In this photograph are Nos. 28-32 (part), 26, 24, 22 & 20 (part). All “good brick” except No.20. a builders inspection of No. 24- ‘a structurally sound, clean little house conforming in almost every respect to the Housing Commission requirements’. Owner had spent c. $2000 to renovate the house. As of 2009 the terrace no, 20-26 survives, but not 28-30. Taken within the block Church Street-Rae Street- Nicholson Street. Targeted by Housing Commission, Victoria for broad scale demolition and construction of high rise apartment blocks. This was opposed by residents, both tenants and owners and factories. This campaign was a turning point in public housing policy and practice in Victoria.(Text from Yarra Libraries)
