What kind of houses did Australia people live in in the 1930s?

Question

Please also give me information about the inside and outside too please. Thank you!

Answer 1

Despite previous answers Australia had distinctive architectual phases by this time due to the differences in climate creating different needs from those in colder countries.

Around the turn of the century, the "Federation style" house was dominant amongst more well-to-do families.

In the 1920s a style of house called "California Bungalow" became popular in more leafy suburbs (such as Eastwood, in Sydney). Shaped like the American houses of the same style, only using brick more than wood.

However the poorer areas (such as Paddington) had 'terrace houses' which appear more like those in Britain. There were no inside toilets and the outhouses (called a dunny http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outhouse#Du... were not connected to mains sewers but were instead serviced by the "Dunny Man"

Outer suburbs had fibro houses. These were built with a wooden frame supporting fibro-cement walls.

Houses in Queenland were built on tall pylons to allow for air to circulate underneath the houses. These are called "Queenslanders" and existed also in Darwin (they would lose favour when people would decades later use air-conditioning)

Pics

(note this is how they are now today, not from the 1930s - but they give an idea of style)

Queenslander pics - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queenslande...

Federation style pics - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_...

Paddington terrace houses pics - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddington%...

California bungalow in Australia (article) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_...

Answer 2

Very similar to British ones of the same period.

Answer 3

british and european lifestyle.

Answer 4

They were brick houses, single  & double storey and called Federation Style, from 1910. They had high ceilings inside. Terracotta tiled footpath  leading up to the house. Leadlight windows on some.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_...