Redfern Park

Redfern Rugby Skateboarding Casual basketball

This park features a sports oval, playgrounds, skate plaza and basketball practice area.

Redfern Street

Redfern 2016

Directions and transport

Features

Dog off-leash included
4.30pm to 9.30am

A defining moment

This was the site of former Prime Minister Paul Keating's 'Redfern Speech', regarded as a defining moment in the reconciliation process with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Histories of local parks and playgrounds
History of Redfern Park
Originating in the 1880s as a typical Victorian pleasure garden, the park was later the site of Paul Keating’s famous 1992 speech.
Published 28 October 2016

Spaces for use and hire

Hireable indoor spaces
Community Room, Redfern OvalRedfern · 50 people

Related and close by

A night-time scene of a sports field featuring an empty grandstand, flood lights and grass.

Facility bookings & outdoor eventsBook a sports fieldAt least $7.50

Children playing sport on an oval that has a white picket fence.

Facility bookings & outdoor eventsCheck for sports ground closures

2 children climbing play equipment in Redfern Park Playground.

PlaygroundsRedfern Park PlaygroundRedfern

PlaygroundsReconciliation Park PlaygroundRedfern

Developments

Park & playground works
Redfern Park major upgrade works
Redfern Park’s $32 million facelift opened up the area around the playing field to provide much-needed open space.
Completed · Redfern