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The Noojee Unemployed Boys Camp. This forest camp was one of the best known Government Unemployment Relief activities of the 1930s. Image Reference : 1(320)
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The
Noojee Unemployed Boys Camp, 1930s. The camp accommodated about thirty Victorian
boys.
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Boys
arriving at the Noojee Unemployed Boys Camp, 1930s. The boys were aged between
16 and 20 and, during the depression of the 1930s, had little prospect of
employment elsewhere.
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The
Noojee Unemployed Boys Camp, 1930s. The Forests Commission trained the boys
in silviculture, fire protection, road and bridge construction, surveying
and sawmilling.
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Article
from The Herald, 22 June, 1933.
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