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Redfern Housing Project 1974

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Redfern Housing Project 1974

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National Archives of Australia

[A8739, A1/8/74/104]

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Aboriginal migration to Sydney since World War II

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Aboriginal Housing Company

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Aboriginal migration to Sydney since World War II

Aboriginal people who moved to Sydney over the second half of the twentieth century, particularly those who moved into public housing in western Sydney, had to develop strategies to maintain communal bonds and cultural identities in response to pressures to assimilate. Urban relocation had different implications for Aboriginal women and men. The design of urban spaces and houses and the moral regulation that many experienced, especially those who were suburban tenants of the New South Wales Housing Commission, worked against the fulfilment of obligations to country and family.

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Aboriginal Housing Company

Aboriginal-run housing collective, incorporated in 1973 to manage the houses in Redfern that became known as The Block.

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Redfern

Inner-city suburb located immediately south of the central business district whose sandhills were first settled by Chinese market gardeners and later by Aboriginal people who migrated to work in the local factories. Today it is a rich blend of public housing, renovated terraces, light industry and arts precincts.

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