The "California Bungalow" style houses was particularly popular in Australia from 1913 onwards. This period coincided with the rise of the Hollywood film industry, which popularised American clothes, furniture, cars and houses, and also with the increased importation of U.S. architectural magazines into Australia, a society which previously had been heavily influenced by British domestic styles. Here is one such example in Fairfield, an inner suburb of Melbourne.
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Lovely little home.
ReplyDeleteLove those porches.
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Coffee is on
Probably the best part of Hollywood culture to import. - Margy
ReplyDeleteA cute bungalow. I wouldn't mind living in such a house, as long as there are no ghosts.
ReplyDeleteLOTS of flowers!
ReplyDeleteHmmmm much larger then we have overhere and are acustomed to… I would love to live in one though
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