Rural Australian homes
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Murdoch Books,
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Publisher Address: | Sydney |
Publication Dates: | 2012. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | 287 p.: col. ill. ; 28 cm. |
ISBN: |
9781742663470 (hbk) 1742663478 (hbk) |
Index Number: | TU238 |
CLC: | TU238-161.1 |
Call Number: | TU238-161.1/K266 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 286). Most Australians live in cities, clinging to the coast and looking outwards towards the ocean. Yet almost all of us feel closely connected to the country, even if we hardly ever visit it. Many of us dream of moving to rural areas - there's a harshness to much of the Australian landscape and yet we still feel a sense of romance about it. For Rural Australian Homes, Leta Keens travelled around Australia to find the 18 homes featured in the book - a wide-ranging and appealing selection that includes a sheep station that has been in the same family for 100 years, a converted general store, an ad |