40th Anniversary & AGM

The site at 54 Power Avenue, was for thousands of years owned and cared for by the Wurundjeri-balluk clan. They moved in family groups across the area and along the waterways such as Gardiner’s Creek collecting food and materials they needed for hunting, gathering, building and cultural activities.

​

From the 1900s the main use of land was fruit and market gardens. From 1945 the site was used as a migrant camp for those who moved from war-torn Europe.  The Housing Commission began construction of low-cost brick and concrete homes to accommodate these people, of which our ‘House’ is one.

​

PNH was opened in 1984 with its first coordinator, Sherry Danaher (1985-7), appointed in 1985 with a grant from the Dept of Family and Community Services.  In the 1980’s when many households had only one car which breadwinners took to work, when many households had no car at all…