Robin Boyd wrote this when he was a Trustee of the National Gallery of Victoria. This article is a critical assessment of Australia's and Australians attitude to art and artists and culture.australian culture, arts, artists, walsh st library

Discusses Australia's attraction to America post World War Two. Boyd argues that it is important for Australians and Americans to gain a mutual understanding of each other.Typewritten, foolscap, 3 pagesPencil mark up on second pageamerica, william wentworth, dr. robin brett, second world war, britain, robin boyd

This is a thank you letter to Robin Boyd for the recent visit to his home, and for the book 'The Australian Ugliness'. It is written on paper with the Hotel Esplanade, Perth letterhead.

This letter from the Assistant Editor of Sunday Review, W.B. Green, to Robin Boyd states that they are interested in receiving material from him early in 1971.Quarto

Congratulation note to Robin Boyd for Commander of British Empire honour. Written en route to London. The signature is difficult to read, but could be Bernard Callum.

Robin Boyd travelled to Malaysia, Macau and Singapore in 1970, after a visit to Expo 70 in Osaka, where he was Exhibits Architect of the Australian Pavilion.Colour slide in a mount. Singapore Hilton, Orchard Road, Singapore 1969. (Architects: Booty, Edwards and Partners.)Made in Australia / 36 / MAY 70M3expo 70, osaka, robin boyd, slide

Robin Boyd had the sound system put in by a friend who ran the iconic Thomas’ Music in the city of Melbourne. The Boyd family thinks that Robin designed the facade and logo for Thomas’ Music. Penleigh Boyd recalls "there was no 'hi-fi' record player in the living room until about 1963. Robin always had the speaker holes in the floating joinery unit but couldn’t afford the necessary equipment till years after we had moved into the house. Apparently one time some guest looked at the speaker holes (they had matchstick blind screening) and asked Robin what type of equipment he had. That was enough for Robin, and he immediately had a system installed - the one that is still there." (See also the amplifier item F030.)Turntable without lidthomas' music, sound system, walsh st house, ohm2022, ohm2022_8

Robin Boyd had the sound system put in by a friend who ran the iconic Thomas’ Music in the city of Melbourne. The Boyd family think that Robin designed the facade and logo for Thomas’ Music. Penleigh Boyd's recalls " there was no “hi-fi” record player at the living room end till about 1963. Robin always had the speaker holes in the floating joinery unit but couldn’t afford the necessary equipment till years after we had moved into the house. Apparently onetime some guest looked at the speaker holes (they had matchstick blind screening) and asked Robin what type of equipment he had? That was enough for Robin, and he immediately had a system installed - the one that is still there." See also item F029.Tempo solid state stereo amplifier in timber surroundthomas' music, sound system, walsh st house, robin boyd, walsh st

The Township of Kaleno is in the Pitfield Plains. The Cape Clear Cemetery T contains the graves of miners and local pioneering families from the Cape Clear, Hollybush, Kaleno, Pitfield Plains, Pitfield, Illabarook, Berringa, Springdallah, Wallinduc, Glenfine, Happy Valley and Western Creek districts.Plan of allotments in Commeralghip, County of Grenville, Victoria. The plan includes the township of Kaleno, Dereel Pre-Emptice Right (John Cullen), Commeralghip Pre-Emptive Right (John Gordon McMillan and Glenfine Pre-Emptive Right (William Rowe). It also includes landholders such as Robert mcPherson, C. Cameron. John Boyd, John Cullen, W.T. Rowe, George Currie, J.P. Mackay, T. McCaffery, G. Hawkins, Alexander McPherson, C. Cameron. Gift of the Squire Family, 2014commeralghip, pitfield plains, kaleno, dereel, glenfine, squire, richard squire, w.t. rowe, john cullen, alexander mcpherson, george currie, mt misery, william rowe, mindai, john gordon mcmillan

Colour photograph: Maple Street Primary School 1991, staff. Front row: Anne Hocking, Anne Hawke, Maylene Rodda, Norm West, Chris Connolly, Wendy Neve, Anita Whittle. Second row: Anne Hartney, Helen Farrow, John Hayman, Colin Hayes, Brian Dolan, Sharon Derby, Brenda Savy, Lidia Dunne. Third row: John Williams, Chris Fithall, Bernie Colbert, Noel Boyd, George Wood, Bob Elliott, Frank Gargiulo.education, primary, golden square maple street

BHS CollectionBendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2002. Who's on first: Provincial's under-17 baseball team 1954. The team won the lightning premiership in 1953 as well as the premiership proper in 1953 and 1954. Standing from left: coach Jack Griffiths, Wal Boyd, Dennis Mc Intyre, Alan Broadbent, Mal Dillon, Fred Hunt and Joe Connors. Seated: captain Frank Griffiths, Ken Firth, Dennis Heritage and Bill Gilmore. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Robin Boyd was on the judging panel for the American Institute of Architects, in conjunction with Sunset magazine, "Best houses" in the West Coast USA in 1965. Interesting commententary is given about the 364 houses entered and the award-winning houses. Some conclusions about what is new in planning are drawn. Comparisons are made with the best Australian houses and landscape architecture of 1965. This manuscript of Boyd's weekly newspaper column in 'The Australian' was published with the same title on 31/07/1965.Original manuscript of an article published in The Australian, 16/10/1965.Two copies. One typewritten (c copy), pencil edits and additions. Second typewritten (p/copy). Both quarto, 7 pages.american institute of architects, california, sunset magazine, house design, 1965, landscape design., robin boyd, manuscript, ohm2022, ohm2022_16

Description of a Tasmanian Style of domestic architecture as developed by colonial builders and the occasional architect. Boyd admires the ingenuous nature of these buildings, describing Tasmania as a living museum.Published as ‘Tasmania – The Houses’, pp.15 - 16 in 'Priceless Heritage: Historic Buildings of Tasmania', Platypus Publications, Hobart. 1964 Typewritten (c copy), quarto, 4 pagestasmania, colonial georgian, robin boyd, manuscript

Penleigh Boyd comments "Slides in clear plastic sleeves have been put there recently by someone attempting to order the slides. This is not the storage system used by Robin."23 plastic sleeves containing some slides. Some are labelled.

Exhibition of paintings by Arthur Boyd, Sidney Nolan, John Perceval and Albert Tucker at the Museum of Modern Art of Australia, Oct 17-Nov 14, 1961arthur boyd, sidney nolan, john perceval, albert tucker, australian painting, walsh st library

Book review by David Saunders of Living and Partly Living: Housing in Australia by Ian McKay, Robin Boyd, Hugh Stretton, John Mant (Melson $10.95)living and partly living. book review, ian mckay, robin boyd, hugh stretton, john mant , walsh st library

Final account for the construction of 290 Walsh Street from the builder John Murphy. This document is owned by the Murphy family and was provided to the Robin Boyd Foundation for digitisation.Final account for the construction of 290 Walsh Street.

Robin Boyd travelled to New Zealand in 1967, possibly combining it with a visit to Montreal Canada, where he was Exhibits Architect for the Australian Pavilion at Expo ‘67.Colour slide in a mount. Student Union, University of Canterbury, Ilam Campus, New Zealand, 1967. (Architects: Warren & Mahoney.)Made in Australia / 7 / APR 67M7 / Encircled 5 (Handwritten)new zealand, slide

Robin Boyd travelled to New Zealand in 1967, possibly combining it with a visit to Montreal Canada, where he was Exhibits Architect for the Australian Pavilion at Expo ‘67.Colour slide in a mount. University of Auckland Science Building (under construction), Auckland, New ZealandMade in Australia / 35 / APR 67M7slide, robin boyd, new zealand

This letter confirms to Peter Ryan, Director of Melbourne University Press, that Penguin will reprint Robin Boyd's 'Australia's Home' , with a new cover and on more attractive stock.Photocopy

John Hooker of Penguin will think about Peter Ryan's suggestion of Professor Joe Burke writing a new foreword for the reissue of Robin Boyd's 'Australia's Home'.Photocopy

A letter from Sandra Forbes, the Senior Editor of Pergamon Press to Robin Boyd, regarding Mark Strizic's paste-up and photographs for the book 'Living in Australia'.Quarto, 1 page

Letter thanking Robin Boyd for sending him a copy of 'Living in Australia', and for including McCaughey Crt in the book, and for all he has done for Ormond College.

Invoice to Robin Boyd for a six berth cabin cruiser "Magnolia" from Wednesday 20 May to Sunday 24 May 1964, at the cost of ten pounds.

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. Bell tower, Malmo eastern cemetery, Malmo, Sweden, 1935 - 1943. (Architect: Sigurd Lewerentz.)slide, robin boyd, sweden

The Opera House article reports on the disparaging opinion of Mr Colin Badger, director of the Council of Adult Education, pn the Sydney Opera House.The other article reports on the speech given by Mr WW Shugg, Federal President of RAIA as a memorial tribute to Robin Boyd at the RAIA building. Robin Boyd’s desk cupboard contained two exercise books (item D482.1-D482.2) and assorted articles, essays and other material regarding the building of the Sydney Opera House, inserted inside the front cover of Walkabout magazine, July 1966 (item P1377). This publication is one of those inserts. Many of these were collected by Boyd’s eldest daughter, Mandie, who recalls that her father was writing a book, but was very disillusioned with the way the entire Opera House saga unfolded.Articles on p11.sydney opera house, utzon, sydney opera house project, walsh st library

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. Lobby, Casa Mila (La Pedrera), Barcelon, Spain. (Architect: Antoni Gaudi.)Barcelona / Gaudi / Interior Office (All Handwritten)haddon travelling scholarship, haddon, robin boyd, slide