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The road to nowhere: urban freeway planning Sydney to 1977 and in the present day
This work explores the rise and fall of proposals, which were current between 1945 and 1977, for an inner suburban radial freeway network in Sydney.
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The Commonwealth-State Housing Agreement of 1956 and the politics of home ownership in the Cold War
This paper examines the Commonwealth-State Housing Agreement of 1956 --commonly seen as marking a shift in policy and in political rhetoric, away from public housing provision towards private home-ownership.
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Home magazines and modernist dreams: designing the 1950s house
This paper examines the modem home through the medium of Australian House and Garden, and qualifies some functionalist sociological interpretations of the 'role' of home magazines and their promotion of modernism.
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'A cliff of white cleanliness': decorating the home, defining the self
This paper focuses on the interior design of the modern home in terms of the considerations that were brought to bear in determining how the ideal of the 1950s home was to relate to the personalities of its occupants.
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The highway of civilisation and common sense: street regulation and the transformation of social space in 19th and early 20th century Melbourne
It is incontestable that the motor age changed the face of urban life forever. What is more problematic is its role as the prime instrument of this spatial and cultural shift. To what extent did the motor car in fact accelerate a long process of spatial redefinition dating back long before its advent?