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Wongawilli is at the other end of the spectrum, but from what I've seen, the housing there was much better than the mining shacks I'm talking about.

Huh? :confused: I grew up in Wombarra. It's on the escarpment and is a far suburb of Wollongong. A lot of the properties were on mine owned land. Everyone was technically squatting. There were some interesting people out that way, but strangely enough most of them seemed to be immigrants...

I'd say, looking back, we were middle class, although to me, at the time, we were quite poor. We emigrated from England when I was 4. Dad originally worked at the Steel Works, but hated it & wanted out. He was offered a job at Waltons, but needed a car & he didn't have a license, so he...