City of Belmont - Ruth Faulkner Public Library

Colonial furniture of Western Australia 1829-1910, Timothy E. Harris ; [foreword by] Marie Louise Wordsworth

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 523-525) and index

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Colonial furniture of Western Australia 1829-1910

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Timothy E. Harris ; [foreword by] Marie Louise Wordsworth

"The Swan River colony was settled in 1829 and was the most isolated of all the colonies under British rule. As a result of this isolation an insular conservative society developed adapting itself to the local conditions and a landscape dominated by Eucalypts and acacias. As a distinct regional type the furniture makers in Western Australia produced functional pieces from native timbers harder than the typical ideal woods found in Britain or on the East coast of Australia. All types of furniture used in a colonial home or farmhouse as well as the rare finely made pieces were searched for over a wide geographical area and documented for this study."--Publisher's website