Summary

'Catalogue of 1962 Award Winning Homes' published by Consolidated Home Industries Limited.

Physical Description

Card folder coloured bright pink, printed in black and white text, the title in white on the front with two images of medals. Information about the company is printed in black on the inside cover, against a white and yellow background. Inserted are five separate pages, printed in light green and white with black lettering. Four show various styles of home design - the Hacienda, Acacia, Festival and Virginian - each with a drawn image, floor plan and a list of features. The fifth page is a price list.

Significance

This collection of housing brochures is a great addition to the domestic life collection. It provides an overview of the surveying process that many young couples went through whilst seeking their own home in the post war period, and provides an excellent representation of the types of house designs available to build yourself or buy from an architect, builder or developer. The brochures show the floor plan spaces and arrangement, design aesthetic, materials and finishes, sizes, and costs of housing in the early 1960s, and reveal how architects, builders and developers promoted the idea of the home to Melburnians.

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