Photograph, Tim and Betty Burstall House (1948-1960s)

Historical information

Tim and Betty Burstall designed and built their mud brick house in (68 Napier Crescent) Montmorency in 1948. Extensions were added in the 1960s.

The Alistair Knox Collection (Image 6)
The Alistair Knox Collection is a series of mounted enlarged photos of about forty images mud brick houses and related subjects. The collection is understood to have been put together by Alistair Knox although it is the work of several unacknowledged photographers. For some years it was held by the Building Department of the former Eltham Shire Council and was then passed to EDHS. Some of the photos have been used in Knox's books.
Alistair Knox (1912 - 1986) is acknowledged as the founder of Eltham's mud brick building movement. Many of the buildings shown in the collection are of his design and he was also involved with the construction of several of them. Others are the work of his contemporaries and associates such as Peter Glass, Gordon Ford, and John Harcourt.
(EDHS Newsletter No. 145 July 2002)

Physical description

Black and white print mounted on card
35mm Colour positive transparency (copy of print)
Mount - Black and White

Inscriptions & markings

Handwritten notes in pencil re details of building, year of construction, owner, designer, builder, etc

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