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Thursday, 9 July 2020

'We were all fish out of water': growing up in Melbourne's high-rise flats

African Australians who spent their childhood in Melbourne’s public housing towers say it was like living with one big family

This is the second in a six-part series on life inside Melbourne’s high-rise public housing. Read the first part here.

Farhio Nur has vivid childhood memories. “During the summer holidays every year it used to get very hot in the flats, so there was this tradition: at 4am all the kids would go down to the oval at Debneys Park, have water fights. Parents and friends took their mats down and drank tea. Even remembering this makes me happy.”

Vacant hallway at the Carlton housing estate.

Farhio and her friend Ijabo Hassan under the bridge adjacent to the flats.

Nor Shanino lived in the Flemington housing commission estate as a boy.

Hiba Shanino is a resident of the Flemington housing commission complex.

Debney’s Park at the Flemington housing commission complex.

Unity Park is a popular playground for residents at the Collingwood housing commission complex.

Nor Shanino walks to work through the streets of North Melbourne where he currently is a conduit between the government and African migrant communities.

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