Start Date
4-10-1999 9:30 AM
End Date
4-10-1999 10:00 AM
Description
In the last week of June 1931, a doctor in a Sydney hospital was surprised by a seven-year-old patient whose crushed toe had been acquired in a novel fashion. The Sun reported: 'We was playin' evictions,' [the boy] fearfully told the doctor, 'and I was a pleecemanan' 'e' - pointing to another small and grimy boy - 'was a Communist. 'E threw a brick and it hit me on the toe.' Yelling at the top of their voices, a dozen small boys in Simons Street Newtown had staged a 'mock' battle between police and antievictionists. Swinging sticks and firing imaginary revolvers the 'police' routed the anti-evictionists' who, in desperation, began throwing stones.
Sydney's Anti-Eviction Movement: Community or Conspiracy?
In the last week of June 1931, a doctor in a Sydney hospital was surprised by a seven-year-old patient whose crushed toe had been acquired in a novel fashion. The Sun reported: 'We was playin' evictions,' [the boy] fearfully told the doctor, 'and I was a pleecemanan' 'e' - pointing to another small and grimy boy - 'was a Communist. 'E threw a brick and it hit me on the toe.' Yelling at the top of their voices, a dozen small boys in Simons Street Newtown had staged a 'mock' battle between police and antievictionists. Swinging sticks and firing imaginary revolvers the 'police' routed the anti-evictionists' who, in desperation, began throwing stones.