"Federation" style is the name given to what is known elsewhere as 'Edwardian', or 'Queen Anne' or 'Arts and Crafts' style. It derives its name from the fact that it was popular at the time the separate colonies were federating to form one nation, Australia (1901).
Evident in Federation is quite a lot of decorative work - wood, replacing cast iron, and roof features and small gables, as well as tuck-pointed brick work and leadlight and stained or coloured glass windows. The example above has a slate roof, but red Marseilles-style terracotta tiles became predominant in this era, shown in the picture of my house, below:
My house, some local kids, and our Italian 'Pace' (peace) flag. Oh, and the recycling bin on the verandah cos I was throwing out some papers. The mandarin tree you can see down the back is about 100 years old and still produces great fruit.
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25 years of wedding, 300th post...many numbers to be feasted!
ReplyDeleteYour house is very nice, you're lucky to live in a place warm enough to keep mandarin tree outside, here it would be frozen.
Wow, Sally, how are you going to top this: two anniversaries following closely upon one another. Better think fast. The house does indeed have an interesting structure and decoration. How about a picture of the tree!!
ReplyDelete300! WOW that is fantastic! Congrats!!!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Sally! I am impressed by both anniversaries!
ReplyDelete65 more posts before you celebrate one year of blogging!
WWWWOOOOWWWW! Congratulations!!I must learn from you...:D like Eric said, two more months....you are celebrating a 365! so special:)
ReplyDeletethat's quite an accomplishment! 300th post!! wow.. congrats! and congrates on the silver anniversary too.. :)
ReplyDeleteCongratulations 300!!!
ReplyDeleteSoon it'll be your 1st anniversary (for the second time in your life!)
Oh, and I love this shot. I love the architecture of these houses. Every trip to Sydney, I take slow walks. My next one in January ain't gonna be any different.
Very reminiscent of some older Victorian English houses. Congratulations on notching up all of those 300 posts!
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Congrats, Sally, on your 300th post...and your 25th Wedding Anniversary!
ReplyDeletec'est la semaine des anniversaires sur ton blog. Felicitation 300 messages, je suis impressionné. Bravo et surtout continue a nous faire decouvrir sydney. la maison est superbe, je trouve vraiment que le vieux sydney a une architecture magnifique.
ReplyDeleteit is the week of the birthdays on your blog. Congratulation 300 posts, I am impressed. Cheer and especially continuous A to make us discover Sydney. the house is superb, I really find that the Sydney old man has a splendid architecture.
The photo has a wonderful homely and lively feel to it. And I'm impressed by the 300. Looking forward to the next 65 before the big hit!
ReplyDeleteOnly just understood, thanks to you, why these homes were called Federation homes. Seems obvious now but it had never hit home before... I'm still learning!
Hey lovely house. Mine is an old weatherboard from the early 1900's, but I'm am tending to like the potential in brick houses, the colour of the bricks, as with yours can be so warm and inviting. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteMimosa, that's the name of your house?
ReplyDeleteAnd congrats for your 300th post. We hope to see another zero added behind :-)
Intresting house, reminds me of the station office at an old country railway station.
ReplyDeleteThanks for all your nice comments.
ReplyDelete[b]john[/b] - I love Melbourne weatherboard.
[b]keropak[/b] - yes, Mimosa - it was on the title deeds, and there was a space the name plate had been, so we had one re-made.
[b]gail's[/b] - yes! There are many country rail buildings built in this era too.
I was quite worried about finding a reason for federation architecture. After all it wasn't Victorian and it certainly wasn't modernist. But it had a charm all of its own, as most of our grandparents could attest to.
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