Architecture
Mannahill in South Australia
This article appeared in the Melbourne Argus on 22 October 1886 in the context of the goldrush to the Mannahill goldfields […]
Australian Landscapes
Australian Cattle Stations
Outback Australia
Regional and Outback Australia is the home of iconic landscapes, people, towns and settlements. The spirit of endeavour, acceptance of hardship and close community bonds can be found everywhere and they provide an endless pallet […]
Architecture
Bell, Bunya Highway, Queensland
Originally the area around Bell on the Bunya Highway in Queensland was part of a large land holding called Jimbour Station. In the 1870s the area was opened up for closer settlement and Angus & […]
Architecture
Glen Innes – a Renaissance
I have been to Glen Innes many times in the past 20 years and always thought it a shabby and run down place with many historical buildings. However in the past few years it has […]
Australian Landscapes
Sofala NSW – well preserved historic gold mining town
Of all the old gold mining towns in New South Wales Sofala is one of the most interesting and unusual. While hardly comparable with Hill End, which is 35 km further on and much more […]
Australian Landscapes
Hill End, New South Wales
Hill End owes its existence to the New South Wales gold rush of the 1850s, and at its peak in the early 1870s it had a population estimated at 8,000 served by two newspapers, five […]
Australian Landscapes
Great Ocean Road, Victoria
The great Ocean Road in Victoria is an iconic road trip in Australia with some great photo opportunities. Not as long as Route 66 but still of historical significance. You can do the trip one […]
Australian Landscapes
Recognising housing styles in Brisbane Queensland
A very good article from the BCC with diagrams to show you clearly the period of those old houses in your photographs… Brisbane character houses represent a wide variety of styles spanning more than a […]
Australian Landscapes
The Coorong – South Australia
The Coorong is a long, narrow lagoon running parallel with the coastal dunes for 140kms and has a beach that stretches 200km from Encounter Bay to Lacepede Bay, uninterrupted except when the mouth of the […]
Australian Landscapes
Pictures of Australia
If you like pictures of Australia, colonial and federation dwellings and civic buildings, you will find them here. It’s impossible to look at colonial public buildings and not be impressed with the people who built them and […]