The archaeology and architecture of farm buildings at Saumarez Station, Armidale, New South Wales / Graham Connah.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Connah, Graham, author.

Series:

BAR British series ; 3067.

BAR British series ; 3067

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Farm buildings--Australia--Armidale (N.S.W.)--History.

Farm buildings.

Armidale (N.S.W.)--History.

Armidale (N.S.W.).

New South Wales--Armidale.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 131 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white).

Place of Publication:

Oxford : BAR Publishing, 2021.

Summary:

This book is an analysis of nineteenth and early twentieth-century farm buildings dating from Australia's rural pioneering period. Based on field recording during the 1980s, its historical value is now particularly significant because similar buildings in Australia have since often deteriorated or vanished completely. Construction techniques, the use of materials, mainly timber as slabs or weather boarding, and of galvanized corrugated iron, including the role of recycling, and the ways in which the buildings were adapted to economic and social changes in agricultural production are examined. In particular, the distinctive Australian tradition of making do with whatever was available is considered. The result is a study of humble, utilitarian buildings that have been given less attention than grand houses of the past or public buildings. Nevertheless, they played a vital role in Australia's past development, and they deserve close consideration.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on March 22, 2022).

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9781407358819

1407358812

OCLC:

1350922165