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Textile Waste in Australia

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 Please sign Nina Gbor's Petition to take action on Textile Waste PETITION FOR REFORM IN AUSTRALIA'S FASHION AND TEXTILES INDUSTRY Nina Gbor (ecostyles) at Reverse Garbage 50th Birthday  " We are calling upon the Australian Federal Government to revive Australia’s ailing textiles industry with holistic reform that will also create a more circular textiles industry.  "... https://chng.it/CGRd5rHkdP  (viewed 22 Sep 2025, 16.57) Background  Nina Gbor (ecostyles): "We recently had Joanna visit our office. Joanna received the Young Creator of the Year Award for demonstrating strong creativity and leadership through her self-initiated school club, Passion for Fashion Fridays . She mentors younger students in upcycling textiles into functional and stylish art pieces. Her commitment to sustainability and community engagement underpins her long-term goal of opening a business that teaches others to repurpose clothing into meaningful, eco-friendly creations"......
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1960 poem "Municipal Gum" by Oodgeroo Noonuccal

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Collated because of Conversations on Footpath 'The 1960 poem "Municipal Gum" by Oodgeroo Noonuccal Kath Walker expresses a sense of displacement and loss through the metaphor of a gumtree confined within a city street. '... https://allpoetry.com/Municipal-Gum Late liz-butterworth-victoria-road-bridge-rozelle-18Feb2017 The painting  "Grose Farm from Toll Gate, ca.1862-1869/watercolour by F.C Terry, Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW  "featured on cover of "' 60s Annandale: A Short Guided Walk "  The painting a century earlier has same elements " Beverley Grove, 2 Sep 2016 Walker's use of the cart-horse as a parallel to the tree suggests the dehumanizing effects of industrialization. Both the tree and the horse are victims of a system that prioritizes progress over nature and individual well-being. " but the painting was of Parramatta Road, in 19th Century.  no-westconnex-rally-easton-park-26June2016   "At o...
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Visit to Wolli Creek Regional Park (28 August 2025)

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landgrant boundaries along walk Thursday 28 August 2025 was a beautiful day for walk.  According to Wikipedia this is the land of the Bidgigal and it was the end of their festival that Cook encountered late in April 1770 at Sting Ray Bay which Banks renamed  Botany Bay.   Turrella Reserve  is  at 2a Banks Road and there is a  Bidjigal Road   in Arncliff  nearby. "Tempe station opened on 15 October 1884 on the same date as of the Illawarra line from Redfern to Hurstville with two side platforms. It was referred to during the planning stages as Cooks River railway station , but opened under the Tempe name." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempe_railway_station got my walking boots on " Council Officers noted in the report that the Marrickville South area is the last major area in the LGA in which we do not have a modern flood study. Council Officers advised they have applied for a grant with the Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environ...
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