There was a time when almost every backyard in Australia had a chook house, an outdoor dunny, a vegetable garden and either a Hills Hoist or a clothes line propped up with a stick. Here’s a photo (below) from 1960 of a typical Australian suburban backyard which also includes a number of fruit trees. One […]
![A Chookhouse, the Dunny and a Hills Hoist. Photo from Museum Victoria. A typical backyard for the 50s and 60s, a fowl house, outside lavatory and a clothes line.](http://www.adelaiderememberwhen.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/backyard-1960-300x200.jpg)