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Australians at home : a documentary history of Australian domestic interiors from 1788 to 1914

Lane, Terence, 1946-1990
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"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.
Main title:
Imprint:
Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 1990.Melbourne Oxford University Press, 19901990
Collation:
xiii, 449 pages : illustrations (some color)
Notes:
Includes index.Bibliography: p. 433-435.
Contents:
Incomplete 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.
ISBN:
0195531280
Dewey class:
747.2994
LC class:
NK2090
Language:
English
BRN:
506388
LocationCollectionCall numberStatus/Desc
East Melbourne LibraryLocal History ReferenceLH REF 747.2994 LANENot for loan (Set: 28 Mar 2018)
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