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The Victorian style in Australia can be divided into 3 periods: Early, Mid and Late. The period in its entirety stretches from 1837 to 1901 and was named after the then Queen, Queen Victoria. Early styles featured symmetrical layouts and façades, a centrally located front door and a hipped roof of corrugated iron, leading to a veranda on the ...
Victorian architecture is a series of architectural revival styles in the mid-to-late 19th century. Victorian refers to the reign of Queen Victoria (1837–1901), called the Victorian era, during which period the styles known as Victorian were used in construction. However, many elements of what is typically termed "Victorian" architecture did ...
The 'Boom Style' exuberance of Victorian era Sydney and Melbourne, with their long rows of heavily ornamented terraces, was not echoed in South Australia. Terrace rows are generally shorter. Party walls are rarely apparent on the facade, and as a result, the divisions between the separate houses are not as clear. [ 103 ]
Victorian Filigree style pubs were found right across the country, often clothed in locally-cast ornamental iron. The Australian Hotel , Townsville (1888) features a local Queensland pattern. The Palace Hotel , Broken Hill (1889), was designed by architect Alfred Dunn, and features a pattern common in Sydney, [ 48 ] while the Post Office Hotel ...
The Victorian period, generally aligned with the reign of Queen Victoria, covers the period from c. 1840 to c. 1890 and comprises fifteen styles, all prefaced by the word "Victorian", and are namely, in loose chronological order, Georgian, Regency, Egyptian, Academic Classical, Free Classical, Filigree, Mannerist, Second Empire, Italianate, Romanesque, Byzantine, Academic Gothic, Free Gothic ...
Second Empire architecture in Australia (23 P) Pages in category "Victorian architecture in Australia" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
Australian Architectural Styles can be divided into two main categories: "Residential" and "Non-Residential". Residential styles are the most widespread and account for the majority of the buildings constructed in Australia, but non-residential buildings display the greater variety of styles.
Victorian sandstone buildings juxtaposed with modern skyscrapers The Sydney Opera House by Danish architect Jørn Utzon. The architecture of Sydney, Australia’s oldest city, is not characterised by any one architectural style, but by an extensive juxtaposition of old and new architecture over the city's 200-year history, from its modest beginnings with local materials and lack of ...