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Author Lane, Terence, 1946-

Title Australians at home : a documentary history of Australian domestic interiors from 1788 to 1914 / Terence Lane & Jessie Serle ; introduction by Jessie Serle
Published Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 1990
©1990

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Description xiii, 449 pages : illustrations (some color)
Series Susan Crooke Memorial Collection
Susan Crooke Memorial Collection
Contents Introduction -- I. Goodbye to old England -- II. Macquarie, the builder -- III. The mountains saw them marching by -- VI. Going to pot at a hand gallop -- V. A den in the dismal bush -- VI. Who would paint a goldfield -- VII. Money makes the gentleman -- VIII. Aestheticism -- IX. Arts and crafts -- X. Art Nouveau -- XI. Nationalism -- XII. Adaptation -- XIII. Colonial revival -- XIV. Healthy and rational -- XV. Conclusion -- The plates -- Note on measurements -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index
Summary "This study of Australian home interiors surveys the decoration, arrangement, and use of domestic interiors from the time the Europeans settled at Sydney Cove in the eighteenth century until 1914. Richly illustrated with over 500 contemporary pictures, Australians at Home provides a comprehensive account of a variety of home interiors ranging from tree houses to tents, from bark huts to mansions." - product description
Analysis Australia
History
Interior decoration
Residences Interiors Decoration History
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-435) and index
Subject Check, Joseph -- Photographs
McKenzie, Peter Falconer, Reverend
House furnishings -- Australia -- History.
House furnishings -- Australia.
Interior architecture -- Australia -- History.
Interior decoration -- Australia -- History.
Interior decoration -- Australia.
SUBJECT Halloran Stret (Leichhardt, N.S.W.) -- No 13
Johnston Street (Annandale, N.S.W.) -- No 56 "Hartfel"
Genre/Form Photographs.
Author Serle, Jessie.
LC no. 91162858
ISBN 0195531280