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50,000 BCE
Indigenous People
The architecture of Aboriginal houses built prior to invasion depended on climate, natural environment, resources available, family size and particular needs of the Aboriginal nation of that area. -
Colonisation
In the late 1700s many people in the colony had only basic housing. The houses were simple and plain as it was an early time. -
Terrace
Terraced houses were a feature of the city from around the 1830s. Large numbers of terraced houses were built in the inner suburbs of large Australian cities. Terraced housing in Australia ranged from expensive middle-class houses of three, four and five-storeys down to single-storey cottages in working-class suburbs -
Federation
Federation architecture has many similarities to Edwardian Baroque architecture. An important part of the houses where Australian flora and fauna were featured, and special images of the New South Wales waratah flannel flower, Queensland firewheel tree, and other flowers, and the kangaroo, kookaburra, and lyrebird, were common. -
Semi Detached
In Australia, a semi-detached house is a different form of real property title from a townhouse. A semi-detached home is generally held as a Torrens Titled property, whilst a townhouse is a Strata Titled unit. -
Cali Bungalow
The Californian bungalow style was particularly popular in Australia from 1913 onwards.This period coincided with the rise of the Hollywood film industry, which popularised American clothes, furniture, cars and houses -
Post WWII
During the second half of the 20th century, changes occurred in housing design as a result of innovations in construction and technology as well as a large demand of single family housing.
