Stencil reads 'Better to Squat than Let Houses Rot'
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Victoria Street Squats: Anti development struggles in Sydney in the 1970s

Introduction

Iain McIntyre talks with Ian Milliss about his involvement with Sydney’s Victoria St squats.

During the early 1970s this street in Kings Cross became the focus of a long running anti-development struggle that brought together long term residents, unionists and squatters in a campaign which reignited squatting across the city. The interview, originally broadcast on Community Radio 3CR, discusses the highs and lows of defying thugs, gangsters and the police in defence of a unique community. For more on Victoria St and the history of squatting in general visit Australian Museum of Squatting.

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