User:Yeti Hunter/South Australian architecture

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The architecture of South Australia is the distinctive building style epitomised by many historical buildings of the City of Adelaide, especially those built between 1870 and 1890. It is closely related to orthodox English Victorian.

Contents 1 History 2 Public 3 Domestic 4 References

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Adelaide was the first of the Australian colonies to be settled entirely by free settlers, not convicts. As a tool to attract immigrants, the early colonists ensured the architecture of the colony exuded wealth and grandeur. In reality, the tenuous economic base of the colony meant most of the historic building stock can be linked to various boom periods (most particularly the period 1870-1890 on the back of the Burra copper mines). Early architects such as Edmund Wright and Thomas English produced many notable designs, but rarely ventured outside traditional styles. Ecclesiastical architecture adhered mostly to gothic precedents, and as a result of the progressive religious tolerance of the colony, church steeples of various denominations came to do dominate the city skyline.

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• Wilfrid Prest et al, "The Wakefield Companion to South Australian History", Wakefield Press (2001), pp. 45-47