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Ted Noffs with group of people at Wayside Chapel, Kings Cross, 1966

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William (Bill) Brindle

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Brindle, William (Bill)

Bill Brindle was an official photographer with the Department of Information, later renamed the Australian News and Information Bureau, and then the Australian Information Service.

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Wayside Chapel

founded by Tedd Noffs, the Wayside Chapel has been a landmark in Kings Cross since 1963, helping locals and visitors and creating several organisations active in drug rehabilitation, life education and other social reform.

Kings Cross

Kings Cross exists in Sydney's imagination as much as it does in any physical form, and pinning down its geographical boundaries is difficult. It has loomed large in Sydney's culture since the first houses were built nearby in the 1830s, and continues to attract tourists and Sydneysiders alike.

Community centres

Methodist

Religious building

Social welfare

Wayside Chapel

Chapel that pioneered outreach and support for Kings Cross's homeless, disadvantaged and drug-affected residents.

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Noffs, Ted

Methodist minister who reached out to the most marginalised in society through his work at the Wayside Chapel and Lifeline.

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Kings Cross

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In the nineteenth century one of Sydney's most prestigious suburbs, it became home to a vibrant bohemian community and later Sydney's red light district. Named for the intersection of Darlinghurst Road, William and Victoria Streets and once called Queens Cross, the area is now a neon lit mecca for tourists and Sydneysiders.