Looks at the history of Ballarat, the development of the horse tram system, Ballarat East, Battery tram trials, and other details of the horse tram company. 106.2 - carbon copy, 9 quarto pages with a smaller front page in addition and two at the rear, (stapled) in the top left hand corner - part 2 of above, looking at the development of ESCo, tram conversion, SEC takeover, rehabilitation, SEC operation and acknowledgements. Each page has been imaged - images 7 to 19 Staples removed for scanning and not replaced. Each page has been numbered 1 to 19 on the rear in 5B pencil. See also Reg item 3289 and 6419 for similar documents.Yields information about the history of Ballarat Tramways written in 1962/63. Has a strong association with the authors, two well known tramway historians.106.1 - Carbon copy, 6 quarto pages, (stapled) in top left hand corner of an article titled ""A Brief History of the Tramways of Ballarat" written by Keith Kings and Wal Jack in 1963, for the 75th anniversary of the opening of the horse trams in Ballarat. Looks at the history of Ballarat, the development of the horse tram system, Ballarat East, Battery tram trials, and other details of the horse tram company. Each page has imaged - images 1 to 6 106.2 - carbon copy, 9 quarto pages with a smaller front page in addition and two at the rear, (stapled) in the top left hand corner - part 2 of above, looking at the development of ESCo, tram conversion, SEC takeover, rehabilitation, SEC operation and acknowledgements. Each page has been imaged - images 7 to 19 Staples removed for scanning and not replaced. Each page has been numbered 1 to 19 on the rear in 5B pencil. See also Reg item 3289 and 6419 for similar documents.trams, tramways, ballarat tramways, history, manuscript, horse trams, esco, sec

Brief summary of Japanese architect, Kenzo Tange. Includes discussion of his style, themes and some of his work. Robin Boyd wrote two books on Japanese architects and architecture - 'Kenzo Tange' published by Braziller in 1962 and 'New Directions in Japanese Architecture' published by Studio Vista in 1968.Typewritten, quarto, typewritten (carbon copy), 4 pages.kenzo tange, japanese architect, japanese-australian plastic form, trabeation, hiroshima peace hall, children's library, tokyo stadiums, robin boyd, manuscript

Discusses the hotel and motel accommodation situation in Victoria and lack of first class hotels, overall, in Australia. Sir Henry Bolte's 10% tax on hotel and motel accommodation saw many proposals for new hotels being shelved.Original manuscript of an article published in "The Sunday Australian" as ‘Bolte’s Victorian Melodrama’, 26.9.1971.Typewritten (carbon copy), quarto, 8 pages.hotel, motel, accommodation, australia, sir henry bolte, victoria, tourist industry, robin boyd, manuscript

Discusses the role of government and its failure to protect and lend support to Australia's other arts, such as the Australian television industry, and failure to encourage local production. Increase in American content appears to flout rules of the Broadcasting Control Board. Australian commercial television victim to foreign programmes, with Australian drama content continuing to decrease due to high costs and cheaper imported programs.Typewritten (c copy), quarto, 7 pages. (Two copies)broadcasting control board, australian television, australian television industry, commercial television, postmaster general, australian television programs, american television programs, robin boyd, manuscript

Description of Baker family, site and house. Choice of slate building material, water tanks and arrangement of spaces.Published as 'Baker House, Bacchus Marsh, Victoria: Architects - Romberg and Boyd' in "World Architecture 3", edited by John Donat (1966).Typewritten, quarto, 2 pagesPencil annotationsbaker family, baker house, bacchus marsh, slate, water tanks, residential architecture, site analysis, robin boyd, manuscript

A detailed critique of Kenzo Tange's St Mary's Cathedral, Tokyo and experience of visiting the site. (later published asPublished as "A Cruciform Window onto Heaven" in "Architectural Forum", vol. 123, no. 2, September 1965, pp. 50-55.Typewritten (c copy), foolscap, 4 pages. (Three copies)st mary's cathedral, tokyo, kenzo tange, hiroshima, tokyo olympic games, hyperbolic paraboloid, japan, robin boyd, manuscript

A look at Melbourne within a two month span: before and after and opposing views. Discusses Melbourne's good and poor buildings, planning, arts, aesthetics etc. Melbourne does however maintain an image and individuality when compared with other cities.Original manuscript of an article published as ‘Melbourne: The symbol of Australia’s split personality’in "The Australian", 01.09.1964. Typewritten (c copy), pencil edits, quarto, 4 pagesmelbourne, urban character, city, architecture, buildings, australian image, australian culture, robin boyd, manuscript

Discusses the work, design techniques and career of first recipient of the Essington Lewis Award (for Industrial Design) - Frederick Ward. Ward's work introduced all the essential principles of the best Australian furniture: functional form; use of Australian materials; respect for the nature of all materials; suspicion of ornament and a sense of purposeful proportions.Review of Fred Ward’s Award by the Industrial Design Council.Typewritten (c copy), quarto, 2 pagesfrederick ward, industrial design, australian furniture, function, form, australian materials, essington lewis award, robin boyd, manuscript

An incomplete article which discusses what is total design and how there is no agreement; how technology leads architecture and significance of appearances; the monumental tradition of older architects' approach, and, in opposition, Pop architecture, which puts visual fun into cities. Boyd suggests that what is required is require order, variety and deliberate taste, not sterility.Preview of 1972 RAIA ConventionTypewritten (one with pencil edits) & c copy. Incomplete one has pencil and pen edits, quarto, Two 2p, one pp 4-7 pages.total design, royal australian institute of architects, raia national convention 1972, cities, monumental tradition, pop architecture, taste, robin boyd, manuscript

Discusses how Australian cities can be improved economically, environmentally and aesthetically; stresses good planning, accessibility, affordability. Refers to a chapter by Boyd.Typewritten (c copy) some edits, quarto, 26 pagesaustralian cities, planning, accessibility, affordability, ownership, free contract, developers, robin boyd, manuscript

A brief history of the National Gallery of Australia, including the design competition, designs, location, collaboration of the chosen architect (Colin Madigan of Edwards, Madigan and Torzillo) with the gallery director, James Sweeney, approval by relevant statutory bodies, and the political upheaval that stalled progress.Original manuscript of an article published as ‘What’s become of our new gallery?' in "The Sunday Australian", 11.04.1971.Typewritten, (p/copy), quarto, 9 pagesnational gallery of australia, colin madigan, edwards, madigan and torzillo, james sweeney, art gallery design, canberra, robin boyd, manuscript

Discusses the new skyscrapers changing our skyline and classifies them into two types - development buildings and name buildings.Original manuscript of the article ‘Big boxes with holes – for high profits or for prestige’ published in The Sunday Australian on 01.08.1971.Typewritten (c copy), quarto, 8 pagesmodern architecture, skyscrapers, development buildings, name buildings, sculptural competitions, clean and uncomplicated, marland house, robin boyd, manuscript

Boyd starts with a vivid description of the pomp surrounding the announcement of the name for Australia's national capital on 12 March, 1913. The history of the development of a national capital, and its design is given, along with the significance of the public landscaping. Includes captions for three Canberra views."The City Among The Hills", in The Book of Melbourne and Canberra, The Griffin Press, Adelaide 1966, pp 32-33.1 Typewritten, 2 Typewritten (c copy), quarto, 12 pages. (Two copies)Reverse P10 has caption in pencilcanberra, walter burley griffin, leslie wilkinson, national capital development commission, canberra landscape, ebenezer howard, garden city, robin boyd, manuscript

Boyd discusses the things that influence architects to devise form, particularly the relationship between the engineer and architect. He gives a history of the Opera House and Jørn Utzon's creative process in relation to debates around functionalism and the justification for sculptural forms.Typewritten (c copy), pencil edits. 2nd copy 34 q 4-6 missing, quarto, 34 pages. (Two copies)functionalism, le corbusier, ronchamp chapel, sculpture, guggenheim gallery, jørn utzon, sydney opera house, robin boyd, manuscript

Short piece noting that the designs on the 'tails' side of the new decimal currency were created by Australian industrial designer Stuart Devlin, but that Devlin was not credited in publications by the Decimal Currency Board.Typewritten (c copy), quarto, 2 pagesdecimal currency, coins, industrial design, stuart devlin, rmit, colin barrie, industrial design council of australia, robin boyd, manuscript

Account of the international competition for the Sydney Opera House, in which Eero Saarinen claims responsibility for the outcome. The building costs progressively grow due to the redesign of the shells to conform to more conventional construction methods. Article concludes that, despite cost increase that will eventually be forgotten, the success of the Sydney Opera House will be determined by whether the initial vision will be carried through. A copy of the published article was in the Sydney Opera House scrapbook in the desk cupboard (item P1378.20).Original manuscript of an article published in The Australian on 20.09.1965. This is the second part of a three part series called 'This Opera House' published 18th, 19th and 21st September 1965 (see D174 and D176).Typewritten, quarto, 8 pagesPencil mark ups on first pageinternational architecture competitions, sydney opera house, jorn utzon, sydney opera house project, eero saarinen, design vision, cost of building, robin boyd, manuscript

Discusses the state of art and culture in Australia, in particular the artists, the art boom, art appreciation and cultural maturity. Beginnings of Australia's own sense of direction in the arts and moving to an Australian identity rather than relying on overseas influencesTypewritten, quarto, (carbon copy), 7 pages. (Two copies)art, culture, artists, painters, australia, australiana, australian identity, sydney opera house, robin boyd, manuscript

Discusses Kenzo Tange's plans for the national Gymnasium for the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games and his use of tensile construction.Original manuscript of an article published as ‘Olympic Buildings in Tokyo’ in "The Architectural Review", Vol.139 no.830, April 1966 pp. 262 - 270 Typewritten, carbon copy, quarto, 13 pages. A second copy is a photocopy, 14 pages. (Two copies)tensile movement, olympic buildings, tokyo olympic games, 1964, architecture, kenzo tange, national gymnasium, tensile construction, robin boyd, manuscript

Short pithy comments on the role of architecture in the future, modernising old buildings, universities, interiors, open spaces, churches, hospitals, shopping centres, commerce, recreation.Typewritten (c copy) (on right hand side only), quarto, 4 pagesfuture, universities, interior, open spaces, churches, hospitals, shopping centres, commerce, robin boyd, manuscript

Discusses what does it feel like to be an Australian in 1959? A critique on our advanced national adolescence, limitations of our artist's creativity. We are not English or America - how do we compare? Australians want to be told they are better, the country anxious to hear well of itself. (This perhaps is related to item D015.)Typewritten, pencil edits, quarto, 4 pages, pages 6-9they're a weird mob, nino culotta, 1959 australia, cyril pearl, on the beach, so you want to be an australian, sidney nolan, john ely burchard, robin boyd, manuscript

Boyd discusses Graeme Gunn's Plumbers & Gasfitters Employees Union Building; indicates it is unusual for Australian trade unions to be a patron of the arts; discusses the angular design and its raw concrete, which Boyd praises as internationally fashionable; suggests that the last great piece of union-commissioned architecture was the Wharf Labourers' Union building, a 1916 Art Nouveau building by Robert Haddon.Original manuscript of an article published in "The Sunday Australian", 06.06.1971 (Review of Graeme Gunn’s Plumbers and Gas Fitters Building, Victoria Parade, Carlton).Typewritten (c copy), quarto, 7 pagestrade unions, plumbers and gasfitters employees union of australia, graeme gunn, brutalism, concrete, robert haddon, wharf labourers' union building, flinders st, robin boyd, manuscript

Makes comparisons between Australian cities and American and European cities. Melbourne and Sydney are heading in the same direction as Los Angeles. A possible future the city containing entertainment and culture, with the suburbs having open space and gardens but with access to city life.Typewritten (c copy), quarto, 3 pagescity, cities, suburbs, melbourne, sydney, american cities, european cities, urban planners, robin boyd, manuscript

Overview of residential architectural styles from 1925 to 1965 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of "Home Beautiful" magazine. Discussions include the future of housing technology, Californian Bungalow design and the future of the 'modern house'.Original manuscript of 'Is our frozen house design about to thaw', published in Australian Home Beautiful, Vol, 44, No. 10, October 1965, pp. 4-11.Typewritten (c copy), quarto, 23 pages. (Two copies)home beautiful, queen anne, californian bungalow, charles greenhill, walter burley griffin, harold desbrowe-annear, home beautiful, modernism, robin boyd, manuscript

A summary of the tension and treatment between those who support or are against the Sydney Opera House. Names of international architects who were in support of Utzon were mentioned. Highlights the 'tall poppy syndrome' among the conservative architects and politicians, as well as accusations towards RAIA for not supporting Utzon.Typewritten, pencil edits, foolscap, 2 pagesPencil editsjorn utzon, sydney opera house, sydney opera house project, paul rudolph, sigfried giedion, louis kahn, raia, neville gruzman, robin boyd, manuscript

Has a strong association with the author who was interested in public transport and chose to write an economic history essay about the close of the Ballarat Tramway system and its substitution by buses and whether they should be government operated.Fifteen, lined or ruled foolscap page manuscript / Essay for a Melbourne University Economic History subject, 1972, written Kevin Tierney about the abandonment of the Ballarat Tramway System. Has a Synopsis, references and quotations from various sources. The question to be answered was "Should the electric tramways at present operated by the State Electricity Commission in the provincial centre of Ballarat be abandoned and if so, should public ownership be retained for the replacement system?" A photocopy on A4 paper was also donated by the author. Also donated two postcards with trams - Bendigo - line up of five Birney trams and H class 357 and 358 in Jetty Road Glenelg - see image files, providing information about the essay and contacts.trams, tramways, closure, ballarat, sec, buses

Boyd quickly surveys the first generation of modern architecture. The talk then concentrates on where modern architecture turned next: "the search for new richness on the surface and a search for new excitement in form". Boyd focuses on the second generation of modern architects: Edward Stone (surface search) and Eero Saarinen (excitiement search). Several of their influential buildings are critiqued by Boyd. This document includes the whole of the typed manuscript titled "The Crisis in Architecture" (item D522, with edits), and includes two handwritten pages at the start and ends with a handwritten statement about "architectural poetry". The text and annotations indicate this was a lecture with slides.Typewritten and handwritten sections, an amalgamation of documents, quarto, 18 pagesUnderlinings, pencil additions, indications for slidesinternational style, mies van der rohe, frank lloyd wright, edward stone, eero saarinen, le courbuier, felix candela, matthew novicki, eduardo catalano, hugh stubbins, raymond and rado, jorn utzon, toro-ferrer

Extracts from the "Memoirs History 1808-1883" pages 345-350. This is John Lindsay Beale's account of the formation of the Greensborough Roads Board and Robert William Whatmough's participation on that board. Original manuscript held by State Library of Victoria MS 10553, Call Number MSB 243Copy of 10 typed pages.Manuscript held by State Library of Victoria MS 10553, Call Number MSB 243john lindsay beale, robert whatmough

Describes Canberra as a city that has minimal architectural character, as it is mainly characterised by its natural landscape and roadways. The new phase in Canberra refers to several civic projects that will serve to define Canberra as a national capital.Original manuscript of the article 'A New Phase for Canberra' published in Sunday Australian, 05.09.1971.Typewritten (c copy), quarto, 9 pagescanberra, urban planning, walter burley griffin, capital circle, capital hill, campbell park, australian architecture, harry seidler, robin boyd, manuscript, national capital

Boyd discusses exemplar cases of historical preservation, and many lost opportunities. The task of preserving Australia's historic relics is left to volunteers and amateurs, with notable exception of Nunawading, unlike almost every other countries In other countries, the Government recognises its responsibility and Boyd presents examples. He suggests a model that Australia could follow.Original manuscript of an article published in "The Australian", 23.10.1965Typewritten (c copy), quarto, 9 pagesst matthew's church, francis greenway, robe, ormerod cottages, robe customs house, avoca lodge, andrew hayward newell, preservation, conservation, robin boyd, manuscript