Agent to call in lawyers as squatters take over
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Acquisition number:
1036
Catalogue number:
emvf0762
File name:
VF0762
File location:
Vertical File Photocopied newspaper clipping about squatters occupying Eastbourne House on the corner of Wellington Parade and Simpson Street and the four houses next door in Simpson Street, all under the one ownership. It was the first occupation of private premises by the Squatters' Union since its formation in 1981. The Union was protesting at the injustice of converting homes into offices when rental housing was in short supply.
Item type:
Newsclipping
Building name:
Eastbourne House
Date of publication or creation:
1982-12-20
Publisher:
The Age
Publication place:
Melbourne
Year acquired:
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