Australian
Building a Cultural Investigation
Australian Building is a survey of
building methods in Australia from the beginning until about
the 1950s, but overseas users should note that it contains a
great deal of non-Australian material within it, on topics
ranging from lehmwickel to terra cotta lumber.
It is designed to be published ultimately as a book, in which case it will be removed from the Web. In its present form it is not accompanied by the illustrations.
I would urge users to contact me, on the email address below, with additional information, corrections and comments.
The
Portable Building
THIS DATA BASE HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN AS ARRANGEMENTS ARE BEING MADE FOR ITS PUBLICATION AS A BOOK.
Australian Architectural Index
The Australian Architectural Index covers tender notices, published descriptions of buildings, illustrations, biographical details of architects and other material. Although it is Australia-wide in coverage, the bulk of the content so far is Victorian (and proposals to link other data bases in Australia will be welcome). It is strongest for the period about 1840 to 1910, but includes some later material.
Melbourne
Mansions
Melbourne
Mansions is a searchable data
base on major Melbourne houses of the nineteenth century,
the result of a project funded by the Australian Research
Council. A book based upon this material is in preparation,
but is not mounted here. The data base can be searched by
location, name of architect, &c. It contains internal
provision for emailing comments back to me.
E G Kilburn's
American Photographs
E G Kilburn was
an Australian architect who visited the United States in
1889 and obtained over a hundred photographs of recent
architectural work. They include interesting details of
entrances, domestic hallways, and restaurants and public
spaces. A large proportion are from Chicago, but there are
many others, and the architects represented include Adler
& Sullivan, W A Bates, S S Beman, L S Buffington,
Burling & Whitehouse, Burnham & Root, W W Clay, Cobb
& Frost, J C Cochran, J J Flanders, Frank Furness, W L B
Jenney, C H Johnston, Long & Kees, Edwin May, A B
Mullett & Co, C W Palmer, Peabody & Stearns, G B
Post, Reid & Reid, H H Richardson, J L Silsbee, Treat
& Foltz, J Van Osdel, Wheelock & Clay, and Wilson
& Marble.
Email address: milesbl@unimelb.edu.au
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