Dr. Broadbent's magisterial and magnificent book is an architectural history of the houses of New South Wales in its first half century...
Dr. Broadbent draws on a profound knowledge of the rich documentary evidence, from the colonists' letters home to the first topographical drawings and photographs' (Michael Hall, Country Life). The Australian Colonial House is the definitive study of early Australian houses and society during the first fifty years of settlement. Through the villas, cottages, bungalows and mansions examined in the book, an insight is given into the early society of New South Wales.