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The Archaeology and Architecture of Farm Buildings at Saumarez Station, Armidale, New South Wales
Graham Connah
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This book is an analysis of nineteenth and early twentieth-century farm buildings dating from Australia’s rural pioneering period. Based on field recording during the 1980s, its historical value is now particularly significant because similar buildings in Australia have since often deteriorated or vanished completely. Construction techniques, the use of materials, mainly timber as slabs or weather boarding, and of galvanized corrugated iron, including the role of recycling, and the ways in which the buildings were adapted to economic and social changes in agricultural production are examined. In particular, the distinctive Australian tradition of making do with whatever was available is considered. The result is a study of humble, utilitarian buildings that have been given less attention than grand houses of the past or public buildings. Nevertheless, they played a vital role in Australia’s past development, and they deserve close consideration.
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Acknowledgements
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Contents
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List of Figures
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Foreword
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Abstract
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1. People and places
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2. The old homestead site
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2.1. The excavation
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2.2. Structural evidence
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2.3. Artefactual evidence
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2.4. Conclusion
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3. The store
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3.1. Construction and materials
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3.2. Building chronology
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3.3. Document recovery
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3.4. Conclusion
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4. The working-horse stable, later the barn
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4.1. Construction
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4.2. Gates, doors and stairs
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4.3. The chaff cutting room
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4.4. Other artefacts in the building
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4.5. Conclusion
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5. The Thomas Building
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5.1. Site, construction and layout
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5.2. Materials and techniques
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5.3. Roof, flooring and chimneys
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5.4. Internal details
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5.5. Ceilings
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5.6. Subsequent use
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5.7. Conclusion
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6. The riding-horse stable, skillion and carriage house
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6.1. The stable
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6.2. The skillion
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6.3. The carriage house
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6.4. The condition of the building
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6.5. Conclusion
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7. The killing shed and piggery site
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7.1. Structural development
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7.2. Operating the killing shed
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8. Two contrasting poultry houses
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8.1. The buildings
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8.3. Conclusion
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9. The cowshed
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9.1. The survey
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9.2. The layout of the building
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9.3. The flow of animals and materials
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9.4. Building materials and methods
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9.5. The strength of the building
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9.6. Portable equipment in the building
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9.7. Discussion
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9.8. Conclusion
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10. The fences
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10.1. Killing shed (1) and Fence 2
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10.2. Fence 3
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10.3. Fences 4 and 5
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10.4. Fence 6
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10.5. Fence 7
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10.6. Fence 8
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10.7. Fence 9
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10.8. Fence 10
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10.9. Fences 11 and 12
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10.10. Fences 13 and 14
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10.11. Fence 15
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10.12. Fence 16
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10.13. Fence 17
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10.14. Fences 18, 19, 20 and 24
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10.15. Fences 21, 22 and 23
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10.16. Conclusion
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11. Jack Haynes’s Cottage
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12. The garden at Jack Haynes’s Cottage
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12.1. Plants identified in the garden
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13. Comparisons and conclusion
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13.1. Abington (photographs by Graham Connah)
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13.2. Newholme (photographs by Graham Connah)
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13.3. Conclusion
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References
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Published: 2021
Publisher: BAR Publishing
- 9781407358819 (ebook)
- 9781407358802 (paper)
BAR Number: S3067
- Parks / Gardens
- Historical and Industrial Archaeology
- Museum Studies / Conservation / Heritage / Education
- Agriculture / Farming / Husbandry / Land-use / Irrigation
- Food and Drink / Diet
- Ethnoarchaeology / Anthropology
- Landscape Archaeology
- Metal Objects
- Excavation / Fieldwork / Survey
- Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific
- Place-Names
- Early Modern and Modern
- Architecture / Domestic and Urban Buildings and Space / Urbanism
- Numismatics
- Craft working (general titles, bone, glass, textiles, etc.)
- Trade / Exchange / Travel / Economy