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This is a list of historic houses or notable homesteads located in Australia. The list has been sourced from a variety of national, state and local historical sources including those listed on the Australian Heritage Database , on the various heritage registers of the States and territories of Australia , or by the National Trust of Australia .
Property gifted to the National Trust of South Australia in 2021. [50] Marble Hill: 1880: Governor of South Australia: Adel. Hills: Destroyed by bushfire 1955: 2009 sold by SA government to private individuals who are funding restoration Marino: 1851: George Strickland Kingston: Kingston Park: Holdfast: Kingston Park reserve [2] Martindale Hall ...
Lone Pine Cottage, constructed from 1870. 49 Avon Tce Shire register - 31 Dec 1995 5962 House Constructed from 1875. The building was used as the York Grammar School, established by Frank Bennet, which closed in 1895. Frank Bennet later became the first headmaster of Guildford Grammar School. Large cottage with a large central room and an ...
Building Image Location State First built Use Notes Elizabeth Farm: Rosehill: New South Wales: 1793 [5]: Residential The oldest surviving European dwelling in Australia. [6] It is currently a living museum, where the public can access all areas, and it is represented in authentic period style as it would have been at the time of its original use [5]
Colonial architecture is the term used for the buildings constructed in Australia between European settlement in January 1788 and about 1840. The first buildings of the British penal settlement in Sydney were a prefabricated house for the Governor and a similarly prefabricated Government Store to house the colony's supplies.
This depression, coupled with the introduction in New South Wales of the Building Act 1837, mark the end of the Old Colonial period and the beginning of the Victorian period. The Building Act 1837 sought to prevent fire damage by legislating the introduction of raised firewalls, parapets, and close eaves which act as significant markers of ...
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Between 1870 and 1890 average income per person in Australia was more than 50 per cent higher than that of the United States, giving Australia one of the highest living standards in the world. [31] The size of the government sector almost doubled from 10 per cent of national expenditure in 1850 to 19 per cent in 1890.