The Housing Commission of Victoria (HCV) was established by the Victorian Government in 1938 after a public campaign for housing reform. After 1942 the HCV was responsible for developing regional and outer suburban housing estates where low-income families were located in proximity to expanding population areas and post-war industries. With greater funding and a severe housing shortage, the Commission's activities greatly expanded through the late 1940s into the 1950s. They began to build larger and larger estates of housing in the suburban fringes, as well as country towns The Housing Commission was largely responsible for the development of Wodonga up to 1973 and in 1975 was said to have built one-third of all homes in Wodonga, though many of these were handed to the Army. Criticism of the bureaucratic and undemocratic nature of the Commission and scandals over corruption in relation to housing developments in Melbourne's fringe areas resulted in the disbandment of the HCV and the formation of a Ministry of Housing in 1984. The work of the Housing Commission of Victoria allowed many people in Wodonga to acquire affordable housing and pay it off over time through monthly instalments. This booklet is of local and state significance as it is evidence of the role of the Victorian Government is providing access to affordable housing. It supported the development of Wodonga and the realisation of the "Australian dream" of home ownership.A small receipt book issued by the Housing Commission of Victoria to record payments and receipts for tenants who were purchasing their home through the Housing Commission. Monthly installments allowed people to access and purchase, affordable housing. On the front cover "Housing Commission/VICTORIA/ HOUSE PURCHASER'S/ INSTALMENT/RECEIPTS"housing wodonga, housing commission of victoria, public housing wodonga

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Invitation from The Housing Commission, Victoria to attend the Official Opening of Monte Vale Memorial Units, Fyffe Street, Diamond Creek on Friday 27th October 1978Bruce Morgan was the first Shire Secretary (1964-1983) of the Shire of Diamond Valley. This collection was compiled by his wife, Mavis Morgan, detailing the events they attended in their official capacityWhite card with black text.bruce morgan, mavis morgan, monte vale, diamond creek, housing commission of victoria

Housing Commission of Victoria Thew Architect Panel Maidstone Sheet 1braybrook, map

In 1973, the planning for the Dunvegan Estate in North Macleod was well under way, with some residential blocks owned and developed by the Housing Commission of Victoria (later the Ministry of Housing).News clipping, black and white text.dunvegan estate macleod, north macleod, housing commission of victoria, ministry of housing victoria

From a box of photographs in Nancy U'REN's papers used during research for her thesis, The Early Growth and Development of Sandridge (1976) and/or her book with Noel TURNBULL, A History of Port Melbourne (1983). The print was probably made by her son, Andrew U'REN, and he may have also taken the photograph.Black and white photograph of the blocks of Housing Commission flats at the corner of Ingles and Crockford Streets viewed from Ingles Street. Large white border at the bottom.A star in blue ink at the bottom left corner and details of photographic paper type and exposure details on the reverse.built environment - public housing, ingles street, crockford street, built environment - domestic, raglan street housing commission of victoria flats, nancy u'ren nee morris

From a box of photographs in Nancy U'REN's papers used during research for her thesis, The Early Growth and Development of Sandridge (1976) and/or her book with Noel TURNBULL, A History of Port Melbourne (1983). The print was probably made by her son, Andrew U'REN, and he may have also taken the photograph. The photograph includes two people on the median strip. It is unclear what they are doing or what has happened just before the photograph was taken. One person is kneeling closely over the other who appears to be lying on their back.Black and white photograph of the Raglan Street Housing Commission flats at the corner of Ingles and Crockford Streets viewed from Crockford Street. Large white border at the bottom.Details of photographic paper type and exposure details in blue ink on the reverse.built environment - public housing, ingles street, crockford street, raglan street housing commission of victoria flats, built environment - domestic, nancy u'ren nee morris

Panoramic view of Princes Street 1990. Shot by Princes Street resident Geoff Cross from the top of the Housing Commission flats. Originally combined from several shots, taken before the demolition of Bakery building.built environment, geoff cross, bakery building, princes street, housing commission of victoria flats

Panoramic view of Princes Street 1990. Shot by Princes Street resident Geoff Cross from the top of the Housing Commission flats. Originally combined from several shots, taken before the demolition of Bakery building.built environment, geoff cross, bakery building, princes street, housing commission of victoria flats

B&W photo of Raglan Street Housing Commission Flats, corner Raglan and Crockford Streets, BP petrol station c1968built environment - domestic, built environment - public housing, built environment - commercial, antonio cannatelli, raglan street housing commission of victoria flats

Two copies of document : nineteen handwritten pages of notes on 'The Rich Victoria Hill and Its Historical Association' Signed by A Richardson and dated 30 - 8 - 1971. and a typed copy of same. Notes include: Introduction, Hotels, Mines, Mining History and descriptions of features where the signposts are. Mines mentioned in the text are: North Old Chum. Ballerstedt's first open cut, Lansell's Big 180. 20 head stamper, Lansell's Cleopatra Needle, Victoria Quartz Mine. Cleopatra's Needle was a square sectioned brick chimney with this four sided pyramidal chimney top with four vents to allow the smoke to escape whatever the direction of the wind. It was demolished in the 1950's as it had a bend in it and it was considered unsafe. Lansell had two other mines with similar chimneys, the '222' in Chum Street and his 'Sandhurst' or 'Needle' mine near the Bendigo, Eaglehawk boundary. Notes prepared by Albert Richardson.mine, gold, victoria hill, victoria hill, the rich victoria hill and it's historical association, j. n. macartney, quartz miner's arms hotel, ironbark methodist church, greek orthodox church, john brown knitwear factory, little 180 mine, geo lansell, conrad heinz, british & american hotel, victoria reef gold mining coy, manchester arms hotel, housing commission homes, ironbark (victoria reef gold mines, hercules and energetic, midway, wittscheibe, gt central victoria, wm rae, mr & mrs conroy, wm rae jr, central nell gwynne, moorhead's shop, gill family, gold mines hotel, david chaplin sterry, pioneer, new chum and victoria, burrowes and sterry, new chum and victoria tribute, rotary club of bendigo south, big 180, victoria quartz mines, jeweller's shop, bendigo and district tourist association, north old chum mine, john wybrandt, ballerstedt's first open-cut, j c t christopher ballerstedt, ballerstedt's mine, bendigo cemetry, lansell's 'cleopatra nedle' type chimney, 222 mine, sandhurst or 'needle' mine, victoria quartz mine, victoria reef quartz company, mr e j dunn, eureka ext'd, new chum railway, pearl, bendigo advertiser 16 june 1910, victoria consols, shamrock, shenandoah, victoria quartz dams, rae's open cut, prospecting tunnels, floyd's small 5 head crushing battery, gt central victoria (midway) shaft, midway no 2, midway north, ballerstedt's small 24 yard claim, the humboldt, the tribute coy, advance, luffsman and sterry's claim, a round shaft, chinese joss house, lansell's fortuna, p m g repeater station, a richardson

Braybrook's history includes early white settlement in the 1840s, the establishment of the Braybrook Shire in 1871 and a period of industrial development in the late 1800s with activities like bluestone quarrying. In the 1950s the Housing Commission of Victoria developed Braybrook as a social housing hub for the post war population boom. The suburb has since seen a mix of community development, including the establishment of the Vietnamese Buddhist community's Quanh Minh Temple. The original Braybrook Shire became part of the City of Sunshine and then the City of Brimbank.Meeting At Sunshine & District Hist Society 5/4/2001 Mrs Pam Chapman Memories of History of Braybrookshire of braybrook, pam chapman

The Ocean and Wattle Groves Precinct, Warrnambool is registered by Heritage Victoria, and is one of the earliest rural Housing Commission estates in Victoria. It is an intact, representative example of mid-twentieth century public housing in Victoria. It is of special historical significance for the Commission’s connection with the Warrnambool-born Walter Oswald Burt, one of the two key figures behind the slum-abolition movement and a founder of the building conservation movement. Colour panoramic photograph of houses in Wattle Grove, Warrnambool.walter burt, walter oswald burt, warrnambool, ocean grove, wattle grove, housing commission

Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of Council held on 29th June 1977 Report of the Town Clerk's Department Report of the Town Clerk Victorian Family and Community Services Programme Bikeway Seminar School Facilities Sunshine North Technical School Proposed Use and Agreement Maidstone Elderly Citizens Club And Meals on Wheels Lease if Navigational Beacon Site in Robinson Road Deer Park Community Use of Tennis Courts Request For Closing Street Bird Street South of Quinn Street Deer Park Capital Works Possible Subsidies Department of Youth, Sport & Recreation Use of School Facilities Sunshine West High School Council Contribution to Cost Proposed Lease of Railway land Next to Gardens Anderson Road Proposed Lease of Commonwealth Land Corner Devonshire Road and Martin Street Ardeer South Primary School Development of School Grounds Community Use Council Contribution Darnley Street Hostel for the Frail / Aged Deportation of Migrants Welwyn Uniting Kindergarten Maintenance Fee to the Deer Park Methodist Church Western Region Women's Refuge Report of the Chief Health Inspector Prosecutions Proceedings Sunshine Magistrate Court Application for Septic Tank Health Centre Robert Crescent Sunshine Navel Wives Association Plagues on all House Health Hygiene and History Office of Continuing Education University of Melbourne Proposed Course Visit of Interdepartmental Government Committee of Liquid Trade Waste Deposal Report of the Medical Officer of Health Report of City Engineer Land Use Permit Application Diecasting Shop Addition to Existing Manufacturing Complex South West Corner Mitchell Street and Rosamond Road Land Use Permit Application Subdivision Geelong Road and Francis Street Land Use Permit Application Sunshine Golf Club Pavilion Ralph Street Looking For Permission to Rebuild Thier Burnt Down Pavilion Land Use Permit Application Sign 568 Geelong Road Land Use Permit Application Resident Bee Keeping 47 Trafalgar Street St. Albans Land Use Permit Factory Lot 3 Suffolk Road Sunshine North Proposed Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Amendment 70 Land Use Permit Application Sunshine City Club Car Park Talmage Street Albion Land Use Permit Application installation of Underground Petrol Tank and Pumping Facilities and Addition to Existing Factory Sperry Vickers Rosamond Road Maribyrnong Land Use Permit Application Parking of Motor Car and Caravan 24 Judge Street Land Use Permit Application Motor Repair Station and Car Sales Yard 19 Errol Street Western Highway Street Lighting Traffic Signals Main Road West, Main Road East, St. Albans Road & East Esplanade Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Amendment No 42 Footscray Institute of Technology Fairnsworth Avenue Deviation Footscray Citizens Against Freeways Royal Australian Institute of Parks & Recreation 50th Conference Buckingham Crescent Area Layout Design Art Show McKay Gardens Oakwood Road Footpath Albanvale Residents Association Canning Street Tenders Received Automatic Sprinkler System Sports Grounds Tenders Received Playground Equipment Plan of Subdivision Main Road West R.D.C. Projects Transfer of Land Lots 434 to 437 Carlton Street Housing Commission Victoria to Braybrook Hotel for Car Parking Purposes Strata Subdivision 37 Ferndale Road Installation of Traffic Signals Anderson Road / Durham Road Sunshine A No Standing Any Time Bookmobile Excepted Sign 27 Duke Street Sunshine Report of the Building Surveyor Application Outbuilding 19 Lima Street St. Albans Application Outbuilding 25 Huddersfield Road Deer Park Child Care Centre Pavilion Ainsworth Reserve Child Care Building Program city of sunshine, alexander "alex" george gillon, navigational beacon, robinsons road, deer park, maidstone elderly citizens club, sunshine west high school, lachlan road, sunshine west, ardeer south primary school, sunshine north technical school, suffolk road, sunshine north, bird street, anderson road, sunshine, devonshire road, martin street, darnley street hostel, darnley street, welwyn uniting kindergarten, welwyn street, mitchell street, rosamond road, maidstone, geelong road, francis street, brooklyn, sunshine golf club, ralph street, trafalgar street, st. albans, sunshine city club car, talmage street, sperry vickers, maribyrnong, judge street, errol street, braybrook, main road west, main road east, st. albans road, east esplanade, oakwood road, albanvale residents association, canning street, avondale heights, carlton street, braybrook hotel, ballarat road, ferndale road, durham road, duke street, lima street, huddersfield road, ainsworth reserve, ainsworth reserve child care centre, vernon street