Digging people up for coal : a history of Yallourn / Meredith Fletcher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fletcher, Meredith.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Garden cities--Australia--Victoria--Yallourn--History--20th century.

Garden cities.

Victoria.

History.

Yallourn (Vic.)--History.

Yallourn (Vic.).

Yallourn (Vic.)--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

xii, 252 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, plans, music ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Carlton South, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 2002.

Summary:

Yallourn was designed in the 1920s as a garden town, laid out on "hygienic and aesthetic principles" embodying "the most modern practice." It became a thriving and close-knit community that was home to several generations of State Electricity Commission (SEC) workers and their families. By the 1960s, however, it was being portrayed as outmoded, "unattractive to modern housewives, " decrepit, and obsolete. The town was no longer described as a model town but as an area that had to be cleared. This book brings to life the impact of the town and its demise on the individuals who lived there and on the community they created -- a community that still exists vividly in memory and imagination.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-246) and index.

ISBN:

0522849784

OCLC:

155710017