COURTYARD HOUSE BY CHROFI

While it may not be a well-known fact, prefabricated houses have been an integral part of Australia’s built environment since the early days of European colonization. The first known prefabricated houses in Australia were made in Sydney in 1804 for shipping to Newcastle and Van Diemen’s Land (present-day Tasmania). By the middle of the nineteenth century, prefabricated houses were being packed and shipped from different parts of the world and assembled in emerging settlements across south-east Australia. Given this early and significant presence of prefabrication within the