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Garden City - Historic Area
Bounded by Williamstown Road, Howe Parade, Graham, Poolman & Walter Streets, PORT MELBOURNE VIC 3207 - Property No B7248
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The significance of the Garden City - Historic Area, Port Melbourne, is that it represents a unique experiment in the provision of low cost housing utilising the physical aspects (rather than social aspects) of the British Garden City movement. It occurred on the intitiative of the statutory authority; it was based on the development of a total housing estate, including dwellings; it was a subdivision based on the English Garden City suburb concept; its two -storyed housing was
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