The Boyds purchased their record player and sound system from Thomas’s in Melbourne. Patricia Boyd (later Davies) was very interested in opera and was later appointed to the Board of the Australian Opera. 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." Maria Callas sings great arias from French operas. LP 33RPM vinyl, Catalogue Number: SAXO-2410, Record cover, Plastic sleeve, 1 vinyl disk. Cover notes, Andrew Porter. Cover photo: Luc Fournol, Jours de France. Maria Callas. Conductor: Georges Petre, Orchestra National de la RTFlp, sound recording, opera, ohm2022, ohm2022_9

Boyd's view of the development of Australian architecture's progression over the years and the slowly forming identity of Australian architecture.Typewritten (c copy), quarto, 5 pagesmodern australia, o-y-o (on your own) flats, robin boyd, manuscript

“Metung” by Kevin Connor was a birthday present from Robin Boyd to his wife Patricia circa 1964.Predominantly blue and green landscape of trees, sky and river.Signature and date on lower right.kevin connor, patricia boyd, robin boyd, walsh st artwork, ohm2022, ohm2022_26

The Boyd's saw this type of floor covering at the Shelmerdine's house and liked it and purchased it. See also item F071.Cream wool with fringe."Woods Carpets Cleaning" 2 labels. Cleaned 11/9/96 and "1960".walsh st furnishings, robin boyd

The Boyd's saw this type of floor covering at the Shelmerdine's house and liked it and purchased it. See also item F064.Cream wool with fringe.Cleaning labelwalsh st furnishings, robin boyd

Robin Boyd conceived the idea of a satellite city in Sunbury. Computers were used to help with design formulation.S and date in red pen.sunbury, walsh st library

This letter discusses royalties, size, layout, and typography for Melbourne University Press's publication of Boyd's 'The Puzzle of Architecture'.Blue paper, typewritten

This letter is a response to Robin Boyd's letter about Eberhard's thesis, a discussion on technology in architecture, and 'The Australian Ugliness".Handwritten, 3 pagesPencil marks on first page

Post Card - Mrs Nickelson. Mrs Boyd. Mrs Smeaton all of Black Range Great Westernstawell

Robin Boyd’s desk cupboard contained two exercise books (D482.1-D482.2) and assorted articles, essays and other material regarding Sydney Opera House (P1378.01-P1378.36, D179-D181, D479-D480), inserted inside the front cover of Walkabout Magazine July 1966 (P1377). Robin Boyd asked Mandie Eckersley (nee Boyd), his eldest daughter, to research the Sydney Opera House for him in the Mitchell Library, both before and after Utzon left. Robin was writing a book, but was very disillusioned with the way the entire saga unfolded. Mandie Boyd recalls: “It was a huge task because he wanted any mention at all in any publications to be noted. No one else had done it at that stage, not even the clippings service.” This first volume is filled with transcriptions on newspaper articles, editorials and letters to the editor covering the period 1951 to 1962.The Reding Universal Exercise Book, all pages filled (92 pages)Written on front cover: Mandie Eckersley, 20 Dillon St, Paddington, N.S.W. Telephone - 318339, Dec 1962, L01919. In exercise book: all handwritten notes. On back cover: list of numbers, squiggle, and dates "Dec 18 Dec. 23".sydney opera house, jorn utzon, sydney opera house project, ohm2022, ohm2022_24

Boyd introduces a short series of talks on ABC 3LO, on the theme of preservation. Different prominent people from various fields talk about aspects of preservation - from native animals and the environment, to historic records of Australia's early history etc. Boyd poses questions about the typical Australian and international influences on the Australian character and lifestyle. This is talk number one.Typewritten, foolscap, 5 pagespreservation, robin boyd, manuscript, radio

These two chairs are Grant Featherston prototypes of the 1947 Relaxation Chairs. These chairs came from the Boyd family's Camberwell home (666 Riversdale Road, Camberwell, formerly 158 Riversdale Road) and were originally upholstered with webbing. The fixings were modified in the final product Relaxation chairs. Robin Boyd designed the Ivanhoe home of Grant and Mary Featherston (1967).Dark orange with black fine check woven wool. Nine self-covered buttons. Laminated timber legs and arms (no frame). Three visible timber pegs/bolts connect arms to the body.walsh st furnishings, robin boyd, grant featherston, ohm2022, ohm2022_33

This is a death notice for Robin Boyd from The management and staff of James Hardie Coy Pty Ltd "Robin Boyd was indeed a man of tremendous dignity- a man whole professionalism was without peer and one who commanded a platform of respect among those who were familiar with his work. he was a man of authority, a man of great integrity. he will be missed."A and date handwrittendeath notice, robin boyd, walsh st library

This is a death notice for Robin Boyd from The Management and Staff of James Hardie Coy Pty Ltd "Robin Boyd was indeed a man of tremendous dignity- a man whole professionalism was without peer and one who commanded a platform of respect among those who were familiar with his work. he was a man of authority, a man of great integrity. he will be missed."S and date handwrittenwalsh st library

The front cover of this issue has an image of one of the sails of the Sydney Opera House. The lead article is by Robin Boyd titled ‘A Night at the Opera House’ (pp. 48-55). This is a very important article. Note the article is prefaced by remarks by the Editor, but the year of Boyd's death is incorrectly given as 1972, instead of 1971. (See original manuscript item D506.)architecture, walsh st library

This film is consists of 1896 Melbourne Cup, 1906 Sydney street scenes and Baldwin Spencer footage of Australian indigenous ceremonial dance. These sequences are repeated several times. This film was included in the longer film item AV004. These would have been selected by Robin Boyd for screening at the Australian Pavilion at Expo 70 in Osaka, where Robin Boyd was Exhibitions Architect.16mm black and white, silent film on reel inside a circular metal canister (185mm diameter) with lid. Duration 7:59 minutesexpo 70, melbourne cup, spencer baldwin, 1906 sydney, robin boyd

This is Boyer lecture 5 of 'Artificial Australia' by Robin Boyd. 'Artificial Australia' consisted of five lectures given by Robin Boyd in 1967 on the Australian Broadcasting Commission radio. The lectures were (1) Creative Man in a Frontier Society, (2) The Architecture of Ideas, (3) Integrity in the Artificial Object, (4) The Environmental Arts in Australia. (5) The Australian Myth in the Modern World. Sanyo CDboyer lecture, artificial australia, robin boyd

Job 56M431 Bridge handrails March 1960 Line Foreman Dan Boyd (PMG) Contractor W.E. WolfRecord of various Shire of Eltham infrastructure works undertaken during the period of 1952-1962 involving bridge and road reconstruction projects, sometimes with Eltham Shire Council Project Reference numbers quoted. It was during this period that a number of significant improvements were made to roads and new bridges constructed within the shire that remain in place as of present day (2022). In many situations, the photos provide a tangible visible record of infrastructure that existed throughout the early days of the Shire. The album was put together by or under the direction of the Shire Engineer, J.A. McDonald.infrastructure, 1960-03, bridge construction, cherry tree road, heidelberg-kinglake road, road construction, shire of eltham

Boyd makes the argument that in the first sixty years of the twentieth century there have been three phases of architecture, and these are described.Typewritten and carbon copy, quarto, 6 pages, and pp 3-7 carbon copy. Was originally 7 pages..twentieth century architecture, robin boyd, manuscript

Robin Boyd designed this coffee table. It is similar to those he designed for the John Batman Motel circa 1967.Victorian oak timber, 4 tapered legs (attached with metal plates to underside of table top), brass metal disc circular feet.john batman motel, walsh st furnishings, robin boyd

This article contains an announcement of Robin Boyd's death on Friday 16th October and gives a short summary his career.walsh st library

This article contains an announcement of Robin Boyd's death on Friday 16th October and gives a short summary his career.walsh st library

This article contains an announcement of Robin Boyd's death on Friday 16th October and gives a short summary his career.walsh st library

This article contains an announcement of Robin Boyd's death on Friday 16th October and gives a short summary his career.RVIA on top left in pencilwalsh st library

This article contains an announcement of Robin Boyd's death on Friday 16th October and gives a short summary his career.walsh st library

This article contains an announcement of Robin Boyd's death on Friday 16th October and gives a short summary his career.walsh st library