Shanty towns and eviction riots: the radical history of Australia's property market

A family standing outside a tin shack called Wiloma during the Great Depression, New South Wales, 1932 NLA/Trove

Skyrocketing property prices and an impossible rental market have seen growing numbers of Australians struggling to find a place to live.

Recent images of families pitching tents or living out of cars evoke some of the more enduring scenes from the Great Depression. Australia was among the hardest hit countries when global wool and wheat prices plummeted in 1929.