Homestead (buildings)
A homestead is an isolated dwelling, especially a farmhouse, and adjacent outbuildings,[1] typically on a large agricultural holding such as a ranch or station.[2]
In
cluster of several houses
normally occupied by a single extended family.
In Australia it refers to the owner's house and the associated outbuildings of a pastoral property, known as a station.[3][4]
See also
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- Homestead principle
- Homesteading
- List of homesteads in Western Australia
- List of historic homesteads in Australia
- Settlement hierarchy
Notes
- ^ "homestead". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
- ^ Taylor, John (1995). Methodology for identification and assessment of rural homesteads and farmhouses in the Great Southern area of Western Australia. Royal Institute of Architects (W.A.) and the Heritage Council of W.A.
- ISBN 978-0-04-332135-5
- ^ "Chisholm, Alec H.". The Australian Encyclopaedia. Vol. 8. Sydney: Halstead Press. 1963. p. 275.
