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ItemTradition and innovation in Victorian building 1801-1865( 1972)The purpose of this work is to survey the field of building materials and technology in Victoria in the period 1801-1865. The study of buildings is something in which literally hundreds of people in Victoria each year involve themselves to a greater or lesser extent, and they do this almost blindly, for except in one or two very limited areas there is no precise, reliable, documented information which is of any help in understanding or dating individual buildings on the basis of physical evidence. At the same time an increasing amount of work, often perceptive and occasionally learned, is being done on the aesthetic aspects of Victorian architectural history, but it is not balanced by any sort of hard information on the technical background. Seen in this light I think there is no real need to apologise for the deficiencies of the present work. It does not purport to be a study in depth of the local building industry, or of any aspect of it, but rather an account of the technical developments which occurred in the period, and, where possible, an account of their overseas background: hence the theme 'tradition and innovation'. I must be excused from any discussion of portable buildings. This is an important topic, which can certainly be seen as a case study in tradition and innovation, but it is also a large one and one which is fairly distinct from the local building industry. It is my intention to pursue it in detail at another time.