As Penleigh Boyd wrote in his obituary to his mother: "In 1988, Patricia was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for her service to opera involving many years of voluntary work on the Board of the Australian Opera - work which she greatly enjoyed involving travel, music and meeting many interesting and entertaining people. She was also a Life Member and former President of the National Gallery of Victoria Women's Association." The Walsh Street Archive also holds the medal associated with this honour (item F126).Certificate on a presentation board with 4 corners holding it in place, contained in a envelope with Mrs Dorothea Patricia Davies, AM.The Order of Australia (Signed) Ninian Stephen Governor-General of Commonwealth of Australia and Chancellor of the Order of Australia. To Dorothea Patricia Davies Greeting. Whereas with the approval of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The second, Queen of Australia and Sovereign of the Order of Australia, I have been pleased to appoint you to be a Member in the General Division of the Order of Australia. I do by these Presents appoint you to be a Member in the General Division of the said Order and authorise you to hold and enjoy the dignity of such appointment together with Membership in the said Order and all privileges thereunto appertaining. Given at Government House, Canberra, under the seal of the Order of Australia this thirteenth day of June 1988. By His excellency's Command. (Signed) David I Smith Secretary of the Order of Australia.

The James Goddard Oration was given by Zelman Cowen in Brisbane on Thursday June 1972.Typewritten, foolscap, 21 pages. Holes in some pages

Romberg and Boyd sticky label for architectural drawings

Colour slide in a mount. Image from a magazine of the Chapel of the Alvorada Palace, Brasília, Bazil, 1958. (Architect: Architect: Oscar Niemeyer. Furniture designer: Anna Maria Niemeyer.)slide, robin boyd

Colour slide in a mount. Oranges, or a design, unknownMade in Australia / 4 / SEP 67(?) M6slide, robin boyd

Colour slide in a mount. Oranges, or a design, unknownMade in Australia / 4 / SEP 67(?) M6slide, robin boyd

Colour slide in a mount. Saper House (1965), Cottles Bridge Victoria. (Architect: Morrice Shaw.)Made in Australia / 1 / SEP M6australia, slide, robin boyd

Colour slide in a mount. Jacobs House, Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia, 1963. (Architects: Allen, Jack+Cottier.)Made in Australia / 25 / OCT 64M / ALLEN, JACK & COTTIER ARCHTECTS. / TEL. 27-7981 / 10 YOUNG STREET, SYDNEYaustralia, slide, robin boyd

Colour slide in a mount. Location unknown, possibly southern states, USADate: / Subjectslide, robin boyd

Colour slide in a mount. Elizabeth Farm, Rose Hill, Sydney, 1793. (Architects: John and Elizabeth Macarthur.)Made in Australia / Encircled 7 (Handwritten)slide, robin boyd

Colour slide in a mount. Magazine image, venacular architecture, location unknownMade in Australia / Encircled 6 (Handwritten)slide, robin boyd

Colour slide in a mount. Glenn College, Latrobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia, 1967-68. (Architects: Hassell McConnell and Partners .)Made in Australia / 21 / APR 67M4melbourne, slide

Colour slide in a mount. Image from a magazine of the Yale Hockey Rink. (Architect: Eero Saarinen.)34 (Handwritten) / Top (Handwritten)slide, robin boyd

Colour slide in a mount. Street scene New York, East 73rd Street, New YorkMade in Australia / 2 / JUN 67M6slide, robin boyd

Colour slide in a mount. Landscape, possibly Montreal, CanadaMade in Australia / 7 / MAY 67M6slide, robin boyd

Colour slide in a mount. Children at desksslide, robin boyd

Colour slide in a mount. Woman with grapesInscribed Made in Swedenslide, robin boyd

Colour slide in a mount. House interior, probably Australia (see also S0876)Made in Australia / 20 / SEP 68M7slide, robin boyd

Colour slide in a mount. House interior, probably Australia (see S0875)Made in Australia / 21 / SEP 68M7slide, robin boyd

Colour slide in a mount. Crowd sceneInscribed Made in Swedenslide, robin boyd

Colour slide in a mount. People in lecture theatreCMAS BLACKMAN THEATRE PARTY / 45X4 1/2 (All Handwritten and erased)slide, robin boyd

Colour slide in a mount. People in a laboratoryInscribed Made in Swedenslide, robin boyd

Colour slide in a mount. Melbourne Olympic Swimming Stadium (1952-56), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. (Architects: Kevin Borland, Peter McIntyre, John and Phyllis Murphy, .)Mount Made in England / 8 (Handwritten) / Encircled 64 (Handwritten)slide, robin boyd

Colour slide in a mount. Possibly farm machinery, unknown locationMade in Australia / 7 / SEP 70M3 robin boyd, slide

Colour slide in a mount. Factory or power station, unknown location, possibly AustraliaMount Made in England / Encircled 13F (Handwritten)slide, robin boyd

Colour slide in a mount. Street view, unknown locationMade in Australia / Encircled 11F (Handwritten) robin boyd, slide