What coopertive folks! You ask for information and they provide some, to lure you closer so that they can get their claws and fangs into you...One of my favorite Sydney songs came out of an urban renewal battle in the 1970's:

In the early 1970's the inner city neighborhood of Wooloomooloo in Sidney, Australia, was threatened by massive urban renewal. The resistance by the residents; the cooperation gained from the building and trades union; the roles of the politicians, real estate speculators, and city planners; the battles with good squads and with the police; is all effectively presented in the documentary film Wooloomooloo. Sydney poet Denis Kevans and Builders Laborers organizer Seamus Gill were in the thick of the fight and livened things up with such great songs as this one, patterned after the old sailors drinking song "All for Me Grog."

Geoff Young of Sidney finally tracked the full lyrics of the song dowm for my co-conspirator "Landlady's Daughter;" Any clue if he is still alive and kicking?

I play 5-string banjo and sing with a songs of the sea group:www.rollandgoseasongs.com

We do have some old friends in Sydney who we'll be planning to stay with part of the time.