Robin Boyd was appointed Exhibits Architect for the Australian Pavilion at Expo ‘67 in Montreal. In 1966 Boyd travelled to Far North Queensland and the Northern Territory for research – the Expo exhibits included a coral display, a large rock feature made from Australian sandstone and a native plant garden.Colour slide in a mount. Aerial view of Alice Springs, Northern Territory, AustraliaMade in Australia / 11 / DEC 66M4northern territory, slide

In 1964, Robin and Patricia Boyd spent several weeks on a world tour - Boyd took a leading role at the International Design Conference in Aspen and he also visited Chicago, Yale University, and New York’s World Fair. The Boyds then travelled on to England, Finland (especially to see Tapiola), Russia and India to see Le Corbusier's Chandigarh, and also Hong Kong and Thailand.Colour slide in a mount. View through window of Savoy restaurant, Helsinki, FinlandMade in Australia / 27 / AUG 64Mfinland, slide

Colour slide in a mount. Elizabeth Farm, Rosehill, Sydney, New South WalesMount Made in England / R (Handwritten) / Encircled 8 (Handwritten)sydney, slide

Colour slide in a mount. The Winter Palace, Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, RussiaMade in Australia / 5 / AUG 64Mrussia, slide

Robin Boyd developed a close friendship with the founder of the Bauhaus in Weimar Germany, Walter Gropius, who had moved to the USA in the 1930s. Through this connection, Boyd was invited to be the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Bemis Professor at the School in the North American academic year 1956-7. Robin and Patricia Boyd, with their youngest daughter Suzy, were based in Cambridge, Massachusetts for the year. Boyd gave some lectures at MIT and he was also invited to give lectures at many other universities, allowing him to travel widely within the USA, especially on the East Coast. This gave him the opportunity to meet architects like Frank Lloyd Wright, Eero Saarinen, Paul Rudolph and many others, and visit the offices of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, and places like Taliesin and the General Motors Technical Center Detroit. On the way home, the Boyds visited London, Berlin, Paris and Le Corbusier’s Ronchamp Chapel in France.Colour slide in a mount. St Peter Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, USASt. Peter Street / RB / C (All Handwritten)mit bemis professorship, mit, robin boyd, slide

Penleigh Boyd, Robin and Patricia Boyd's son, writes “Prior to 1950 Robin, like most other amateur or hobby photographers, took black and white printed photographs. The oldest slides date from 1950 when Robin and Patricia travelled to Europe on Robin’s Robert Haddon Travelling Scholarship.” In 1948 Robin Boyd was awarded ‘joint first place’ in the Robert Haddon competition for his design of Mildura art gallery. The scholarship helped fund their first overseas trip. Robin and Patricia were passengers on the Greek ship “Cyrenia” departing in May 1950, passing through the Suez Canal and landing in Genoa five weeks later. For six months, they travelled extensively throughout Europe (predominantly driving themselves) - France, Italy, United Kingdom, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Spain.Colour slide in a mount. House (1950), Copenhagen, Denmark. (Architect: Arne Jacobsen.)Copenhagen / House / One-Family Terrace / Arch. Arne Jacobsen / 1950 (All Handwritten)haddon travelling scholarship, haddon, robin boyd, slide

Penleigh Boyd, Robin and Patricia Boyd's son, writes “Prior to 1950 Robin, like most other amateur or hobby photographers, took black and white printed photographs. The oldest slides date from 1950 when Robin and Patricia travelled to Europe on Robin’s Robert Haddon Travelling Scholarship.” In 1948 Robin Boyd was awarded ‘joint first place’ in the Robert Haddon competition for his design of Mildura art gallery. The scholarship helped fund their first overseas trip. Robin and Patricia were passengers on the Greek ship “Cyrenia” departing in May 1950, passing through the Suez Canal and landing in Genoa five weeks later. For six months, they travelled extensively throughout Europe (predominantly driving themselves) - France, Italy, United Kingdom, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Spain.Colour slide in a mount. Casa Batllo, Barcelona, Spain. (Architect: Antoni Gaudi.)Barcelona / Gaudi / Offices in Passeo De Gracia (All Handwritten)haddon travelling scholarship, haddon, robin boyd, slide

Colour Slide. show the rock wall of Lake Bellfield and the roadway usied in constructionlake bellfield

Colour Slide. Showing lake Bellfied under constuction with steam shovel in the distance.lake bellfield

Colour Slide: Lake Bellfield partially filled showing the rodas used in constructiongrampians, lake bellfield

Colour Slide, showing the debris fron an explsion during the constructon of Lake Bellfieldgrampians

Colour Slide, A man laying cable towhich dynamite is attched, Lake Bellfieldgrampians, lake bellfield

Colour Slide showin g the water way before the filling of Lake Bellfieldgrampians, lake bellfield

Lake Bellfield under constructionColour Slide: View form the road after an Explosion, with a Police car in the foreground

Lake Bellfield During ConstructionColour Slide: Showing the Eastern Side of Lake Bellfield with two men and sign

Lake Bellfield During ConstructionColour Slide: showing smoke after blasting during construction of lake Bellfieldgrampians

Lake Bellfield During ConstructionColour Slide: Shoning smoke after blasting on the Eastern Side of Lake Bellfieldgrampians

Lake Bellfield Under ConstructionColour Slide showing rocks before being removed to make lake bellfieldgrampians

34 Colour slides in three Sheets showing Various monuments around Stawellmonuments

2 colour slides of Shire of Nunawading Coat of Arms stained glass window.coat of arms, shire of nunawading

Robin Boyd has written 'Australiana' on the slide mount. Robin Boyd was always on the lookout for signage and blots on the landscape, especially when writing and illustrating his 1960 book, “The Australian Ugliness”. Colour slide in a mount. Golden Fleece sign, Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaAUG65M/ Encircled 25 (Handwritten)/ Australiana 1 (Handwritten)/2melbourne, australiana, slide

Colour slide in a mount. Kentucky Fried Chicken, possibly regional Victoria, AustraliaMade in Australia/ SEP70M3victoria, slide

Colour slide in a mount. El Dorado Motel, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia(No mount)the australian ugliness, slide

Colour slide in a mount. Motel Walkabout, possibly Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia.Made in Australia/DEC 68M8queensland, slide

Robin Boyd developed a close friendship with the founder of the Bauhaus in Weimar Germany, Walter Gropius, who had moved to the USA in the 1930s. Through this connection, Boyd was invited to be the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Bemis Professor at the School in the North American academic year 1956-7. Robin and Patricia Boyd, with their youngest daughter Suzy, were based in Cambridge, Massachusetts for the year. Boyd gave some lectures at MIT and he was also invited to give lectures at many other universities, allowing him to travel widely within the USA, especially on the East Coast. This gave him the opportunity to meet architects like Frank Lloyd Wright, Eero Saarinen, Paul Rudolph and many others, and visit the offices of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, and places like Taliesin and the General Motors Technical Center Detroit. On the way home, the Boyds visited London, Berlin, Paris and Le Corbusier’s Ronchamp Chapel in France.Colour slide in a mount. Esso service station, Charleston, South Carolina, USAMade in USA/ Preserved Archt. Charleston (Handwritten)/ B8/ Encircled 62F(Handwritten)mit bemis professorship, mit, robin boyd, slide

Penleigh Boyd, Robin and Patricia Boyd's son, writes “Prior to 1950 Robin, like most other amateur or hobby photographers, took black and white printed photographs. The oldest slides date from 1950 when Robin and Patricia travelled to Europe on Robin’s Robert Haddon Travelling Scholarship.” In 1948 Robin Boyd was awarded ‘joint first place’ in the Robert Haddon competition for his design of Mildura art gallery. The scholarship helped fund their first overseas trip. Robin and Patricia were passengers on the Greek ship “Cyrenia” departing in May 1950, passing through the Suez Canal and landing in Genoa five weeks later. For six months, they travelled extensively throughout Europe (predominantly driving themselves) - France, Italy, United Kingdom, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Spain.Colour slide in a mount. Social housing, New Empiricism style, Stockholm, SwedenStockholm / N-E / Flats-New Empiricism (All Handwritten)haddon travelling scholarship, haddon, robin boyd, slide

Robin Boyd was appointed Exhibits Architect for the Australian Pavilion at Expo ‘67 in Montreal. In 1966 Boyd travelled to Far North Queensland and the Northern Territory for research – the Expo exhibits included a coral display and native plant garden.Colour slide in a mount. Citrus grove, probably far north Queensland, AustraliaMade in Australia / 24 / AUG 66M3 / 76 (Handwritten)queensland, slide

Penleigh Boyd, Robin and Patricia Boyd's son, writes “Prior to 1950 Robin, like most other amateur or hobby photographers, took black and white printed photographs. The oldest slides date from 1950 when Robin and Patricia travelled to Europe on Robin’s Robert Haddon Travelling Scholarship.” In 1948 Robin Boyd was awarded ‘joint first place’ in the Robert Haddon competition for his design of Mildura art gallery. The scholarship helped fund their first overseas trip. Robin and Patricia were passengers on the Greek ship “Cyrenia” departing in May 1950, passing through the Suez Canal and landing in Genoa five weeks later. For six months, they travelled extensively throughout Europe (predominantly driving themselves) - France, Italy, United Kingdom, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Spain.Colour slide in a mount. Vadstena Castle, on Lake Vattern, Sweden (16th century). Vadstena, On Lake Vatten / Sweden / Vattersborg Castle (XVI C.) / Now Stores Prov.Archives (All Handwritten)haddon travelling scholarship, haddon, robin boyd, slide

Robin Boyd travelled to the USA and Britain for several weeks. He attended the opening of the new Australian Chancery in Washington DC, where he had designed an innovative exhibition with cylindrical display cases and sound recordings.Colour slide in a mount. Sculpture garden Museum of Modern Art, New YorkMade in Australia / 19 / JUL 69M2slide, robin boyd

Robin Boyd travelled to the USA and Britain for several weeks. He attended the opening of the new Australian Chancery in Washington DC, where he had designed an innovative exhibition with cylindrical display cases and sound recordings.Colour slide in a mount. Sculpture garden Museum of Modern Art, New YorkMade in Australia / 18 / JUL 69M2slide, robin boyd