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Great properties of country Victoria : the Western District's golden age / Richard Allen and Kimbal Baker ; foreword by Geoffrey Blainey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Allen, Richard, 1963- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Country homes--Australia--Western District (Vic.)--Pictorial works.
- Country homes.
- Country homes--Conservation and restoration--Australia--Western District (Vic.).
- Historic buildings--Australia--Western District (Vic.)--Pictorial works.
- Historic buildings.
- Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration--Australia--Western District (Vic.).
- Western District (Vic.)--Pictorial works.
- Western District (Vic.).
- Western District (Vic.)--History.
- Country homes--Conservation and restoration.
- Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration.
- Victoria--Western District.
- Genre:
- History.
- Pictorial works.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 243 pages : colour illustrations, colour portraits ; 30 cm
- Edition:
- Revised edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Carlton, Victoria : The Miegunyah Press, an imprint of Melbourne University Publishing Limited, 2022.
- Summary:
- A new, updated edition of this bestselling title featuring stunning photography of the great mansions of the Western District. The Western District of Victoria. Even the name conjures up establishment families, history and grandeur. Extending from the Grampians region in the south-west of the state to Geelong in the east, and stretching as far north as Ararat, The Western District some of the most productive land in Australia and some of its most renowned homesteads and gardens. In this revised edition of Richard Allen and Kimbal Baker's fascinating and beautiful book, we are taken into the private world of twenty of these most notable properties. Through their early histories we follow their fortunes and see the splendour of these great homes. It is a tribute to the past, when elaborate mansions and grand gardens were established, and to the present, with owners who have so lovingly preserved their properties' architectural heritage. The new edition of this bestselling title brings the history of the estates up to date, including five fully revised chapters, with new photography scattered throughout.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9780522878066
- 0522878067
- OCLC:
- 1304415484
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