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Temporary Dwellings on Sydney's Urban Fringe 1945 to 1960 Just a Roof Over Their Heads: Temporary dwellings on Sydney’s urban fringe 1945 to 1960 Nicola Susan Pullan A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Faculty of Built Environment University of New South Wales 2018 ii iii iv INCLUSION OF PUBLICATIONS STATEMENT UNSW is supportive of candidates publislling their research results during tlleir candidature as detailed in the UNSW Thesis Examination Pmcedure. Publications can be used in their thesis in lieu of a Chapter if: • The student contributed greater than 50% of tile content in the publication and is the ·primary author", ~ tile student was responsible primarily for tile planning, execution and preparation of tile worl< for publication • The student has approval to include tile publication in tlleir thesis in lieu of a Chapter from their supervisor and Postgraduate Coordinator. • The publication is not subject to any obligations or contractual agreements wrth a third party that would constrain rts inclusion in tile tllesis Please indicate whether this thesis contains published material or not. This thesis contains no pu/J/ications, either pu/Jlished or su/Jmitted for pu/Jlication D (if this /!ox is checked, you may delete all the material on page 2) Some of the work descri/Jed in this thesis has /Jeen pu/Jlished and it has /Jeen documented in the relevant Chapters with acknowledgement (if this /!ox is checked, you may delete all the material on page 2) This thesis has pu/J/ications (either pu/Jlished or su/Jmitted for pu/Jlication) D incorporated into it in lieu of a chap1er and the details are presented /Jelow CANDIDA TE' S DECLARA 11ON I declare tnat: • I have complied with tile Thesis Examination Procedure • where I have used a publication in lieu of a Chapter, the listed publication(s) below meet(s) the requirements to be included in the thesis. Name Signature Date (dd/mm~ ) Nicola Pullan 31 /812018 Postgraduate Coordinator's Declaration (to be filled in where publications are used in lieu of Chapters) I declare tnat: • the information below is accurate • where listed publication(s) have been used in lieu of Cllapter(s), their use complies with the Thesis Examination Procedure • the minimum requirements for tile format of tile tllesis have been met. PGC's Name PGC's Signature Date (dd/mm~ ) v Acknowledgements This thesis has emerged with the support and participation of a wide variety of individuals and institutions and so many people have encouraged me and kept me going during the process – I cannot thank them enough. My thanks go first to my supervisors, Professor Rob Freestone and Dr. Simon Pinnegar, who were inspirational, patient, thorough and dedicated, fielding emails in many different places around the globe and at probably inopportune moments and always responding with kindness, support and encouragement. I have been lucky to have made the journey with the PhD cohort of the Faculty of Built Environment and particularly three other candidates with whom I have shared an office for these busy years – Claudio Diaz Sandoval, Sumavalee Chindapol, and Kirrily Sullivan, who have offered friendship and companionship, and assure me that I will always be welcome in their particular corner of the world. This project could never have been completed without the interest and involvement of the people who have taken the time to share their housing experiences, memories and personal papers with me - Brian Wagstaff, Katiusha Patryn, Anna and Taras Kociuba, Russell Pinch, Mary Kirby, Ruth Hobson, Mark Formby, Bob and Bev Davis, Sylvia Gartner, Olga Chaplin, Marie-Anne Krajewski, Phyllis Pool, Vincent Winterfeldt, Robert Zraitel, Mrs McDonnell, Mrs McLaughlin, David Martin, Maeve Richards, Albert Bentley, Romeo Menegazzi, Florence Callicott, Margaret Kable and the other members of the Fairfield Old Timers Group, Carmel Abela, Laurie and Lorraine Turtle, Katy West, Peter Cromwell, George and Shelagh Champion, Allan Smith and Steve Craven. I am very grateful to my family and friends for their support, in word and deed, during my PhD candidature. To my husband, Steve Pullan, for fielding and solving constant computer queries; to my children, Rebecca, Edward and Claire, for their involvement with many tedious but essential tasks; and to my parents, for understanding and nurturing my life-long passion for history. Your support has made this enterprise possible and I offer my gratitude. vi Table of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................. 21 1.1 Historical context ............................................................................................. 22 1.2 Survey of historical documentation .................................................................. 24 1.2.1 Scholarly references to temporary dwellings ............................................ 25 1.3 Research statement ........................................................................................... 28 1.4 Aims of the research ......................................................................................... 29 1.5 Historiographical Approach ............................................................................. 31 1.6 Theoretical Basis .............................................................................................. 33 1.7 Methodologies: interpretive historical method, instrumental collective case study, oral history ........................................................................................................ 37 1.8 Significance and contributions of the research ................................................. 39 1.9 Scope, sources and structure ............................................................................ 41 1.9.1 Scope ......................................................................................................... 41 1.9.2 Sources ...................................................................................................... 43 1.9.3 Thesis structure ......................................................................................... 45 2 LITERATURE REVIEW........................................................................................ 48 2.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................... 48 2.2 International studies ......................................................................................... 49 2.2.1 Populating the Parisian banlieue ............................................................... 49 2.2.2 English ‘plotlands’ as holiday destinations ............................................... 55 2.2.3 Home-ownership in Toronto’s ‘shacktowns’ ............................................ 58 2.2.4 The Athenian experience........................................................................... 61 2.2.5 Portuguese ‘clandestine’ neighbourhoods and baraques madrilenes ....... 63 2.2.6 Working-class suburbs, colonias, and ‘model subdivisions’ in the US .... 66 7 2.2.7 Theoretical explanations for temporary dwellings in international studies 71 2.3 Temporary dwellings in the Australian literature ............................................. 77 2.3.1 Contemporary housing commentaries ...................................................... 77 2.3.2 Historical understanding of the housing shortage ..................................... 79 2.3.3 Housing shortage or housing boom? ......................................................... 84 2.3.4 Geographic studies of suburban expansion ............................................... 85 2.3.5 Documenting the residents ........................................................................ 87 2.4 Fairfield, Warringah and Hornsby .................................................................... 88 2.4.1 Fairfield ..................................................................................................... 89 2.4.2 Warringah .................................................................................................. 91 2.4.3 Hornsby ..................................................................................................... 92 2.5 Discussion ........................................................................................................ 95 2.6 Conclusion ........................................................................................................ 96 3 THEORETICAL BASIS ......................................................................................... 98 3.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................... 98 3.2 The theory of human motivation ...................................................................... 99 3.2.1 Freudianism ............................................................................................. 100 3.2.2 Behaviourism .......................................................................................... 101 3.2.3 The theory of fundamental needs ............................................................ 101 3.3 The theory of historical institutionalism ........................................................ 107 3.3.1 Rational choice institutionalism .............................................................. 108 3.3.2 Sociological institutionalism ................................................................... 109 3.3.3 Historical institutionalism ......................................................................
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