Document - Manuscript, Robin Boyd, Living and Partly Living. The Neighbourhood, 1971

Historical information

A discussion of Australia's bland suburbs, and the rise in brick home-building, and the alternative of urban high-rise living. Alternative leisure lifestyles associated with each are outlined. Multi-storey flats, European migration, the unplanned ghettoisation of different groups are discussed. What are the needs for a new era of Australian housing? New initiatives are outlined.

Significance

Original manuscript of the chapter titled 'The Neighbourhood' (pp32-43) by Robin Boyd in the book "Living and Partly Living", by Ian McKay, Robin Boyd, Hugh Stretton and John Mant, published by Nelson, Sydney 1971.

Physical description

Typewritten (c copy), pencil, quarto, 29 pages

Inscriptions & markings

Chapter in a book.

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