Diurnal Delights
Mar 04, 2020
2 minutes
text: Michelle Bailey
photography:
Alicia Taylor
When the Brisbane suburb of Petrie Terrace was subdivided for housing in 1861, the ambition was for density. Lots were as small as seven perches (177-square-metres) and on each, modest timber workers’ cottages accommodated the burgeoning population. Intense overcrowding of the enclave was impetus for 1885 legislation to increase minimum lot sizes to 16 perches
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