Friday, 6 May 2011

Edwardian Bungalow west of west






I've been recording some pastoral complexes located in the hilly country west of Cobar. The outback landscape here is spectacular with little oases suddenly appearing as one travels through the scrub. The Mumboanna run was developed in this country from the 1880s. The spectacular Edwardian bungalow was constructed on the property in the 1920s. It is timber-framed with a very high pyramid-shaped roof and wide verandahs designed to keep the interior as cool as possible. The exterior features generous use of those Australian icons fibro and Cooper louvres.

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