Save Millers Point, Dawes Point &
the Rocks
SAVE OUR COMMUNITY
As you may be aware
the state government is trying to evict over 400 people from Millers Point to
sell off the properties in what could be called an urban gentrification plan.
The Millers Point community is firmly
committed to the preservation of the suburb’s unique character and upholding
the heritage listing nomination to ensure the protection of Millers Point. The
State Heritage listing is for the whole of Millers Point as a totality and
that listing includes its social meaning (the people) as well as its buildings.
Millers
Point, Dawes Point & the Rocks are the birthplace to Australian history
& contain the rarest, oldest and most significant urban community in
Australia. Generations have shaped, nurtured & protected these homes which
were specifically built for maritime workers. The maritime industries have
formed the village's core from the early part of the nineteenth century.
Sydney's
waterfront should not simply be for those who can afford multi-million dollar
apartments. Low income workers, the disabled and pensioners are as entitled to
inner city housing as any other citizen. The gentrification of an area comes at
the cost of removing families from homes and individuals from areas which they
were born into. Forced removal will destroy this community, the heritage and
cause distress to the current residents.
Our
communities are invaluable no matter where they are located.
We
should fight to preserve them. Not destroy them for yet another
soulless,
generic development. Millers Point is irreplaceable.
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NO SURRENDER!!!
MILLERS POINT IS NOT FOR SALE!!!
Millers Point, Dawes Point & the Rocks Public Housing Tenant's
Group
http://savemillerspoint.blogspot.com.au/
