The nearest that the city of Sydney has come to a slum ghetto in recent years is The Block, a section of the inner-city suburb of Redfern. It is a traditional centre for Australian indigenous folk, but became infested with heroine dealing, violence and dereliction.

It is now being cleaned up and being redeveloped, with promises to provide low-income housing for many of the people who formerly lived here. An evocative symbol was this great mural evoking the Aboriginal flag, painted a couple of years ago at the end of a field where former houses had been demolished:



I was walking home up Eveleigh street last night when I I noticed a remarkable sight and when I got home I found that The Sydney Morning Herald had a little explanation of what had happened:



I had already taken a few shots on the way:











All I could say was it was:



Really good stuff sometimes happens. Including getting a pizza delivered.

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It is now being cleaned up and being redeveloped, with promises to provide low-income housing for many of the people who formerly lived here.

That's what they always say.