Panel & Screening: Learning From The Green Bans
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When
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Address
CNR OXFORD ST & GREENS RD PADDINGTON NSW 2021
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Hours
6–9PM
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Phone
+61 2 8936 0888
In April 1973 a ‘green ban’ was placed on Victoria Street to defend the working-class suburb of Kings Cross from redevelopment. Part of a large-scale campaign led by the NSW Builders Labourers Federation (BLF) that saw construction workers withdraw their labour on over 40 projects deemed to be socially and environmentally harmful, the Green Bans constitute an integral part of Sydney’s social, political and architectural history.
Hear from an esteemed panel of speakers moderated by historian Rowan Cahill and including: feminist and anti-racism activist Dr Meredith Burgmann; independent filmmaker and ex-builders labourer Pat Fiske; and activist and builders labourer Andy Mason, as they discuss the legacy of the Green Bans activism today.
Following the panel, Pat Fiske will introduce a screening of her documentary Rocking the Foundations 1986 that chronicles this important history.
Presented in conjunction with Zanny Begg: The Beehive at UNSW Galleries 5 January – 23 February 2019, as part of the Radical Sydney public program series.
Taking its title from Terry Irving and Rowan Cahill's book on dissident politics and actions in Sydney, 'Radical Sydney' is a program of talks, documentary screenings and performances engages with the histories and futures of local activism concerned with housing, public space, sexuality and gender.
Banner: 'Rocking the Foundations' 1986 (still). Image courtesy: Bower Bird Films and Ronin Films
Images: 'Panel Discussion & Screening: Learning from the Green Bans', UNSW Galleries public program. UNSW Art & Design Lecture Theatre. Photos: Document Photography