Chapter 6
I Construction During The Settlement Years
II The Use Of Timber As A Structural Material
III Structural Steel
IV Concrete Technology
V Housing
i First Settlement Technology
ii Development of the Industry
iii The Adoption of Solar Energy for Water Heating
iv Most Favourable Construction Productivity
v Housing in Cyclone Prone Localities
VI Industrialised Pre-cast Concrete Housing
VII Ports And Harbours
VIII Roads
IX Heavy Foundations
X Bridges
XI Sewerage
XII Water Engineering
XIII Railways
XIV Major Buildings
XV Airports
XVI Thermal Power Stations
XVII Materials Handling
XVIII Oil Industry
XIX The Snowy Mountains Scheme
XX The Sydney Opera House
XXI The Sydney Harbour Bridge
XXII Hamersley Iron
XXIII North West Shelf
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For the majority of Australians in the middle to upper income range, the single detached house is the preferred form of shelter. There are many others -rental accommodation, welfare housing, flats or apartments, cluster, row and retirement housing, custom-built and luxury housing and the restoration and renovation of older homes in inner areas of our major cities. But in looking at the innovations and technologies developed over the past 200 years, we can safely take as our model the traditional Australian dream, a detached house on a quarter-acre block. While the dream is common throughout Australia, the style of housing reflects a number of local limitations and variations.
Factors that have influenced the style of housing include heat, cold, cyclones, bush-fires, rock, sand, desert and even termites. Probably the most dominant influence on the first settlers to this harsh country was the need for shelter from the elements -particularly the sun.
People in Bright Sparcs - Rowell, L. E.
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