Aboriginal Housing Company
Political organisationAboriginal-run housing collective, incorporated in 1973 to manage the houses in Redfern that became known as The Block.
Aboriginal Housing Company
by Zoe Pollock, 2008
Redfern has been a centre for Aboriginal community in Sydney since at least 1900. When threatened with the loss of their homes to redevelopment in the early 1970s, Redfern residents resisted, enlisting the support of unionists and eventually the federal government. Out of this came Aboriginal management of The Block by the Aboriginal Housing Company.
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