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The Sustainability of Slate
As far as roofing materials goes there is nothing quite like natural slate. I personally noticed this myself driving through the streets of Mosman the other weekend when I found myself constantly p...
The History of Slate
Slate is a homogenous rock that has a fine grain in which is derived from shale sediment composing of clay or volcanic ash. It’s malleable breakability yet tough qualities allow it to be broken i...
The Hunting Lodge
“The Hunting Lodge” built by S.H Terry for Governor Bligh of the first fleet. The land on which the building is located was granted by Governor King to Governor Bligh in 1806 and ratified by Govern...
Tilcott House, Katoomba
Tilcott has local significance as a good representative example of the well-built holiday homes erected in the Upper Mountains by Sydney business-people in the 1920s. Tilcott is an intact represen...
The Swifts, Darling Point
The Swifts is a heritage-listed late-Victorian castellated Gothic Revival mansion located in the suburb of Darling Point, Sydney. Swifts is a rare survivor of a group of similar grand private resid...
Callan Park, Hospital for the Insane
HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE The Callan Park Hospital for the Insane (1878 – 1914) is a heritage-listed former insane asylum and now college campus located in the grounds of Callan Park, an area on th...
Eryldene, William Hardy Wilson
Eryldene, Gordon Erydene was the home of the late Professor E.G. Waterhouse C.M.G, & Mrs Waterhouse The house was designed by architect William Hardy Wilson & built in 1913. The Garden was designed...
Darling House, Dawes Point
The Georgian-style Old Colonial sandstone building incorporates parts of an original c. 1833 to c. 1835 dwelling house, the existing sandstone house was constructed in 1842 under the ownership ...
