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February 2012
Future of the Causeway Houses - 1969
In February of 1969 the Department of the Interior's Commissioner for Housing, A.R. Wingfield, requested the Chief Fire Officer to inspect the houses in the Causeway. The Housing Branch were "considering the future" of the 1920s weatherboard houses that were sited next to Canberra's industrial area located in Kingston at that time. The following map from the 1930s shows the location of the Causeway.
These houses were replaced with brick veneer housing in the late 1970s. The file "109 - Department of the Interior - Causeway Cottages" documents the 1969 inspection.
Other files relating to the history of The Causeway and its redevelopment are:
- A7752/62: TENANCY & PROPERTY REGISTER - 1925 to 1968 - TENEMENTS - CAUSEWAY, MOLONGLO, WESTLAKE, RUSSELL HILL, FORESTRY & VARIOUS
- NC-68/01050: CAUSEWAY AREA PROPOSALS
- NC-74/00590: CAUSEWAY COTTAGES RELINING
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74/254: RE-DEVELOPMENT OF NARRABUNDAH AND CAUSEWAY
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75/3202: URBAN AFFAIRS BRANCH - REDEVELOPMENT OF CAUSEWAY
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NC-77/01037#1: CAUSEWAY REDEVELOPMENT PHASE 2 EASTERN AREA
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NC-77/01037#2: CAUSEWAY REDEVELOPMENT PHASE 2 EASTERN AREA
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NC-77/01038: CAUSEWAY REDEVELOPMENT STAGE 3 NORTH WEST AREA
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NC-81/00542: 9 GOVERNMENT HOUSES CAUSEWAY SOUTHERN AREA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING & CONSTRUCTION (DHC)
The following files are held by the National Archives of Australia. You would need to contact them to access these files http://naa.gov.au/
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NC-60/00827: CAUSEWAY BRIDGE
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NC-62/00594: CAUSEWAY MESS ALTERNATIVE ACCOMMODATION
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NC-67/00590: CAUSEWAY COTTAGES LINING (PT 2 TN 740590)
Links to external sites:
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2010 Canberra Day Oration by Bishop Pat Power: http://www.cg.catholic.org.au/_uploads/rsfil/02211.pdf (
PDF 156Kb)
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Causeway Group on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/places/Australia/Australian%20Capital%20Territory/Canberra/Causeway/
Bibliography:
(1) National Capital Development Commission 22nd Annual Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ending 30 June 1979, Canberra, 1979 (page 58)