Herne Bay Housing

NSW Housing Commission for people "with no place to go". Now known as the suburb of Riverwood. 1942 - General Hospital was built for the US Army (the largest military hospital in Australia). Both staff & patients were segregated into black and white quarters. Immediately after the war the hospital reverted to NSW Housing Commission & the huts were used to ease the chronic housing shortage. Severe overcrowding & poor facilities resulted in a slum like existence for the poorest of the poor.

Location

Australia

33° 57' 3.3156" S, 151° 3' 8.7804" E

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