The little-known communities in the Royal National Park built during the Great Depression

By Sue Williams
Updated April 26 2017 - 2:17pm, first published 2:00pm
The settlement in Era beach is still only accessible by foot. Photo: Megan Badham
The settlement in Era beach is still only accessible by foot. Photo: Megan Badham

A series of shacks in the wilderness built by people scavenging to survive during the Great Depression of the 1930s has become a little-known slice of heaven for people wanting to escape big city life.

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