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A 19th-century engraving of an indigenous Australian encampment, representing the Indigenous mode of life in the cooler parts of Australia before the arrival of Europeans. In the period before European settlement of Australia, there were rudimentary forms of Indigenous architecture across Australia.
A large body of evidence now indicates that a broad range of Indigenous traditional architecture forms (known as ethoarchitecture) and sophisticated knowledge of construction existed. During the nineteenth century, Australian architects were inspired by developments in England. This is in part due to a large number of architects coming from ...
From the mid-19th century in particular, as people became more affluent, they built more elaborate homes, and one of the favoured elaborations was the filigree, or screen, of cast iron or wrought iron, or timber fretwork. This developed to the point where it has become one of the major features of Australian architecture.
19th-century Australian architects (59 P) R. Railway stations in Australia opened in the 19th century (5 C, 1 P) 19th-century religious buildings and structures in ...
James Alldis House in Connecticut APA Building, Melbourne, Australia. In the New World, Queen Anne Revival [1] was a historicist architectural style of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was popular in the United States, Canada, Australia, and other countries. In Australia, it is also called Federation architecture.
Terrace houses in Australia began to be built in early 19th century Sydney, closely based on the models found in London and other UK cities. They soon developed unique features, particularly elaborate balconies, and became a very popular form of housing right through the Victorian era, with some still built in the Federation era.
Building a national image: the architecture of John Smith Murdoch, Australia's first Commonwealth Government architect (PhD thesis). Deakin University. Watson, Donald; McKay, Judith (1994). Queensland Architects of the 19th Century: a Biographical Dictionary. Brisbane: Queensland Museum. ISBN 0724256571.
19th; 20th; 21st; 22nd; 23rd; 24th; Pages in category "19th-century Australian architects" The following 59 pages are in this category, out of 59 total. ...