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Hungry Mile - A New Precinct for SydneyHave Your Say!!By Maritime Union of Australia - Sydney Branch
The MUA has been campaigning over the last couple of years to ensure the preservation of the Hungry Mile, the colloquial name of the area surrounding the now closed Darling Harbour wharves. The Hungry Mile is a place of great working class and maritime heritage and history. Many great working class struggles have taken place in this area, including the 1998 Patrick picket line, the strike of seafarers refusing to sail the vessel, Jeparit and wharfies refusing to load the same vessel engaged in Vietnam war activities. Many great battles for wages and conditions took place and were won in this area. Arising out of our campaign activities we have achieved a Memorandum of Agreement with the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority, with the support and endorsement of the State Government. One aspect of that agreement is to rename Hickson Rd; "The Hungry Mile". However due to complexities with address changes it has been agreed with the Sydney City Council (SCC) to create a precinct called The Hungry Mile in this area instead. The SCC has jurisdiction over street names but not precincts. A submission has gone to the Geographical Names Board (GNB) from the Sydney City Council putting forward such a position and the proposal is up on the GNB website www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/your_say) for public comment. Another notable Sydney precinct is Kings Cross. This new precinct would encompass the area from the Munn St. overpass up to Erskine St although at this stage the SCC has mistakenly marked the end line as Napoleon St and not Erskine St. With this in mind the MUA requests organisations and individuals go to the site and support the proposal for the new precinct called the Hungry Mile as soon as possible- the submission is open for comment until July 4th 2008. Your support and assistance with this element of the campaign to retain the working class traditions and heritage of this area of Sydney would be greatly appreciated by all maritime workers and particularly those who fought so valiantly to improve the position of all workers in this historic part of Sydney.
For further information
Public Campaigns: You can view MUA's publicly available campaign information in a variety of ways. Please select one of our public campaigns indexes. |
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