Maria’s Story

Maria’s Story

Fragments and tears; big feelings in each silence that falls between the words. Maria Fotiadis has had a long history with Addi Road, going back to the early 1970s when the Greek community began gathering here in Marrickville, bringing to life what would be formally...
Making History

Making History

Mina Bui Jones lines herself up by the pale blue wall of an old building, holding up a book. The book is called Ten Ordinary Men – The ANZACs of Addison Road. As Addi Road’s Program Manager and the editor behind the project, she’s proud to see it emerge on Remembrance...
Playing for Freedom

Playing for Freedom

On this day, in 1971, the South African national rugby union team, the Springboks, played Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Here, just like the other places they played on their tour, the Springboks met with protests outside the grounds, on the streets and even...
White Crosses

White Crosses

Day ends at the Addison Road Community Organisation. Gurwinder starts to take the chairs from the road, leaving only the white crosses that now mark out the social distance needs of our times. Addi Road’s Food Pantry works as a super low-cost supermarket for people in...
Secret Rivers, Hidden Streams

Secret Rivers, Hidden Streams

The ground, upon which we walk on a daily basis, has changed dramatically since Europeans landed upon the shores of this great ancient island continent. Addison Road Community Organisation is a good case in point; the grounds of our centre sit atop the flow of an...