The Hon J. McGirr, M.L.A., Minister for Housing - The Housing Commission of New South Wales, Volume 1 [presentation photograph album]

PXD 957

fonds

[ca. mid 1940s]

Graphic Materials, Photographs

441899

1 album (66 photoprints) - gelatin silver - 47.5 x 37.8 cm.

As part of the post-war reconstruction in the 1940s, James McGirr was appointed Minister for Housing in NSW. Between 1943 and 1949 the Housing Commission built 12,335 homes and a further 10,000 were under construction or in the planning stages. -- Reference: Celebrating 60 years of homes for the people / NSW Department of Housing. Ashfield, NSW : Dept. of Housing, [2003?]

1. Typical three (3) bedroom brick cottages nearing completion
2. Completed brick cottages at Belfield
3. Rudd Park project, Municipality of Canterbury
4. Belmore project ; Bexley project
5. Cottages at Stockton, Newcastle ; Section of Kennedy & Bird's contract at Matraville
6. Aerial view of timber framed cottages at Lambton, Newcastle ; Brick cottages at Stockton from air ; Panorama of the Stockton project
7. Westmead [panoramic views]
8. Cottages in course of construction by Department of Public Works. Pagewood ; Belfield [panoramic views]
9. View of Bexley project showing newly constructed cul-de-sac ; H.W. Thompson's contract at Rydalmere [panoramic views]
10-11. Typical timber framed cottages
12. Greenacre Park Estate ; Homes in course of erection by Department of Public Works, Granville [panoramic views]
13. Typical timber framed and fibro homes
14. Furnished lounge room ; Furnished dining room
15. Second bedroom ; Main bedroom
16. View of kitchen showing standard type fitments ; Interior view of typical home demonstrating the liberal provision of cupboard space
17. Special timber framed homes erected for emergency cases at Hornsby
18. Typical small units being erected for families with one child 75% of these cottages are for returned soldiers and 25% for civilians. These cottages can be rented or purchased (with parked Dodge car) ; Special timber framed cottages (EU3) consists of three (3) bedrooms, large sleepout, living room, kitchen, etc.
19. Cottages in course of construction by F.C.W. Powell & Sons Ltd ; Similar in type to the cottage shown above. Note weatherboard to sill height which is a special feature of this contract.
20. Experimental homes - single wall reinforced concrete cottage being built at Granville ; Cavity wall reinforced cottage being built at Bankstown
21. Commission's standard timber framed homes being erected by the Vandyke's prefabricated process ; Cement render on steel mesh framework cottage being built in Esme Avenue, Chester Hill
22. These military hutments at Beverly Hills have been converted into temporary home units each containing three (3) bedrooms and a living room [panoramic view, including children with a metal toy car]
23. Converted military hutments at Stockton, Newcastle
24. Road grader in operation at Wallsend, Newcastle ; Mechanical loading equipment in use on commission's projects at Woodville Road, Granville
25. Dragline and bulldozer engaged on sewerage work on the Matraville project
26. Sewer construction ; Laying sewer pipes

Titled from cover.
Dated from the NSW Government Printing Office : collection of copy negatives, 1870-1988.
"To Mr McGirr / Wishing you and yours a happy Xmas and the continuance of our pleasant association on Housing in the coming year" -- on reverse of accompanying business card of "Edward R.C. Gallop, Chairman, The Housing Commission of N.S.W., Mint Building, Macquarie Street, Sydney"
See also Volume 2: The Hon J. McGirr, M.L.A., Minister for Housing - The Housing Commission of New South Wales, Volume 2 [presentation photograph album], available at PXD 988