The Houses

Below is a list of the known concrete houses by Australian State. Each has a link to a further detail page where there is a brief history of the house, a map with its location, historic photographs and any links to further information such as heritage listings. Non-extant houses are marked with an asterisks*

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

1905-1906 4&6 Ada Street, Canada Bay, camerated concrete houses by Henry Goddard

Northern Territory

1972-1973 Concrete houses in Fannie Bay, constructed by Karlson Ucon*

South Australia

c.1875-1878 Babbage’s Castle*

c.1908 34 Unley Road

1910 8 Bellevue Place, Unley Park

c.1911 Duplex Building Block Company houses at 27-33 Fuller St, Parkside

1911-1912 ‘Alladin’ experimental houses at Balaklava built using the Monolyte method

c.1914 Pair of houses at The Parade, Norwood built using the Monolyte method

c.1914 Monolyte House at 28 Burwood Ave, Enfield built using the Monolyte method

1914 307 Young Street, Wayville built and designed by WC Torode

1914 ‘Amphi Cosma’ built and designed by WC Torode

c.1920 Four Monolyte houses at Torrensville

1922 Demonstration Monolyte House, Glynde

c.1924-1926 Railway Housing, Peterborough & Tailem Bend, built by the Economic Duplex Building Block Company

c.1926 Redhill Railway Housing

Tasmania

1906 Camerated concrete house built using the Goddard patented system at 3 Lime Ave, Launceston

Victoria

1912 ‘Charter Oak’, East Malvern

1924 Concrete Housing Estate, Sunshine

1939 Experimental Concrete Houses, Fisherman’s Bend

Western Australia