An SOS sign lights up in the window of the home of 90-year-old Myra Demetriou, one of two remaining residents of the Sirius building in Sydney’s Millers Point. Photo: John Dunn
An SOS sign lights up in the window of the home of 90-year-old Myra Demetriou, one of two remaining residents of the Sirius building in Sydney’s Millers Point. Photo: John Dunn

Sydney’s last stand: the residents holding out against gentrification

As private developers wait to pounce on expensive land occupied by public housing, the fate of an iconic building in inner Sydney has fuelled debate over the welfare of the city’s poor

An SOS sign lights up in the window of the home of 90-year-old Myra Demetriou, one of two remaining residents of the Sirius building in Sydney’s Millers Point. Photo: John Dunn
An SOS sign lights up in the window of the home of 90-year-old Myra Demetriou, one of two remaining residents of the Sirius building in Sydney’s Millers Point. Photo: John Dunn
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