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toilet. The companies that received the contracts to supply the houses were permitted to use only five
Australian materials; water, sand, bricks for the outdoor chimney, under-foundation timbers and paint. All of the other components of the building had to be brought from Europe. There were some difficulties with this. As Germany operated with a metric scale, all of the plumbing, nuts and bolts etc had to be purchased from England.
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Australian Housing Trust commenced building in the area and some of the Trust's prefabricated, imported timber houses were built here during the period of 1950-4. The Trust imported the houses because of the shortage of building materials and skilled labor experienced after
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Australia in crates and were then assembled by tradesman, also sent out by the manufacturers. They consisted of a panel system covered by a timber-framed, iron clad roof. In plan, each building was rectangular and contained three bedrooms, a kitchen, laundry, bathroom and
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runs through the suburb focused the farming and horticultural activities in the area of the River. Bagot's 'Beefacres Estate' occupied part of the
Windsor Gardens area in the nineteenth century. Local legend claims that a small part of the Estate's homestead is incorporated into a residence at
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Australian Housing Trust intended that the houses would be sold but many people preferred to wait longer for a more traditional masonry house. As a result the houses were rented, but to selected clients and at a higher rate.
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609:Peterhead
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