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were often conflicts between residents and the police had to be called on a regular basis and because of these challenges, and with the additional stresses of the constant challenge of maintenance, rising building costs, and other accommodation becoming available, the decision was made to sell and demolish the complex in 1982. The site was then developed by the
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From the 1970s, with further expansions, it became low-cost rental accommodation and crisis accommodation, and a "bush" family could stay at the hostel for $ 30 a week rather than pay $ 20 a night for a hotel. It is estimated that, between 1968 and 1969, 6,000 people used the accommodation. There
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Aboriginal) and this led to its closure in 1965. Over 700 children passed through Griffiths House during its 20 years as a
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which also housed the wives of servicemen permanently stationed in the town, was known as "The Inter-Church
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