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Conference Paper

Author
Klenke, Andrew
Title
The evolution of the woolshed
In
Transactions of the Sixth South Australian Engineering Heritage Conference - Adelaide, 12 May 2017
Imprint
Engineers Australia, South Australia Division, Adelaide, 2017, pp. 29-37
Abstract

The Australian woolshed is the closest we have to a national building, one that was totally of our own making instead of being based on ideas and prior examples imported from other places. These buildings are the physical evidence of the economic power of the once dominant wool industry, when as it was said quite accurately that Australia rode on the sheep's back. Woolsheds and the activities they contain have also been celebrated and recorded in art, song and verse. Although perhaps one of our most famous building types, it is surprising that relatively little is known about how these building evolved into the structures we know today.

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  • Transactions of the Sixth South Australian Engineering Heritage Conference - Adelaide, 12 May 2017 edited by Venus, Richard (Adelaide: Engineers Australia, South Australia Division, 2017), 110 pp. Details

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