Dictionary of Sydney

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Daceyville

South-eastern residential suburb originally planned as a model garden suburb with low-cost housing for working-class people. Built by the New South Wales housing board, it is named after New South Wales Treasurer John Rowland Dacey who first proposed it.

Name
Commemorates
Position
1912
1912
Property
Administered by
- 2016
Part of
- 2016
Administered by
2016 -
Part of
2016 -
Type

Daceyville

,
2011

Designed as model public housing for working-class families, Daceyville subsequently became home to returned soldiers and war widows. Saved from demolition several times, by community and union action, the suburb is now a living illustration of changes in town planning.

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