Australia rode on the sheep’s back, so the saying goes, and now architecture has jumped aboard.

Dubbed the Shearing Shed, a home north of Echuca looks like a classic bush outbuilding, but behind the large barn doors, it is a cozy designer home with a lofty, lantern ceiling.

Its recycled materials, including iron and timber, have been chosen to weather and age, just like an outback shed would. The home looks like it has been standing for decades on its patch of earth in the township of Torrumbarry.

The cost of the build, for a four-bedroom home with oodles of character, was $270,000, lovingly crafted and contributed to by local tradespeople.

The north-facing home has won design awards for its innovation and unique vision.

Owners Rob and Lynn Mason named the property Trishlida on Dhungala and it has become so loved and iconic to the town of Torrumbarry that it has its own Facebook page.

Trishlida comes from a combination of names of the Masons’ four children and Dhungala is the Yorta Yorta word for Murray River.

Double-glazed sliding doors open to the verandah, which, in a quintessential Australian touch, is screen enclosed to prevent mozzie bites.

A wool-sorting table forms an island bench in the kitchen, with hessian bags laid out behind glass to form the splashback.

Rusty barbed wire has been fashioned into a light in the living room, and exposed beams, expanses of wooden floors, and corrugated iron throughout stay true to the shearing theme.