SYDNEY'S NOVEL METHOD OF HOUSING THE UNEMPLOYED; A GENERAL VIEW OF “CALICO CITY,” SHOWING HOMES FOR THE WORKLESS. To alleviate the distress of the great number of unemployed in Sydney, the New South Wales Government is building a township of 500 calico dwellings costing £lO each, which are to be let at a rental of Is per wee&. Each “humpy” contains two rooms about 9ft by 7ft, divided by a calico partition. Sanitary conveniences —baths, etc. — at 6 supplied in sheds, qne shed being provided for each 95 dwellings,
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Otago Witness, Issue 3168, 2 December 1914, Page 46 (Supplement)
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89SYDNEY'S NOVEL METHOD OF HOUSING THE UNEMPLOYED; A GENERAL VIEW OF “CALICO CITY,” SHOWING HOMES FOR THE WORKLESS. To alleviate the distress of the great number of unemployed in Sydney, the New South Wales Government is building a township of 500 calico dwellings costing £lO each, which are to be let at a rental of Is per wee&. Each “humpy” contains two rooms about 9ft by 7ft, divided by a calico partition. Sanitary conveniences—baths, etc.—at6 supplied in sheds, qne shed being provided for each 95 dwellings, Otago Witness, Issue 3168, 2 December 1914, Page 46 (Supplement)
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