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{{Infobox_location|title = Hat Factory|image = HatFactory.jpg|imagecaption = The Hat Factory during the police raid that shut it down.|location = Newtown, Sydney, Australia}}The '''Hat Factory''' was a [[List of Squats|squat]] and [[Social Center|social center]] that was [[Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Oceania|set up in 2001 and evicted in 2014]] in Sydney, [[Australia]].
The '''Hat Factory''' was a [[List of Squats|squat]] and [[Social Center|social center]] that was [[Timeline of Anarchism in Oceania|set up in 2001 and evicted in 2014]] in Sydney, [[Australia]].


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Latest revision as of 17:50, 3 April 2024

The Hat Factory was a squat and social center that was set up in 2001 and evicted in 2014 in Sydney, Australia.

History

The Hat Factory was established in 2001, as squatters set up a library, a free shop, kitchen, an assembly, movie theatre and places for people to sleep. It hosted movies, discussions, concerts, fundraisers and dinners.[1] After the owner desired to sell the property in a context of rising house prices[2] in the are, 50 riot police moved in, but the Hat Factory had reinforced its doors and built up barricades. The police eventually broke in with a battering ram and the squatters dispersed into the street.[3] The house was eventually sold and the squatters were heavily demonized by the Australian media despite legal concerns being raised about the violation of tenants rights.[4]

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