dance" in Darkinyung language). [12] [13]