9675602
- TitlePhotographs and booklets relating to Vandyke Brothers prefabricated houses
- Creator
- Call numberPXA 7670
MLMSS 11954 - Level of descriptionfonds
- Date
approximately 1930-1952 - Type of material
- Reference code9675602
- Physical Description26 photographic prints - gelatin silver - 22 x 30 cm or smaller
1 album (19 photographic prints) - gelatin silver - album 17 x 21 cm
0.01 metres of textual material - typescript - ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
The Vandyke Brothers established a building company in the 1920s in Punchbowl, NSW. In 1933 they obtained the Australian Patent Rights for the manufacturing of prefabricated homes under the trade name 'Sectionit'. The manufacturers mass produced parts that were standard across various house models.
In 1953, The Australian Housing Commission came to an agreement with the Vandyke brothers to construct the materials for 1000 homes out of their Villawood warehouse, a former munitions factory. The value of this contract was 1,000,000 pounds, or 1000 pounds per house.
The final Vandyke Brothers factory closed in 1953.
References:
'State Housing Drive'. Construction. 18 March 1953, page 2.
Fry, Lord. The unrepentant lover of fibro houses. the Van Dyke prefab. Part 2. [Campsie, N.S.W.]: [Lord Fry], [2019]
Library Acquisition file - Collection historyBy descent from Charles William Vandyke to his daughter Gillian Budden
- Scope and ContentPHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS AND ALBUM (PXA 7670)
1-26. Photographs relating to Vandyke Brothers prefabricated houses, approximately 1930-1952.
Includes photographs of the Vandyke Brothers prefabricated houses under construction and completed, approximately 1930-1952, and the Vandyke Brothers prefabricated house factory in Villawood, NSW, approximately 1948. Some photographs stamped 'Max Dupain' and 'David Moore' on the back.
Prefabricated homes photograph album, 1941, by Vandyke Brothers
Album containing 19 photographic prints pasted in, with accompanying typescript captions. Photographs relate to Vandyke Brothers work at Lithgow.
PUBLISHED MATERIAL (MLMSS 11954)
Four booklets published by Vandyke Brothers:
Home-Truths, [1930] / by Vandyke Brothers
Sectionit pre-fabricated homes, [1936] / by Vandyke Brothers
Vandyke Brothers Sectionit pre-fabricated homes, [1941]
Vandyke Prefab : the all-Australian home, approximately 1952 / Vandyke Brothers. - Language
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