Rude Timber Buildings in Australia

‘For over a hundred years, from the founding of Botany Bay to the end of the nineteenth century, a vernacular architecture of wood flourished in Australia. At first it included elegant town and country houses, but with the growing prosperity of the colony it retreated to the countryside – the woolsheds, hay barns and cattle stations of the outback. Many of these strudtures are of outstanding beauty. Unpretentious, honest, simple and strong, they project the image of old Australia more powerfully than any other buildings. In 134 superb photographs this heritage is here revealed for the first time, while the text surveys the social conditions from which it arose.’From dust jacket description.

Publisher: Angus and Robertson Publishers
Date Published: 1980
Book Condition: Very good hardcover with minor bumping, scuffing and edge wear to boards. In a fair dust jacket with a small piece missing to the top edge, edge wear and minor closed tears to edges. The main part of the dust jacket is good and unfaded. Otherwise, a very good and unmarked copy internally.