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Mid-century's 'not so humble' housing boom

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: This newspaper article explores the humble fibro cottage in Camden in the 1950s and 1960s that was integral to the town's 20th-century history. The fibro house represents the baby-boomer era, when drive-ins, Holdens, Chiko rolls, black-and-white TV. Camden's simple fibro cottages provided affordable accommodation for the working man and his family. Local farms had a host of fibro houses, as they were cheap to build and fibro was a practical building material that sometimes replaced iron cladding.

Source: Knowledge Commons (Lakehead University)

DOI: 10.17613/44xpp-0ch82

Author: Willis, Ian

Language: English

Topic: Architecture, Modernity, and Design

Subfield: Architecture

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W6944064369

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