Stage Number: MBSH.04.02.32
Group: Eastern & Bay
Local Study Area: Wynnum-Wynnum West-Manly-Lota-Manly West
Epoch: Early 20th Century
Street Address: Greene Park, Glenora Street, Wynnum
Latitude & Longitude: -27.43597222,153.17272222
Time Link: 1944
Map Link: 1946
Image Time Point: 1946
This was another of the several ‘shanty towns’ that existed around Brisbane after WWII, where homeless families clustered together in makeshift camps. By 1948 there were nine families living in tents in Greene Park, including 18 adults and 14 children. This was actually a legitimate camping ground, but there was a maximum stay limit of six weeks and some of the families had been there for two years. It was cleared by order of council later that year, although the families did get priority for State Housing.
Brisbane Telegraph, 6 November 1948; Courier-Mail, 10 November 1948, 26 September 1950.
Fox Street Bridge from Greene Park, 1978. Brisbane City Council. Brisbane Images. BCC-WYN-160.
Qimagery. Brisbane City Council Series 1946. Scale: 1:15,900.
