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'60s Annandale: A Short Walk books arrive annandale post office '60s Annandale: A Short Walk Marghanita da Cruz In the 1860s much of Annandale was still covered in Bushland. The Johnstons had begun subdividing their 1799 Land Grant. There were a few houses and industries along Parramatta Road and on the water front. '60s Annandale: A Short Walk takes you back to Annandale of the 1860s and 1960s. The 1960s saw the building of modern red brick houses and flats on vacant land or where Victorian houses were demolished. The demolition of these houses lead to the formation of the Annandale Association. Expressways were threatening but Green Bans and Community Activism over the next 10 years saved Annandale. Annandale of the 1960s was Bohemian place and the Annandale Imitation Realists came together and created art which would incorporate found objects. '60s Annandale is Marghanita da Cruz's 8th book in a series which present Annandale's history as a series of ...

Great to see low energy homes including annual energy use rather than efficiency. We need performance - the efficiency ratings are misleading it is actual energy use that is important - Small efficient fridge uses less energy than large efficient fridge! The new code makes some of innerwest draft low carbon precinct incentives now base requirements - now onto low carbon tansport. new building code: Low Energy Homes (26 aug 20220 Building Ministers have agreed to improve the energy efficiency of new homes through the National Construction Code (NCC). As of NCC 2022, new residential dwellings will need to achieve the equivalent of “7 stars” NatHERS thermal performance. New homes will also have a new annual energy use budget applicable to the home’s major appliances such as space conditioning, hot water, lighting, pool and spa pumps, and any on-site renewable energy generation. This will support jurisdictions’ agendas to reduce energy demand and emissions reduction while also reducing ene...

A vision for a memorial, wetland and green healing space, to those from Haberfield who fell in the Great War   Map showing creek from Ashfield Park https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-231104207/view Inner West Council has a memorials policy https://www.innerwest.nsw.gov.au/ArticleDocuments/954/Memorial%20planting%20and%20plaques%20in%20parks%20and%20open%20space%20policy.pdf.aspx Greenway Art Prize  https://www.innerwest.nsw.gov.au/about/news/announcements/2022-announcements/2022-greenway-art-prize-now-open Parramatta Road Renewal (storm water management - runoff)  https://www.innerwest.nsw.gov.au/about/the-council/inner-west-local-planning-panel/2022-planning-panel-meetings/29-march-2022-inner-west-local-planning-panel Blackmore Oval wetland and water capture  https://www.innerwest.nsw.gov.au/about/news/media-releases/2018-media-releases/blackmore-oval-wetlands-creating-sustainable-future and  https://www.optimalstormwater.com.au/optimalprojects/blackmore-oval-wetland...