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Eviction at Happy Valley, 24 March 1939

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Eviction at Happy Valley, 24 March 1939

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[ON 388/Box 035/Item 192]

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1930s Depression Employment and Unemployment Housing

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Happy Valley La Perouse

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1930s Depression

Housing

Employment and Unemployment

Happy Valley

Shanty town established on land owned by New South Wales Golf Club at La Perouse where over 350 people lived in flimsy shacks during the Depression. The last of the residents were evicted in 1939 and the shacks demolished. Similar camps existed along the coast around the city, including Yarra Bay, Brighton-le-Sands, Malabar and Middle Harbour.

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La Perouse

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South-eastern residential suburb on Botany Bay, named after the French explorer who landed there in 1788. It has a large Indigenous population, including those who can trace their ancestors back to the Kameygal people in pre-contact times.