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Self Guided Illustrated Historical Walks

Each book in this series is a self guided historical walk through Annandale. Each walk explores the people and construction of Annandale. Each book covers two decades of Annandales History a hundred years apart. The first book in the series, 1890s Annandale: A Short Walk, covers the 1790s and 1890s.

1890s Annandale A Short Walk second edition Marghanita da Cruz with line drawing of Church with steeple

Federation Annandale A Short Walk Marghanita da Cruz

Annandale's Great War: A Short Walk Second Edition by Marghanita da Cruz with Annandale Viaduct and Soldiers

1920s Annandale A Short Walk Marghanita da Cruz with line drawing of 1920s Flats

1930s Annandale: A Short Walk by Marghanita da Cruz with line drawing of an Art Deco Pub

1940s Annandale A Short Walk Marghanita da Cruz with photograph of street with aircraft being towed.

50s Annandale A Short Walk, Marghanita da Cruz

Paperbacks from

Annandale Village Newsagent, 113 Johnston St. Annandale
Gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd. Glebe and online at www.gleebooks.com.au
Leichhardt Library, www.leichhardt.nsw.gov.au/Library
Amazon: amazon.com

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Annandale on the Web

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Time of Parra'dowee - Goray'murrai (warm and wet) November - December

the Great Eel Spirit calling his children to him..more

What's On

Westconnex starts destroying Annandale

Westconnex Plans for Railway Pde and the Crescent, Annandale (bigger map) map

Westconnex Truck Route Johnston Street (bigger map)

Westconnex Tunnel (Dive) Site Annandale (formerly Camperdown)bigger map)

drawing with text: west disconnex community

Trucks heading for Annandale

Westconnex Stage 3a and 3b Impacts

Pyrmont Bridge Dive Site
Crescent Civil (Construction) Site
Tunnel Under Annandale

Parliamentary Inquiry Reports

Damning Report into Westconnex and dissent over inconsistent recommendations and findings.

Finding 2: That the NSW Government failed to subject the WestConnex project to a comprehensive independent assurance process during the development of the first business case for the project.
Finding 3: That the NSW Government was not required to consider the full range of costs in the business case for the WestConnex project, including costs to public health, amenity, biodiversity, extra road building, and losses to public transport.
Finding 4: That the NSW Government failed to adequately consider alternative options at the commencement of the WestConnex project. This failure has undermined the justification for the project and has exacerbated community opposition.
Finding 5: That the transparency arrangements pertaining to the WestConnex business case have been unsatisfactory.
Finding 9:That, given the Sydney Gateway project was a key part of the original rationale and business case for the WestConnex project, its removal from the WestConnex project will likely have led to a significant change in the cost-benefit ratio for the entire project.
Recommendation 4:That the NSW Government immediately publish the base-case financial model for the WestConnex project.
Recommendation 10:That the NSW Government proceed with Stage 3 of the WestConnex .
Recommendation 11: That the NSW Government immediately publish a full account of all costs to be incurred by NSW taxpayers if Stage 3 contracts were cancelled.
Recommendation 6: That the NSW Government ensure that the Audit Office of New South Wales has the resources required to undertake a detailed and comprehensive performance audit of the WestConnex project in 2019/2020.

Dissenting Report and Statement

The show must not go on!

Dissenting Report Ms Cate Faehrmann MLC, The Greens:
"This has been an extremely important inquiry and the final committee report details a litany of failures by the NSW Government in the delivery of the WestConnex project which have had a real and lasting negative impact on people’s lives, have eroded public trust and had significant costs for taxpayers."

"1. WestConnex should never have been approved or built"
"Finding: That the NSW Government should have invested the public funds spent on the WestConnex project on improving public transport, including for western Sydney."
"Finding: That the separation of the Sydney Gateway Project from the WestConnex project was an attempt by the NSW Government to hide further WestConnex project cost increases."

"Finding: That if the full range of costs were adequately considered, and if the cost blow outs and scope changes were taken into account, it is probable that an updated business case for the WestConnex would not have a positive cost-benefit ratio."
Dissenting Statement, The Hon Daniel Mookhey MLC and The Hon Greg Donnelly MLC, Australian Labor Party<
"WestConnex promised much - Port Botany would directly connect with Sydney’s major arterial roads. Traffic would be taken from neighbourhood roads. Travel times would shorten; air quality rules, the world’s best; tolls, modest. Premiers O’Farrell, Baird and Berijiklian said: judge them, and the project, by these standards. How is Westconnex faring? This inquiry says...badly.

Westconnex is costing taxpayers more and delivering less."

Download and read full report at https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/committees/inquiries/Pages/inquiry-details.aspx?pk=2497#tab-reportsandgovernmentresponses

Crescent Civil (Construction) Site

Western Harbour Tunnel and Beaches Link now includes Rozelle Interchange, which was not part of the M4-M5 approval despite being part of the M4-M5 EIS. Plan
Source: July 2018 Update 13.7MB PDF

Destruction of Buruwan Park to widen the Cresent to take extra traffic from exit from Westconnex Tunnel. The park provides a pedestrian and cycle route between Raiway Parade and the foreshore, Rozelle Bay Light Rail stop and 433 Bus, loss of pedestrian/cycle route..more

24 Hour Dive Site, Parramatta Road

An Acoustic shed will be errected at the corner of Parramatta Road and Mallet Street, extending to Pyrmont Bridge Road. Trucks will access the site via Parramatta Road, Pyrmont Bridge Road, Mallet Street, Johnston Street and the Crescent...more

Tunnel Route

A Map map showing the Route of the Westconnex M4-M5 Tunnel and properties in Haberfield, Leichhardt, Annandale, Camperdown, Newtown, Enmore and St Peters who will be affected. Detailed Map showing properties to be affected

Three Piece Suite Concert

Three Piece Suite is a string trio
Concert: 31st March 2019, Annandale
more

Annandale Craft Group

The Annandale Craft Group meets 11am-2pm Fridays at the Annandale Community Centre... Five Women working on their craft Project more

Over 50s Tai Chi

11:45am Tuesdays Commencing on 14th July 2015
Tai Chi class for people over 50. Suitable for people with chronic conditions. Join a free trial class then pay $6 per class!
Annandale Neighbourhood Centre, 79 Johnston St, Annandale
To book or for more information: Tel:(02)95334422 Email: info@share.org.au
www.share.org.au

Op Shop and Community Food Pantry

man and woman Wayne and Marghanita at Sydney City Mission Annandale Op Shop
Sydney City Mission Op Shop & Food Pantry
Op Shop Mon, Wed, Fri 10am-3pm
Community Food Pantry on Wed & Fri 10am-3pm
181 Parramatta Road Annandale.

Sign the Petition for Clean and Quiet Electric Buses

Dear Transport Minister, the Hon. Andrew Constance,
Please commit to the introduction of an electric bus fleet to protect public health, reduce air pollution and provide Sydney with the low emission, cheap and clean transport... network it needs.https://www.jamieparker.org/electricbus

Sign the Petition about Air Craft Noise

Dear Geoff Culbert (CEO Sydney Airport),
The Sydney Airport Master Plan 2039 has the potential for chaos and congestion and will bring increased aircraft noise to our local community.
I support Jamie Parker's plan to:
Insulate every residence impacted by unacceptable levels of aircraft noise.
Meet noise sharing targets to relieve pressure on the Inner West.
Ensure government commits to invest in public transport infrastructure in order to meet the increase in demand.
Support the call for high speed rail from Sydney to Melbourne to provide an alternative to air travel...https://www.jamieparker.org/aircraftnoise

Western Harbour Tunnel Construction via Glebe Port

"Parts of White Bay and Glebe Island are under consideration as potential support areas for the proposed Western Harbour Tunnel.
The areas may be proposed for use on a temporary basis to:
* Stage deliveries and personnel for water-based construction of the harbour crossing;
* handle tunnel spol arriving by barge for trasnfer to road transport;
* construct concrete elements for the Wstern Harbour Tunnel; and
* Transfer a small quantity of sediment from Sydney Harbour to the site for treatment then transport by road for safe disposal"..- source: leaflet dropped in Annandale Letterboxes about 11 May 2018

"Glebe Island adjacent to White Bay will be used as a spoil handling area for the Western Harbour Tunnel and Warringah Freeway Upgrade project, prior to the commencement of works for the Bays Precinct in 2022. "..Western Harbour Tunnel and Warringah Freeway Upgrade Scoping Report (October 2017)

Western Harbour Tunnel and Beaches Link

White Bay Infrastructure Projects

Inner West Council will be responding to the response to Westconnex's 400 page response to council's 300 page submission to the M4-M5 EIS and the Preferred Infrastructure Report (PIR).

The response from Westconnex to all 13,000 submissions + the PIR is currently being assessed by the department of planning who wil make a recommendation to the minister.

Community Members can contact council staff and councillors to make their views on the proposal clear and incorporated into the response to the Department of Planning. But we can also write to our MPs and Ministers.

The Project is currently being assessed by Department of Planning - see submissions, response to submissions including Preferred Infrastructure Report - this will then go to the minister for signoff. More at: http://majorprojects.planning.nsw.gov.au/index.pl?action=view_job&job_id=7485

Inner West Council's westconnex page includes how to contact the westconnex unit and about the WestConnex Community Liaison Forum (which people from Haberfield and St Peters are very active on) https://www.innerwest.nsw.gov.au/.../hot-topics/westconnex

Local Council, State and Federal Representatives

Local Government

Annandale is split over two councils and two wards within the Inner West Council.

Annandale between Booth St and Parramatta Road in in the Leichhardt Ward (Councillors are: Marghanita da Cruz, Lucille Mckenna, Vittoria Racitti)
Annandale between Booth St and the Crescent is in the Balmain Ward of Inner West Council (Councillors are: Rochelle Porteous, John Stamolis, Darcy Byrne)
The Annandale Foreshore (North of the Crescent) and a pocket of Annandale, at corner of Wigram Road and Booth street, East of Johnston's Creek, is in the City of Sydney, which does not have wards.

House of Representatives (FEDERAL GOVERNMENT)

Historically, parts of Annandale have been in the Federal seat of Grayndler and Sydney. However, as of 11 March 2016 Annandale (except for the foreshore north of the Crescent) will be in Grayndler. The foreshore is in Sydney....more and check enrollment

Member for Grayndler in the Australian Parliament: Hon Anthony Albanese MP

NSW Legislative Assembly (STATE GOVERNMENT)

Member for Balmain in NSW Legislative Assembly: Mr Jamie Parker

Enrollment

Check enrollment: roll.elections.nsw.gov.au

Annandale NSW was historically bounded by Rozelle Bay (Port Jackson/Sydney Harbour), Parramatta Road, Johnston's Creek and White's Creek. However, in 1995, the Annandale boundary was extended across Johnston's Creek to include the part of Camperdown, bounded by Booth Street, Mallet Street and Parramatta Road.

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