About the Author

Peter Freeman OAM has dedicated more than four decades to the conservation, documentation and celebration of Australia's architectural heritage through his practice as both conservation architect and historian. He is the author of many books on Australia's heritage and vernacular buildings, including The Woolshed (1980), The Homestead (1982) and more recently The Wall Papered Manse (2014), which was shortlisted in the NSW Premier's Award. He has also worked across the country on a number of heritage conservation projects, including Hobart Town Hall and the Robin Boyd-design Manning Clark House in the ACT. In 2019, Peter was awarded a medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for his service to architecture.