| Title: |
Shanty home at Fremantle smelters camp, 1953 [picture] |
| Imprint: |
Perth : Sunday Times, 1953 |
| Notes: |
Published in the Sunday Times, 29 March 1953, p.3. Digital image taken from microfilm at State Library of WA in 2018. |
| Restrictions on Use: |
Out of copyright, no restriction. |
| Summary: |
A tiny hut along the Robb Jetty coastline built of corrugated iron, wooden fruit cases, and other bits of 'flotsam' as reported in the Sunday Times, 29 March 1953. A verandah is made from another piece of iron propped up on stakes, and a tin hangs from it possibly collecting rainwater. After WWII many people were forced into conditions such as these by rising rents, static pensions, and a housing shortage. |
| Subject: |
Cockburn Region (W.A.) -- Robb JettyCockburn Region (W.A.) -- CoogeeHomelessness -- CoogeeSmelters camp |