The same joke-translation is mentioned in Agatha Christie's Evil Under the Sun by Patrick Redfern to Hercule Poirot – a prank which inadvertently gives Poirot the answer to the murder.

Walter Redfern exemplified this type with his statement " To pun is to treat homonyms as synonyms ".

Most of the platforms at Redfern and Central stations are above ground, including the platforms for the City Circle, but the Eastern Suburbs line is underground.

From the top of the northern stair to platform 10 at Redfern Station it is possible to view the unfinished structure for the low-level " up " ( toward Central ) Southern Suburbs platform.

Also of interest is a tunnel connecting the Eveleigh rail yards, on the southern side of the main line, to the northern side of the main line, running beneath Redfern station.

Redfern railway station is located close to the north-west corner of the suburb.

Redfern is an inner-city suburb of Sydney.

Redfern is 3 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney.

Redfern is subject to extensive redevelopment plans by the state government, to increase the population and reduce the concentration of poverty in the suburb and neighbouring Waterloo ( see Redfern-Eveleigh-Darlington ).

The suburb is named after surgeon William Redfern, who was granted of land in this area in 1817 by Lachlan Macquarie.

The main shopping strip is located on Redfern Street, east of Redfern railway station.

Redfern railway station, located on the western edge of the suburb is a major station on the CityRail network.

Redfern is the first station south from Central Sydney terminus on the edge of the city.

Redfern station is the closest station to the main campus of the University of Sydney at Camperdown and Darlington.

St Vincent de Paul Catholic Church is on Redfern Street.

' The Block ' is an area in the immediate vicinity of Redfern station bounded by Eveleigh, Caroline, Louis and Vine Streets.

He hides while his adversaries converse, with the Rani confessing to have also laid landmines in nearby Redfern Dell ; and when the coast is clear the Doctor slips away to report back to Ravensworth, Stephenson and Luke, whom he sees is behaving strangely.

To make herself useful Peri is using her botanical knowledge to make a sleeping draught for the afflicted miners, but her quest for herbs leads her to Redfern Dell.

Surry Hills is surrounded by the suburbs of Darlinghurst to the north, Chippendale and Haymarket to the west, Moore Park and Paddington to the east and Redfern to the south.

The Surry Hills Shopping Village ( formerly Redfern Shopping Village ) is a shopping centre on Cleveland Street, on the border with Redfern.

The northern section of the street, from Railway Square to Circular Quay, is dominated by retail and commercial office space, while the southern section, from Railway Square through Redfern to Waterloo, is predominantly residential with some light commercial and industrial use.

The Crest building on the corner of Blaxcell and Redfern Streets, was built by Hoyts in 1948 as a movie theatre and was used for screening movies up until 1963.

McPherson concludes that she, Diane Redfern, was the victim, brought there by Carpenter, while Laura was away in the country.

The Human Tissue Act superseded the Anatomy Act 1832 which was found by an independent commission ( The Redfern Report ) to be inadequate on contemporary collection and use of human tissues, following the Alder Hey organs scandal.

The whole area of the Village was gradually developed over a period of 45 years by three different architects, Harry Redfern, Edwin Lutyens and David Roberts.

With the Conservatorium's Composition, Music Education and Musicology Units housed in an office building in Pitt Street, the challenges ( which had existed since the 1970s ) of a split campus connected only by a railway line from Redfern to Wynyard became acute.

Redfern has been characterised by migrant populations that have lived in the area.

The 2004 Redfern riots began on 14 February 2004, at the end of Eveleigh Street outside Redfern station, sparked by the death of Thomas ' TJ ' Hickey.

The mural was painted by probably the most notable artist of the 90s in the Redfern district, Sir Joseph Phillips.

File: Redfern Post Office. JPG | Old Redfern Post Office ( 1882 ), designed by James Barnet

* 2004 Redfern riots, sparked by tensions between the Aboriginal community and the police in the Redfern suburb of Sydney

* Redfern Park Speech, a speech by Paul Keating on the challenges faced by indigenous Australians

By 1810 emancipists had outnumbered the free settlers, and Macquarie set the tone himself by appointing emancipists to government positions: Francis Greenway as colonial architect and Dr William Redfern as colonial surgeon.

The conferences included presentations by experts in their fields, such as Paul Devereux Ley Lines, Nick Pope British MOD civil servant responsible for collating UFO sightings in the UK, Nick Redfern investigator and author, Malcolm Robinson investigator and Dr. David Clarke of a number of books on UFOs and related subjects.

The thirteenth issue was released in late 2007 and included articles by Nick Redfern, Loren Coleman and John Reppion.

It was first produced by Bernard Redfern in the mid 1950s at the laboratories of The Carborundum Company, Manchester, UK.

There are also two instances of disused tunnels and platforms on the Eastern Suburbs line at Redfern and Central ( see below ).

A Lewis / Young Production, in association with Ansett Television Films, " Caravan Holiday " starred Rod Kirkham, Vikki Broughton, Philip Gould, Debbie Byrne, Jamie Redfern, Jane Scali and the two most recent additions to the team, Greg Mills and Julie Ryles.

* " Mrs. Hat and Mrs. Red "-with French as Katie Hatcliffe and Sonya Redfern, two identical-looking women with opposite personalities

The line saw its most dramatic change in the period 1926-1927, when the section from Redfern to Homebush was expanded from four to six tracks by the addition of two tracks initially intended for non-electric express trains.

Peak hour operation consists of two trains per hour between Liverpool and the City operating express between Ashfield and Redfern, two trains per hour between Ashfield and the City and two trains per hour between Regents Park ( from Bankstown ) to the City.

Services then continue south from Central and along the Main Suburban Railway between Redfern and Strathfield usually utilising the ' local ' or southern-most set of the six tracks between these two stations.

Stevenson also played Joan Redfern in two episodes of the 2007 series of Doctor Who ( entitled " Human Nature " and " The Family of Blood ") as well as Verity Newman in " The End of Time ", while Pegg appeared in " The Long Game " as well as being the narrator in the first series of Doctor Who Confidential.

The station marks the end of the four track section from Illawarra Junction at Redfern ; the line continues as two tracks south from this point.