Dictionary of Sydney

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Daceyville

South-eastern residential suburb originally planned as a model garden suburb with low-cost housing for working-class people. Built by the New South Wales housing board, it is named after New South Wales Treasurer John Rowland Dacey who first proposed it.

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Name
Commemorates
Position
1912
1912
Property
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- 2016
Part of
- 2016
Administered by
2016 -
Part of
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Type

Daceyville

,
2011

Designed as model public housing for working-class families, Daceyville subsequently became home to returned soldiers and war widows. Saved from demolition several times, by community and union action, the suburb is now a living illustration of changes in town planning.