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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 .
Shipwreck, Sailors & 60,000 Years (Fair Dinkum Histories Series: Book 1), illustrated by Peter Sheehan; Grim Crims & Convicts (Fair Dinkum Histories #2), illustrated by Peter Sheehan; The Lily and the Rose (Miss Lily series #2) Drought, illustrated by Bruce Whatley; Rotters and Squatters (Fair Dinkum Histories #3), illustrated by Peter Sheehan
Australian Wood Review : Issue 36 Sept 2002. 'Slab Hut Skills' Baker, Sidney J. 1966. The Australian Language: an examination of the English language and English speech as used in Australia, from convict days to the present [...] Currawong, Sydney. Boyd, Robin. 1968. Australia's Home: its origins, builders and occupiers. Pelican, Melbourne.
Designed by Watts, and one of a number of woolsheds designed by architects in the late nineteenth century, the quality of workmanship in the construction of Errowanbang Woolshed is probably unsurpassed in Australia. The massive stone piers supporting the trusses over the sorting area have contributed to the long term stability of the shed.
A storage shed was constructed as part of this system, capable of storing 6000 to 7,500 long tons (7,600 t) of sugar. It later became known as "White's Shed". [1] Sheds were constructed on top of the main wharves to accommodate goods waiting for export or to be distributed around the town. One shed was built for each of the five berths.
The Murtoa No 1 Grain Store, also known as the Murtoa Stick Shed is the largest rustically-built structure in the world. It was a 'temporary' grain shed, 270m long and 60m wide, built in late 1941 and early 1942, using 560 unmilled mountain ash tree trunks. [Australian heritage site: Murtoa No 1 Grain Store
Windy Station also has sheep fattening in the paddocks and each year a small number, around 20,000 sheep may be shorn at the windy woolshed. Other uses for the shed include the occasional wedding reflecting the shed's 20th century role as a bit of a social hub for the local community who attended parties and all night dances at the woolshed. [1 ...
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