INTERPRETATION ACTIVITY ON HOUSING IN THE POST-WAR YEARS
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1. What problem had developed in housing during the years of World War Two? Why had this occurred?
2. What organisation did the Federal Government set up to deal with the housing problem?
3. Who was eligible for assistance from the Federal Government to build a home under the War Service Home Scheme?
4. What were the two purchase options available to home owners under this scheme?
5. Name some of the Perth suburbs where new estates were established as a direct result of the Federal funding available for housing.
6. Give three reasons why house designs were so simple in the immediate post-war years.
7. Study this photograph from the Virtual Tour of the Families display showing a new suburb under construction in the post-war years.
b. What does this tell you about the location of the new suburb?
c. Describe what has been done to prepare the suburb for housing construction.
d. How would you describe the size of the houses?
e. What materials have been used in the construction of the houses?
f. How are the houses positioned on their blocks?
g. The houses are missing a feature which was usual in pre-war houses and which would have been desirable in both sunny and wet weather. What is it?
h. Homes today nearly always include another feature which is missing from these post war houses. What is it?
i. The photo shows that the suburb was supplied with at least one service. What is it and how does the photograph reveal this?
j. What evidence is there that this was a newly created suburb?
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