Shelter
From caves and bark huts to slums, cottages, dormitories, mansions and flats, dwellings in Sydney embody untold social and economic forces. These interviews share a focus on housing in all its manifestations, including homelessness in Sydney. They illuminate the forces which govern housing availability, and the myriad personal experiences of the meaning of private residential space in an urban environment.
Ron Sewell
Discussing the benefits of the HPIC telephone referral service.
Carol Basile
HPIC and Sydney's YWCA's Homeless Brokerage Programme .
Mauricio Parraguez
How HPIC staff assist some of Sydney's long term homeless.
Kaylean Smith
Homelessness and the increasing cost of real estate in Sydney.
Liz Giles
Character traits of the front line call operators at HPIC.
Elaine Armstrong
The work and history of The Country Women's Association.
Max Raine
Man about town, A lifetime in the Sydney real estate business.
Jack Bell
Family life. 67 years of living on Sydney's Rosebery Estate.
Ian Milliss
Politics and personalities. The Victoria St squats of the 70's.
Ann Symonds
The Astor. Pros and Cons of living in a historic building.
Richard Childs
Communal living in the 1970s. A suburban Sydney childhood.
Robert McEntyre
The pleasures of growing up atop of a 1950's Sydney office block.
Dan McNamara & Jane Dillon
Autonomous House. A 1970's experiment in sustainable living.
Sr Anne Jordan
HPIC. Cana Communities helping those in need.
Elma Fleming
HPIC. Day-to-day life at the Wayside Chapel Crisis Centre.
Margot Currey
Life as an artist in co-operative housing in Erskineville.