Showing 3 items matching "victorian fabian society"
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Robin Boyd FoundationDocument - Speech, Robin Boyd, Australia Fair?, c. 1965
... Victorian Fabian Society... Fabian Society, Boyd addresses the question: Is Australia Ugly.... Speech to Victorian Fabian Society Victorian Fabian Society ...In this handwritten text of a speech to the Victorian Fabian Society, Boyd addresses the question: Is Australia Ugly? He argues that the issue with Australian cities is primarily in the realm of urban design rather than architecture. Boyd outlines the types of ugliness in the urban domain, comparing attitudes to Australian cities to those elsewhere, particularly the United States.Speech to Victorian Fabian SocietyHandwritten, quarto, 15 pages, missing pages 11-16.victorian fabian society, george johnson, eric westbrook, steven murray-smith, fred ledgar, south eastern freeway, lyndon johnson, robin boyd, manuscript -
Robin Boyd FoundationDocument - Manuscript, Robin Boyd, Statement to the Select Committee on the Encouragement of Aust. Productions on Television
... Victorian Fabian Society, George Johnson, Eric Westbrook... manuscript Victorian Fabian Society, George Johnson, Eric Westbrook ...Boyd comments on Australian television being largely occupied with and influenced by American television. He stresses the importance of fostering Australian creativity and writing to create television shows that are genuinely and characteristically Australian.Typewritten (c copy), pencil additions and edits, foolscap, 6 pagesVictorian Fabian Society, George Johnson, Eric Westbrook, Steven Murray-Smith, Fred Ledgar, South Eastern Freeway, Lyndon Johnson, robin boyd, manuscripttelevision, american television, british dramas, hollywood, robin boyd, manuscript -
Unions BallaratJohn Hancock and the rise of Victorian Labor : the first detonation of the volcano, Claven, Jim, 1993
Biography of Labor's first member of the Victorian legislature in Footscray, Victoria. Hancock was an MLA in 1891–1892 and 1894–1899. The author, Jim Claven, was a member of the ALP Victorian branch administrative committee and the Fabian Society executive.Biographical history pertaining to the Victorian ALP.Paper; book. Front cover: blue background; yellow and white text.Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades and labor council, ballarat trades hall, victorian parliament, claven, jim, hancock, john, alp, australian labor party, fabian society, elections, government, mlas, member of legislative assembly, politicians, politics
