THE QUEENSLANDER

t has been argued that Australia does not have its own signature style of architecture. One immediately identifies America with the thrusting statement that is the skyscraper and Paris simply wouldn’t be the same without mansard roofs. But Australia’s version is not citybound. Venture into the ’burbs and country, especially from the NSW mid-north coast upwards, and you will encounter buildings as true blue as they come. We speak, of course, of Queenslanders,