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Laurie Matthews
Laurence Charles Matthews (born 1956), is a housing rights activist who founded Caretakers Cottage a youth homelessness service in Sydney, Australia and is its CEO.Howe, Megan. "Paddington Youth Refuge Faces The Threat Of Eviction." ''Sydney Morning Herald''. Fairfax Media. 10 November 1988. Laurie was also a founding member Yfoundations, a peak body organisation for youth homelessness in New South Wales.Coffey, Michael"What Ever Happened to the Revolution? Activism and the Early Days of Youth Refuges in NSW."''Parity''. Volume 19, Issue 10. Another Country: Histories of Homelessness. Council to Homeless Persons. (2006): 23-25. and has been on the Yfoundations board for a number of years between 1989 and 2011.''Annual Report 2009''. Youth Accommodation Association. 2009 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camperdown, New South Wales
Camperdown is an inner western suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Camperdown is located 4 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district and is part of the Inner West region. Camperdown lies across the local government areas of the City of Sydney and Inner West Council. Camperdown is a heavily populated suburb and is home to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, the University of Sydney and the historic Camperdown Cemetery. It was also once home to the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, which was relocated to be next to Westmead Hospital in Sydney's west. The hospital buildings and grounds have been redeveloped into apartment complexes. History Camperdown takes its name from the Battle of Camperdown (or Camperduin in Dutch). It was named by Governor William Bligh who received a grant of 240 acres (1 km2) of land covering present day Camperdown and parts of Newtown. The land passed to Bligh's son-in-law Maurice O'Connell, co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
