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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 .
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 ...
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.
Largest city in Australia, capital of New South Wales. 1788 Parramatta: New South Wales Second-oldest settlement in Australia. [2] Now a part of the Sydney urban area. 1788 Kingston: Norfolk Island: Island settled as part of the Colony of New South Wales. [3] It is now a separate territory of Australia. 1791 Windsor: New South Wales
Cobham Retirement Homes [2] Coreega: 1883: Frank Makin [27] Fullarton Road now Carrick Hill Rd. Springfield: Mitcham: George Riddock 1888 Joseph Florey 1906 Alfred Stump c. 1920 Cosford ~1840: John Hawkins: 10: Montacute Road: Hectorville: Camp'twn: Private home [2] Gunton has R. D. Hawkins Craigbuie: 1887: Johann Schmidt: Leabrook: Burnside ...
A restored house in Hillsborough’s historic district that some believe could date to 1770 is up for sale. Known as the Ruffin-Snipes house, the two-story, side-gabled house at 320 W. King St ...
Vaucluse House This is a list of heritage houses in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The following houses are listed on the Commonwealth Heritage List, the New South Wales State Heritage Register, various local government heritage registers, and/or the (now defunct) Register of the National Estate. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items. (May 2019) House Built ...
Count Leopold, his wife and children, circa 1870. Count Leopold, aged c77. Photograph taken in Uxbridge, 1893.. Leopold Fabius Dietegen Fane de Salis (1816–1898), pastoralist and politician, was born on 26 April 1816 in Florence, Italy, the fourth son of Jerome Fane, fourth Count de Salis, the third son by his third wife Henrietta, a daughter of William Foster (bishop).