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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2001-09-20 human Ailie Smith updated 2025-11-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A001521b.htm VA 508 corporateBody Housing Commission of Victoria State of Victoria AACR2 1938 1984 Start Place Victoria, Australia Advisory or Regulatory Body Housing Industry The Housing Commission of Victoria was established in 1938 for the purpose of improving existing housing and to provide adequate housing for people of limited means. The Housing Commission ceased to exist in 1984. Fowler, Thomas Walker (1888 - 1942)

In 1939, the newly formed Victorian Housing Commission held a competition for the design of houses, and awarded second and fourth place design to houses that used the Fowler system. The follwing year, the Commission awarded Fowler a contract to build twenty-eight houses, and other orders followed. After Fowler died, the plant continued and was soon used by the Housing Commission.

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 'Housing Commission of Victoria', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Housing Commission of Victoria Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: 3.12.2 Housing Commission of Victoria 1938-1984 [VA 508] Public Record Office of Victoria 3.12.2 Housing Commission of Victoria 1938-1984 [VA 508] 1985 List of Holdings 1985: Public Record Office Resource Section: VA 508 Housing Commission of Victoria 1938-1983 VA 508 Housing Commission of Victoria 1938-1983 Public Record Office Victoria 2002 Public Record Office Victoria online catalogue Resource: Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Online Melbourne Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 2000