By the 1830s and 1840s Australia was receiving an increasing number of free settlers (as opposed to convicts) but there was still a huge labour shortage. ", followed by 144 people on Pinterest. European settlers in South Australia relied heavily on locally gathered building materials, and until the 1850s Adelaide was predominantly a town of earth and stone cottages with thatched or shingled roofs. It includes some great photographs and sketches of early Australian huts and houses. Settlement, Early Life and Living Conditions in Australia up to 1901. Historians say more than 200 newly uncovered documents could give fresh insights into Western Australia's earliest European history and pre-settlement Indigenous culture. They kept their food, furniture, and clothing in the tent until their house was built. Some people slept in a tent. Early Settlers' Homes and Bush Huts in Australia This is a very useful webpage, originally made by students at the Australian National University, which has lots of information about colonial homes. As soon as the settlers arrived at their homestead, they needed a place to live. On the prairies, there weren't many trees and lumber was expensive. The expanding settlement meant … People on farms needed labourers to clear the land, plant crops and take care of animals. But it wasn’t just convicts living in the village; local Aboriginal people lived there too. Prior to British settlement, more than 500 Indigenous groups inhabited the Australian continent, approximately 750,000 people in total. See more ideas about old abandoned buildings, abandoned buildings… A few migrants arrived with tents or the popular prefabricated timber houses made by Mannings of London, which came in kit form. Early settlement Francis Fowkes, Sketch & Description of the Settlement at Sydney Cove Port Jackson in the County of Cumberland Taken by a Transported Convict on the 16th of April, 1788 1789, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1084748 By 1801 Sydney had grown into a little village with streets and buildings.Many of the buildings were made of timber and stone, some older houses were made from Side note: wattle and daub.Convicts lived in their own homes in an area known as ‘The Rocks’, some with their families. A Convict Settlement in Sydney The British colony of New South Wales was established in 1788 as a penal colony. Aug 18, 2014 - Early American Settlers 1800 | Early Australian Wattle-and-daub buildings. Their first homes were built of logs, lumber, or sod . [1] Their cultures developed over 60,000 years, making Indigenous Australians the custodians of the world’s most ancient living culture. May 11, 2018 - Explore Daphne Masters's board "Old & Abandoned Buildings in Australia. State Library of New South Wales (a1528046) Most European settlers in Australia in the early colonial years were convicts sent by the British government.