By 1910, much of the housing available in inner Sydney was overcrowded, unsanitary and often expensive. When the first Labor government of New South Wales was elected in October 1910, John Rowland Dacey, the Colonial Secretary, pushed for the creation of garden suburbs with low cost housing for workers.
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on 28 June 1914 in Sarajevo brought the world another step closer to the outbreak of war. Increasing tensions in Europe led to the July Crisis, a month of diplomatic manoeuvrings between the European powers of Austria-Hungary, Germany, Russia, France and Britain.
In the early twentieth century there was an increase in the awareness of the well being of babies and young children. In New South Wales this concern manifested itself in the establishment of baby health clinics throughout the State.
On 25 November 1914 Prime Minister Andrew Fisher requested that the states provide information on all cobs, cavalry, artillery and light transport stock kept by local residents.
How did World War I affect the people of New South Wales on the home front? Sydney and country NSW faced massive upheavals in the face of War. While men and women went off to war, industries and jobs changed to meet the demands of a war time economy.
