Bijou micro-home with valley views

A typical cave home consisted of one main room, with a small kitchen annex. At the back an alcove for general storage and animals, providing winter heating, was hewn into the wall.
The larger animal if they had one shared a corner of the main room, here at the foot of the matrimonial bed. Beside the bed is the dunny.
When this particular home was vacated in 1952, 11 people lived in it, the number of people you can see in the photo. Most were small, sickly children and there was only one window about 2 square feet in area. I don't want to imagine the odour: especially as the walls and floor tended to dampness.Read more