Living in Prospect in the Playford Era
Pauline Payne
Originally published as ch.9 in Bernard O'Neil, Judith raftery & Kerrie Round (eds), Playford's South Australia, Association of Professional Historians, Adelaide, 1996, pp.177- 200.
Pauline Payne is an Adelaide-based professional historian who is also Visiting Research Fellow in the School of History and Politics, University of Adelaide. Her most recent book, The Diplomatic Gardener. Richard Schomburgk: explorer and botanic garden director (2007) was based on her 1992 PhD thesis.
Tags:
A.S. Horne Pty Ltd,
Apex,
ARP,
Berlea Private Hospital,
Blackfriars Primary School,
Blair Atholl School,
Blue Bird Club (ABC),
Civil Defence,
CWA,
dairies,
Day’s Motor Supplies,
District Nursing Society,
Great Depression,
housing,
knitting (Second World War),
Lions,
Litchfield Ruby,
MBHA,
Meals on Wheels,
Northern Community Hospital,
Ozone Theatre,
Pash Bob,
population growth post Second World War,
Prospect,
Prospect District Council,
Prospect North Methodist Church,
Prospect Oval,
Prospect population,
Public relief department,
R.M. Williams Pty Ltd,
rabbios,
ration tickets,
rationing (Second World War),
Red Cross,
Rotary,
RSL,
supermarkets,
trams,
unemployment,
Williamson Charles
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