Both comprehensive and intriguing, this history traces the history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander housing—from the multiplicity of shelters used in pre-invasion times to the extraordinary cottages built by Victorian missionaries, through to the dreaded children's dormitory and its horrors of disease and overcrowding.
Language
English
Pages
284
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Aboriginal Studies Press
Release
January 01, 2000
ISBN
0855753633
ISBN 13
9780855753634
Settlement: A History of Australian Indigenous Housing
Both comprehensive and intriguing, this history traces the history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander housing—from the multiplicity of shelters used in pre-invasion times to the extraordinary cottages built by Victorian missionaries, through to the dreaded children's dormitory and its horrors of disease and overcrowding.