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

Robin Boyd designed this wooden platform bed specifically for the Walsh St house. It is in keeping with the space's dual purpose as a sitting room and master bedroom.Wooden platform bed with solid base and 4 cigar shaped legs with round flat brass metal feet.walsh st furnishings, robin boyd

Captions for photographs in "Living in Australia"Original manuscript for the captions for "Living in Australia", Pergamon Press, 1970Typewritten (c copy), quarto, 16 pagesmccaughey court, lyons house, mcclune house, menzies college, shelmerdine house, john batman motor inn, black dolphin, marks house, lawrence house, boyd house, walsh st, baker house, troedal house, purves house, fletcher house, handfield house, kaye house, domain park flats, robin boyd, manuscript

Patricia Boyd was on the Board of the Australia Opera for several years. The Walsh St house holds a significant collection of opera recordings. Penleigh Boyd wrote this in The Age obituary to Dorothea Patricia Davies AM (3 Jan 1921-5 Nov 2009). "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 Certificate and the medals associated with this honour (items D502 and F126 respectively).opera, patricia boyd, patricia davies, robin boyd

Patricia Boyd was on the Board of the Australia Opera for several years. The Walsh St house holds a significant collection of opera recordings. Penleigh Boyd wrote this in The Age obituary to Dorothea Patricia Davies AM (3 Jan 1921-5 Nov 2009). "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 Certificate and the medals associated with this honour (items D502 and F126 respectively).Black hard plastic 2-ring binderMrs Patricia Davies Board Meeting 12/4/84 The Australian Opera

Coloured photograph of the Golden Square Primary School No. 1189 Grade 4/5 F 1995. Children are standing in front of and on a piece of timber playground equipment. Their names are:- Back Row:- Cale Bryan, Mark Peters, Teagan Holt, Sara Anderton, Steven Cumming, Adam Walsh, Matthew Seeley, Mark Noulton. Middle Row:- Danielle Kline, Joshua Turner, Matthew Bateson, Andrew Rice, Shane Barker, Joseph Doolan, Laurne Mitchell, Faye Allchin, Mr. Andrew Flanagan (Teacher), Bowen Diss. Front Row:- Kylie Martin, Ellen Sproule, Jacklyn Owen, Susan Markis, Megan Burchell, Katie Scoble, Gemma Ruschmeyer. Absent:- Brett Smith, Matthew Peacock. On the right of the names is an oval sketch of the school.education, primary, golden square laurel st p.s., golden square laurel street p.s. collection - golden square primary school no. 1189 - grade 4/5 f 1995, cale bryan, mark peters, teagan holt, sara anderton, steven cumming, adam walsh, matthew seeley, mark noulton, danielle kline, joshua turner, matthew bateson, andrew rice, shane barker, joseph doolan, lauren mitchell, faye allchin, ar andrew flanagan (teacher), bowen diss, kylie martin, ellen sproule, jacklyn owen, susan markis, megan burchell, katie scoble, gemma ruschmeyer, brett smith, matthew peacock

Coloured photograph of the Golden Square Primary School No. 1189 Grade 5/6 R 1996. Children are standing in front of and on a piece of timber playground equipment. Their names are:- Back Row, L to R:- Joseph Doolan, Ross Cutting, Nataly Holahan, Rebekah Peters, Ben Kolaitis, Denae Trickey, Keith Simmonds, Megan Burchell, Adam Walsh, Kieran Dwyer, Ben Kenyon, Steven Theobold, Hayley Burnett. Middle Row, L to R:- Dean Worthington, Matthew Seeley, Ellen Sproule, Sarah Batters, Stuart McCorkelle, Mr. Shane Roadda (Teacher), Kim Martin, Teagan Holt, Carrie Oakes, Ella Hudson, Bianca Braddy. Front Row, L to R:- Kent Cheng, Douglas Lobley, William Watson, Daniel Vella, Brett Neiwand. On the right of the names is an oval sketch of the school.education, primary, golden square laurel st p.s., golden square laurel street p.s. collection - golden square primary school no. 1189 - grade 5/6 r 1996, joseph doolan, ross cutting, nataly holahan, rebekah peters, ben kolaitis, denae trickey, keith simmonds, megan burchell, adam walsh, kieran dwyer, ben kenyon, steven theobold, hayley burnett, dean worthington, matthew seeley, ellen sproule, sarah batters, stuart mccorkelle, mr shane rodda (teacher), kim martin, teagan holt, carrie oakes, ella hudson, bianca braddy, kent cheng, douglas lobley, william watson, daniel vella, brett neiwand

Coloured photograph of the Golden Square Primary School No. 1189 Grade P/1 L 1996. Children are standing in front of and on a piece of timber playground equipment. Their names are:- Back Row, L to R: Phillip Martin, Kassandra Robins, Eleah Hardwick, Leah Morris, Amy Allchin, Daniel Curnow, Kirby Adams, Claire Hudson. Middle Row, L to R:- Kate Steele, Hannah Galik, Lisa Shea, Lisa Downes, Bree Walsh, Rhiannon Brown, Mrs. Jenny Levett (Teacher), Lisa Rosos, Thomas Ansell, Janson Cheng. Front Row, L to R:- Samuel Shaw, Joel Braddy, Luke Scoble, Zach Sawyer, Timothy Kalms. Absent:- Scott Owen. On the right of the names is an oval sketch of the school.education, primary, golden square laurel st p.s., golden square laurel street p.s. collection - golden square primary school no. 1189 - grade p/1 l 1996, phillip martin, kassandra robins, eleah hardwick, leah morris, amy allchin, daniel curnow, kirby adams, claire hudson, kate steele, hannah galik, lisa shea, lisa downes, bree walsh, rhiannon brown, mrs jenny levett, (teacher), lisa rosos, thomas ansell, janson cheng, samuel shaw, joel braddy, luke scoble, zach sawyer, timithy kalms, scott owen

Coloured photograph of the Golden Square Primary School No. 1189 Grade 3/4 G 1996. Children are standing in front of and on a piece of timber playground equipment. Their names are:- Back Row, L to R: Joshua Skinner, Thomas Catterall, Louise Kudell, Stacy Fiske, Mathew Wynne, Christopher Ohlson, Rose Worthington, Tara Walsh, Dearne Rice, Ryan Trickey. Middle Row, L to R: Danielle Blake, Anna Markis, Kristy Allen, Skye Pascoe, Rodney Weeks, Hayley Buvk, Luke Anderson, Jessica Gloster, Jessica Burton, Emma Hazelton, Mrs. Julie Gibson (Teacher), Stevie Blake. Front Row, L to R:- Sara Oakes, Thomas Townsend, Lachlan Carter, Seb Robins, Anna Oakes, Jeffrey Lewis, Jedd Fettling. On the right of the names is an oval sketch of the school.education, primary, golden square laurel st p.s., golden square laurel street p.s. collection - golden square primary school no. 1189 - grade 3/4 g 1996, joshua skinner, thomas catterall, louise kudell, stacy fiske, mathew wynne, christopher ohlson, rose worthington, tara walsh, dearne rice, ryan trickey, danielle blake, anna markis, kristy allen, skye pascoe, rodney weeks, hayley buck, luke anderson, jessica gloster, jessica burton, emma hazelton, mrs julie gibson (teacher), stevie blake, sara oakes, thomas townsend, lachlan carter, seb robins, anna oakes, jeffrey lewis, jedd fettling

Coloured photograph of the Golden Square Laurel Street P.S. Collection - Golden Square Primary School No. 1189 - Grade 2/3 L 1995 classes. Their names are:- Back Row:- Anna Oakes, Hayden Donaldson, Justin Broadbent, Bethany thomson, Alex Lockwood, Laura Connaughjton, Kristey Allen, Jessica Gloster, Elizabeth Lobley, Brendan Bourke, Mitchell Butler, Anna Markis, Danielle Blake. Middle Row:- Mrs. Jenny Levett (Teacher), Lachlan Carter, Kara Braddy, Emma Hazelton, Tara Walsh, thomas Catterall, Dearne Rice, thomas Townsend, Rodney Weeks, Nicholas Van Dalen. Frong Row:- Avril Dolphin, Sarah Oakes, jarrad Hunt, Joshua Skinner, Seb Robins, Joel Clarke. Absent:- Brittany Rice. On the right of the names is an oval sketch of the school.education, primary, golden square laurel st p.s., golden square laurel street p.s. collection - golden square primary school no. 1189 - grade 2/3 l 1995, anna oakes, hayden donaldson, justin broadbent, bethany thomson, alex lockwood, laura connaughton, kristey allen, jessica gloster, elizabeth lobley, brendan bourke, mitchell butler, anna markis, danielle blake, mrs jenny levett (teacher) lachlan carter, kara braddy, emma hazelton, tara walsh, thomas catterall, dearne rice, thomas townsend, rodney weeks, nicholas van dalen, avril dolphin, sarah oakes, jarrad hunt, joshua skinner, seb robins, joel clarke, brittany rice

Dull orange folder containing copies of letters, brochures, information sheets and some newspaper cuttings. Name on the front is Frank A. Stevenson 244 Hargreaves St Bendigo. Letters date from 1937 to 1942. Newspaper titles include: Prevention of Rust- Principle of the Scalebuoy, Scalebuoys in Cars, Tragic Death of Captain Hartley Abbott and the Obituary of Captain R.H.S.Abbott.sciences, instruments - general, scalebuoy, bill ashman collection - correspondence, frank a stevenson, mr bacon, amalgamated freezing co bendigo, g whalley, gunbower co-operative butter factory & trading coy ltd, mr wallace, j charlesworth, d v evershed, bendigo electronic co, walshes crown hotel, hunter bros, wybgones unit, 180 gold mining co, o'hallorans cyanide unit, crystal ice works, stevenson unit, bendigo council, central nell gwynne, nth deborugh g m co, deborugh g m c, deborugh consolidated, cohuna butter factory, geo ross, victorian producers' co-operative coy ltd, h abbott, ernest f o liddell, rothacker bros, motor spares ltd, leggo's buildings, t j jorgensen, mr robinson, stevenson bros, r h s abbott, d c house, the electrical factor in metabolism, w n abbott, the great boulder proprietary gold mines ltd, w o galletly, mr stronell, newport workshops, victorian railways, mr brownbill, mr james, the university of melbourne, j l osborne, n clarkson, sister mary gonzaga, st joseph's hospital, mater misericordiae hospital, mr herzog, sister m monica?, vacuum oil, j johns, h j grigg, w a walsh, market square, crown hotel, g e cole, transport & engineering in australia 16/12/1937, mr menderson, mr ross, sanitary age 8/2/1935, northern kiwanis clubs, harry a baxter, w h cunningham & hill ltd, link-belt co ltd, sir william crooks, royal zoological society, ginna works germany, close brothers, w h taylor, geo taylor hardware co ltd, details of hydraulic spinner unit (scalebuoy), a davidson, john g kelly inc, hannon, myers wishart, kennedy, mr critten, pennsylvania rubber coy, paul a douden & co, w e humphrey, kansas city public service co, smith, tangney hotels, wahkonsa hotel, muscatine hotel, arlington hotel, burke hotel, helen tangney-springer, f w woolworth co, w w edan, ymca, n f alcock, b j ingram, scalebuoys, bendigo electronic company of australia proprietary limited, a s bloomfield, harry ponsonby mackenzie, arthur robinson & co, the commercial banking company of sydney ltd, a t madden, victorian railways, e c eyers, city of bendigo, frank h day, lane's motors pty ltd, h c holland, union oil soap & candle co ltd, knox home, n a duthie, w h mccorkindale, maungatapere co-op dairy co ltd, the whangarei co-op dairy co ltd, w h millingford, kettering cartons limited, j g arlidge, w e humphrey, kansas city public service company, h w smith, prospectus of scale buoy distributors limited, edwin gripper banks, richard hartley smith abbott, frank shaw fitchett, hayden smith & fitchett, the commercial bank of australia limited, william john stanley horsfall, frank cooper, scott's hotel, a j phillips, stringer & phillips proprietary ltd, e g banks, edwin gripper banks, reginald william stringer, frank cooper, claude gordon robinson, s reid

Shot in 1973 with particular interest in architectureSet of 31 photographs taken in June and July 1973 Law and Order precinct Bay St. Police and CourthouseIdentified and dated on back in inkbuilt environment - commercial, built environment - domestic, built environment - industrial, built environment - civic, janet walsh, allen walsh, bay street, law and order, police, courthouse

Shot in 1973 with particular interest in architectureSet of 31 photographs taken in June and July 1973 Terrace houses, Bay and Ingles StIdentified and dated on back in inkbuilt environment - commercial, built environment - domestic, built environment - industrial, janet walsh, allen walsh, bay street, ingles street

Shot in 1973 with particular interest in architectureSet of 31 photographs taken in June and July 1973 Guernsey House, Esplanade East, corner Bridge StIdentified and dated on back in inkbuilt environment - domestic, janet walsh, allen walsh, guernsey house, esplanade east

Shot in 1973 with particular interest in architectureHouse on McCormack St Gasometer in backgroundIdentified and dated on back in inkbuilt environment - commercial, built environment - domestic, built environment - industrial, janet walsh, allen walsh, mccormack street

Shot in 1973 with particular interest in architectureSet of 31 photographs taken in June and July 1973 Derwent House on Station StIdentified and dated on back in inkbuilt environment - domestic, derwent house, station street

Shot in 1973 with particular interest in architectureSet of 31 photographs taken in June and July 1973 51 Bridge St. ornate house with picket fenceIdentified and dated on back in inkbuilt environment - domestic, bridge street

The building was originally the Locomotive Hotel(1864-96), then the Yacht Club Hotel (1897-1909). From 1909 it was a boarding house until restoration as a family home in the 1980s Shot in 1973 with particular interest in architectureSet of 31 photographs taken in June and July 1973 Former Locomotive Hotel (then Yacht Club Hotel), then a boarding house since 1909 at 176 Princes StIdentified and dated on back in inkbuilt environment - commercial, built environment - domestic, princes street, locomotive hotel, yacht club hotel

Document: 4 Page legal document with map of lease area issued to William James Moore of Bendigo, Lease No. 11064 Bendigo, Vol. 325 Fol. 35881 County of Bendigo Parish of Sandhurst, 15 year lease from 18th February 1941, in vacinity of Curnow St, Booth St, Maple St and Rowan Sts, Lease by South Napoleon to be allowed to lapse in 1942, signed by Major General Sir Winston Joseph Dugan Governor of Victoria, William James Moore & witnessed by Walsh, Wardens Clerk Bendigo.organization, business, industrial - mining, mccoll rankin & stanistreet, mining, gold mining, napoleon reef

Colour slide in a mount. Burnell'. 109 Albert St, East Melbourne built 1854-1877 and demolished in 1969. (See item AV103)Mount Made in England / Vict House (Handwritten) / Encircled 5 (Handwritten) / Encircled 19 (Handwritten) / B (Handwritten-Cancelled)melbourne, slide

Colour slide in a mount. Victorian house, Drummond St, Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaMount Made in Australia / 2 / 17 (Handwritten) / Encircled 7 (Handwritten) / Victorian House, Drummond Strret, Carlton (Handwritten)slide, robin boyd

This Japanese journal features a photographic article on Boyd's Walsh Street home. It was written by a Japanese architecture student who visited Walsh Street with a group of 6 such students in 1961. A translation of the text follows. ________________________________________________________ "An Architect’s House in Melbourne, Australia Author: Tamon Okubo This house was built by architect Robin Boyd as an experimental work. Although in a residential area of Melbourne, the site is a 40 x 126 ft rectangle in a corner of a former park with high rise buildings on either side. Due to its location, the design focuses on protecting the privacy of the house from the outside and on the composition of the interior space, creating a somehow introverted plan. However, the interior is not completely closed from the outside; it is cleverly designed to provide both views of the rooves of nearby houses as well as the mountains in the distance. Firstly, the couple’s room and the children’s rooms are in separate buildings. These two independent structures are connected by a courtyard. The ceiling of the courtyard is partly open, so one can look out from the second-floor terrace of the couple’s room. The walls on both sides of the courtyard are of opaque glass to ensure privacy from outside. In both buildings brick walls with three-inch steel pipe inserted into the brick cavities form the structure and separate each room. The roof is connected to pairs of 3/4-inch thick cables, spaced four feet apart, attached to the brick walls of both buildings and supported by wooden posts that separate the glass panels in the rooms. The cables are not tightly strung together but are loosely suspended from the front structure, where the entrance is, to the rear one. The upper cable in the courtyard is covered with vine. The materials used are insulation board for the roof, raw timber for the structural materials, native jarrah for the timber sections of the interior walls and white eucalyptus for the joints. Robin Boyd – A Brief Personal History 1919 Born in Melbourne, Australia 1947 As an architect, was the first director of the Small Homes Service, a public housing research institute established to provide homes for needy Australians. 1960 Wins the American Institute Architects Prize (the Japanese architect, Kenzo Tange, was awarded the same prize in 1959). In the same year he was elected an honorary member of the Institute. Mr Robin Boyd is currently writing a book on the history of Australian architecture, The Walls Around Us, as well as a book on Kenzo Tange. He is a frequent visitor to Japan to exchange ideas with Japanese architects and is quite a Japanophile. " This is a photocopy of the article from Japan Interior Design No 17. Pages 4-5 are glued together, and pages 6-7 are glued together, p8 p9, p10 are separate. There is writing on it (not Robin Boyd's hand). Geoffrey Serle, Robin Boyd's biographer, may have given it to Patricia Boyd.walsh st library

This work examines windowalls and Stegbar Windowalls in Robin Boyd's architectural practice. The first windowalls were designed by Robin Boyd in the late 1930s. The Stegbar window was launched in 1953. This work was created for the House of Ideas exhibition, made by a University of Melbourne, Melbourne School of Design Masters Student.walsh st library

This article was published in 'Architecture in Australia', p86-93.walsh st library

Boyd argues that modern architecture has triggered a necessity for greater harmony between architects and engineers. Boyd describes the architectural qualities of tension structures through an analysis of several case studies including projects by Frei Otto and Boyd's own house at Walsh St. Being a relatively new concept, Boyd criticises the neglect towards smaller buildings in this structural system, and also highlights some of its shortcomings. A 2-page letter from 'Arthur' (surname unknown) at the University of Melbourne's Department of Civil Engineering provides feedback to Boyd on his analyses of the chosen case studies.Original manuscript of article published in The Architectural Review Vol.134, No.801, November 1963, pp. 324 - 334. This draft was returned with covering letter from: ‘Arthur’ (AJF) Melbourne Uni. Dept Civil Engineering. Typewritten (c copy), foolscap, 14 (+2 quarto letter) pagesMinor handwritten editsengineering, tensile structure, master-designer, bernard lafaille, zagreb french pavilion, matthew nowicki, livestock pavilion, frei otto, paul rudolph, florida house, bill irwin, kevin borland, peter mcintyre, john and phyllis murphy, yuncken freeman, sidney myer music bowl, eero saarinen, yale hockey rink, edward d. stone, brussels u.s. fair pavilion, boston arts centre, walsh street, robin boyd, manuscript

Boyd takes a brief look at the oldest part of Melbourne, and the Customs House.Published as a chapter titled 'Customs House – Yarra River – Queen's Bridge' in The Book of Melbourne and Canberra, The Griffin Press, Adelaide 1966Typewritten (c copy), quarto, 1 pagecustoms house, melbourne, robert russell, old st james cathedral, robin boyd, manuscript

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

Robin Boyd most likely saw Solstar at Asher Bilu's exhibition at South Yarra Gallery in September 1968. In November 1968, Robin Boyd arranged for the loan of this painting from South Yarra Gallery to Australian Pavilion at Expo '70 in Osaka, where Boyd was appointed Exhibit Architect. It hung in the bedroom over a bed, containing a life-size cut-out figure by Bruce Petty, in the Model House Interior exhibit on modern living in the Space Tube. On its return from Expo, the painting was in transit at the Boyd's home in Walsh Street and they liked it so much that they decided to buy it. Solstar originally hung on the wall at the end of the galley kitchen. The artwork at the Boyd's home in Walsh St has been moved several times over the years. Solstar now hangs above the dining table, but at the time of Solstar's acquisition, the Boyds hung the painting "Winter Triumphant" (1920) by Penleigh Boyd, Robin Boyd’s father, above the dining table. In early 2021, Asher and Luba Bilu visited Walsh St to view Solstar again. Asher was extremely happy with how the painting looked and its condition 53 years after painting it. He requested it be hung a little higher and he returned in April to make some minor restorations to remove scratches. Silver mixed media with large black circular area in the central lower half. On reverse has the title: Solstar/A. Bilu/Arrow showing which way up. Unsigned on the front.asher bilu, penleigh boyd, expo 70, osaka, robin boyd, south yarra gallery, walsh st artwork, ohm2022, ohm2022_13