Green Bans Art Walk 2011
Green Bans Art Walks, Documentary Film by Justin Hewitson, 2011
Self Guided Walks - Ongoing
Civic Map Walk of Victoria St & Wooloomooloo Green Bans.Download the full map. This is also available as a double-sided A1 print from Big Fag Press. GreenBans Civic Survey Download
Or, download the Green Bans Abridged Map and Booklet
Green Bans Abridged Map and Booklet
Other Local Art Walks
Sydney Art Tours: www.sydneyarttours.com.auArt & Memorials in the Royal Botanic Garden and the Domain, adjoins Green Bans Map: self-guided tour at http://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au
Woolloomooloo Walk: A one-hour Walking Tour through one of Sydneys oldest suburbs. Urban Renewal Group, Department of Housing, 1988. Download pdf
The Green Bans Art Walks — Documentary Photos
Five public guided walks between the exhibition venues,The Cross Art Projects in Kings Cross and The Firstdraft Depot Project Space in Riley St Wooloomooloo. They took place on Saturdays and Sundays (6, 7, 13 and 20) in August 2011. All five walks booked out in the first week. People walked with a rotating group of expert speakers on the art, architecture and planning — about 6 to 8 voices per walk. Each route was different and created a ‘boots and all’ mapping of significant sites.Prior to this, three trial walks led by Michele Blakeney, Stacey Miers, Jack and Judy Mundey and Jim Donovan, plotted significant Green Ban sites. The sites are recorded on the Civic Map Walk of Victoria St & Wooloomooloo Green Bans made by Pat Armstrong and Jo Holder and printed on the Big Fag Press.
The walk was guided by eight "Juanita" stencils created by Mini Graff and based on a Green Bans commemorative stencil made by Peter Kennedy in 1975.
Photographs are by Jo Holder, Sung Pak, Jo Shi, Louise Kate Anderson, Alex Wisser, Michelle Blakeney and Fiona MacDonald.
Trial Walk 1 — 8 May 2011
Local Guides Michele Blakeney and Stacey Miers with Lucas Ihlein, Fiona MacDonald. Photos by Jo Holder.
Mrs Cook's Sculpture - cnr Nicholson and Forbes St
Rae Place - informal Community Area
Gentrification of the contaminated former service station site at the corner of Cowper Wharf Rd and Dowling St. Residents objected to the over-development and the failure to remove the pollutants. Victoria Towers in the background
Trial Walk 2 with Jack Mundey — 3 June 2011
Local Guides Jack Mundey and Judy Mundey with Jo Holder, Lucas Ihlein, Stacey Miers, Mickie Quick. Photos by Sung Pak.
Trial Walk 3 with Jim Donovan — 4 July 2011
Local Guides Jim Donovan and Judy Donovan with Diego Bonetto, Elena Bonetto, Justin Hewitson, Jo Holder, Lucas Ihlein, Fiona MacDonald, Marion Marrison, Mickie Quick. Photos by Jo Shi.
Walk 1 — 12 noon, Saturday 6 August 2011
Walk Guides Lucas Ihlein and Mickie Quick with Michael Davies, Michael Dysart, Phillip Boulten, Stacey Miers, Christopher Dean and Ian Milliss.Photos by Louise Kate Anderson.
Exhibition Opening, Part 1 at The Cross Art Projects — 6 August 2011
Opening talk by Jack Mundey and Peter McClelland.Photos by Alex Wisser.
Image: Jack Mundey Opening Speech with Fiona MacDonald, portrait, 2011
Exhibition Opening, Part 2 at The Firstdraft Depot — 6 August 2011
Opening talks by Edmund Campion, writer, former parish priest at St Columkilies and first secretary of the Wooloomooloo Residents Action Group, and Joe Owens, Builders' Labourers' Federation NSW Secretary 1973-74.
Walk 2 — 2.30pm - Saturday 6 August 2011
Local Guides Jo Holder, Lucas Ihlein, Mickie Quick and Stacey Miers with Jack Mundey, Jim Donovan, Wendy Bacon, Christopher Dean and Ian Milliss.Photos by Michelle Blakeney.
Jack Mundey at Mick Fowler Memorial Plaque on McElhone Stairs, Victoria St. The Mick Fowler commemorative plaque is at the top of McElhone Stairs. and reads: “Memorial Plaque/to/Mick Fowler/Seaman, Musician & Green Bans Activist/ 1927-1979/For his gallant stand against demolition / of workers homes with the Builders /Labourers Federation Green Bans/ They were hard old days, they were battling days they were cruel but then in spite of it all, Victoria Street will see low income housing for workers again from his friends.
At Wharfies Square, Jim Donovan, former secratary of Sydney branch of Waterside Workers Federation, gave a history of the battles for better conditions. Michelle's t-shirt in the foreground recognises another legendary wharfie and fighter for rights - Chick Dixon. Jim was a pall–bearer at Chicka Dixon's funeral.
Forbes St - The central spine of the Woolloomooloo renewal design
Walk 3 — Sunday 7 August 2011
Local Guides Wendy Bacon, Christopher Dean, Fiona MacDonald Phillip Boulten, Jo Holder and Ian Milliss with Joe Owens.Photos by Fiona MacDonald. *Photos coming soon
Walk 4 — 13 August 2011
Guides Lucas Ihlein and Stacey Miers with Colin James, Jim Donovan, and Fiona MacDonald.Photos by Fiona MacDonald.
Walk 5 — Saturday 20 August 2011
Local Guides Jo Holder, Lucus Ihlein, Mickie Quick and Christopher Dean with Merideth Burgman, Merilyn Fairskye, Fiona MacDonald, Karen Mills and Justin Hewitson.Photos by Fiona MacDonald and Jo Shi.
