Great houses of Australia

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Available in the National Library of Australia collection. Author: Gregory, Denis, ; Format: Book; p.: col. ill. ; 30 cm. Great houses of Australia: 50 homes with a story to tell / text by Denis Gregory; photography by Al | National Library of Australia.

ISBN: OCLC Number: Notes: Includes index. Description: pages: chiefly color illustrations ; 38 cm: Responsibility. The Australian Bed & Breakfast Book: Homes, Farms, Guest Houses (Australian Bed and Breakfast Book) by J.

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Reception. Great House has received very positive reviews from critics. Patrick Ness of The Guardian described the book as "subtle and fractured, almost demanding a second reading to put all the pieces together.

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Australian’s captured by mystery of heritage homes. All this brouhaha is unsurprising, as even heritage neophytes like myself will note that buildings – like family histories – have a little hold on almost everyone. As Alain De Botton points out in his book The Architecture of Happiness, it’s a central relationship in our lives.

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Table of contents (1MB, 16 pages); Vol.1 (20MB, pages); Vol.2 – Appendices (2MB, pages); Vol.3 – House Profiles. Great House possesses the same inventive, graceful prose that she's known for continued. Full Review ( words). This review is available to non-members for a limited time.

For full access, become a member today. (Reviewed by Donna Chavez). Pole House. The famous 'Pole House' towers more than 40 metres above the beach in Fairhaven, Victoria and has been a landmark of the Great Ocean Road for more than 36 years.

It was demolished recently to be refurbished into a new steel and glass structure.A 'paint-by-numbers' book, illustrated with sketches of types of houses built in Australia between & the 's. Traditional colour schemes from this book, collected by paintscrapes on old houses throughout Australia, have changed the face of Australian towns, suburbs and the countrside.Australia suffered badly during the period of the Great Depression of the s.

The Depression began with the Wall Street Crash of and rapidly spread worldwide. As in other nations, Australia suffered years of high unemployment, poverty, low profits, deflation, plunging incomes, and lost opportunities for economic growth and personal advancement.