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  Landmarks on the ShorWalk of Annandale of the 1870s and 1970s. This in Google Maps for a visually impaired person, to follow, by audio.

Ningana, 2023 by Santiago Diaz An article in a July 1978 issue of the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) exposed that 53 fully furnished rooms had been empty for four years. Ningana was co-owned by the State and Commonwealth governments. Completed in 1971 the new building was purchased to provide housing for the Assisted Passage Migration Scheme colloqually called the ‘ten-pound Poms’ program. The building was purchased for $440,000. Two of the founders of Shelter NSW lived locally. Social worker, and later Tenants’ Union director, Secretary Beth Mitchell and Housing officer and Ningana Squatter Greg Thompson Housing officer, both lived in Annandale. The state government now wanted to sell the property. But Leichhardt Council, Shelter NSW and and a homelessness activists marshalled a campaign to retain the facility. A survey revealed ' a high need for a housing option for low-income single people': 2/3(65%)of people seeking accommodation in the area depended on benefits , Over ...