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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 .
This is a non-exhaustive list of buildings in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and surrounding suburbs listed on the Victorian Heritage Register. This the highest level of protection afforded to a building in the state of Victoria.
Wardlow, Parkville. Wardlow is an Australian house of historical significance located in the Melbourne suburb of Parkville.It was built in 1888 by John Boyes and is considered to be a fine example of the boom style Italianate architecture of that time, [1] and is listed by the Victorian National Trust.
Matthew Crawford: Born Western Australia 1969; Matthew Crawford Architects; Hougoumont Hotel, Fremantle; School of Early Learning, North Perth; Warders Hotel, National Heritage, Fremantle; Hugh Ralston Crawford: Born United States 1876–1954) Practised both as an engineer and architect in Australia and the United States in the first half of ...
[209] [210] Melbourne remained important thanks to its status as Australia's (interim) capital city, the home of the Commonwealth of Australia. The Victorian Parliament House on Spring Street was handed over to house the parliament of Australia, while the Victorian parliament moved to the Exhibition Buildings. Economic revival in the 1900s saw ...
2011: Matthew Purchases a Glass-Covered Home in the Hills Marcel Thomas - Getty Images This house of glass was built in 1962, and Perry bought it for $8.5 million almost 50 years later.
Home in the Queenslander style. Australian residential architectural styles have evolved significantly over time, from the early days of structures made from relatively cheap and imported corrugated iron (which can still be seen in the roofing of historic homes) to more sophisticated styles borrowed from other countries, such as the California bungalow from the United States, the Georgian ...
[55] [56] However, as Australia enjoyed a period of economic prosperity during the 1870s-80s, the Melbourne-style terrace house gained popularity across the rest of Australia, including in Sydney. These 'Boom Style' terraces were built in a highly embellished Italianate style often employing eclectic elements as diverse as Gothic gables and ...