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.

This wrought iron "ladder-frame" bookcase is located in Penleigh's bedroom. A second "ladder-frame" bookcase with a drop-down table is located in Suzy's bedroom (item F096). They were both designed by Bruce Anderson - in the past they have been incorrectly attributed to Clement Meadmore. This type of furniture was featured in 'The Age' Small Homes Service and a similar one was featured in 'The Age' Dream Home Exhibition in 1955. From 1947 to 1953, Robin Boyd was the director of The Small Homes Service, set up by the Royal Victorian Institute of Architects in conjunction with "The Age' and he produced a weekly article for 'The Age'.

Wrought iron black frame with 10 ladder slots, and 3 cross brace frames, with 6 timber shelves. Shiny metal feet, nothing covering top of metal frame.

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Robin Boyd met architect Neil Clerehan at the end of 1943 when they were both in the army. They worked together on Victorian Small Homes Service and were friends.

Watercolour of a mining building in an outback landscape.

On the reverse side "Neil Clerehan, 1945" on top left in blue pen, and "No 8" on bottom right in pencil.

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Robin Boyd was appointed Exhibits Architect for the Australian Pavilion at Expo ‘67 in Montreal. The garden outside the pavilion featured a sculptural pool, a coral display, animal pool, a pit for kangaroos and Eucalypts and other native plants. The indoor exhibits covered aspects of Australian art and culture, architecture, industrial design and scientific innovation, such as the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Power Scheme, the Parkes radio telescope, the design of Canberra, and the Australian way of life.

Colour slide in a mount. Man the Explorer Pavilion (on right), Expo 67, Montreal, Canada

Made in Australia / 4 / MAY 67M6 / 23 (Handwritten)

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Robin Boyd was appointed Exhibits Architect for the Australian Pavilion at Expo ‘70 in Osaka and travelled to Osaka several times in 1969-1970. Boyd designed the innovative Space Tube, which had over 25 exhibition boxes, projecting from it. Amongst the topics covered were Australian scientific innovation (including brain research, immunology, Antarctic research, Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Power Scheme, rainmaking, and the night sky), Australian sport, house interiors, car manufacturing, Australian music and art, and Japanese-Australian relations.

Colour slide in a mount. American Park, Expo '70, Osaka, Japan

Made in Australia / 30 / MAY 70M3 / 34 (Handwritten)

expo 70, osaka, robin boyd, slide

Robin Boyd was appointed Exhibits Architect for the Australian Pavilion at Expo ‘67 in Montreal. The garden outside the pavilion featured a sculptural pool, a coral display, animal pool, a pit for kangaroos and Eucalypts and other native plants. The indoor exhibits covered aspects of Australian art and culture, architecture, industrial design and scientific innovation, such as the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Power Scheme, the Parkes radio telescope, the design of Canberra, and the Australian way of life.

Colour slide in a mount. Czechoslovakian Pavilion, Expo '67 Montreal, Canada

Made in Australia / 11 / MAY 67M6 / 13 (Handwritten) / 28 (Handwritten)

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Colour slide in a mount. Hong Kong

Made in Australia / 1 / JUL 65M

hong kong, slide

Robin Boyd was appointed Exhibits Architect for the Australian Pavilion at Expo ‘67 in Montreal. The garden outside the pavilion featured a sculptural pool, a coral display, animal pool, a pit for kangaroos and Eucalypts and other native plants. The indoor exhibits covered aspects of Australian art and culture, architecture, industrial design and scientific innovation, such as the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Power Scheme, the Parkes radio telescope, the design of Canberra, and the Australian way of life.

Colour slide in a mount. Expo '67, Montreal, Canada

Made in Australia / 6 / MAY 67M6 / Encircled 38 (Handwritten) / 14 (Handwritten)

expo 67, montreal, robin boyd, slide

Colour slide in a mount. Exhibition in unknown location possibly Japan or Malaysia. (See also S1460)

Made in Australia / 15 / MAY 70M3

robin boyd, slide

Robin Boyd was appointed Exhibits Architect for the Australian Pavilion at Expo ‘70 in Osaka and travelled to Osaka several times in 1969-1970. Boyd designed the innovative Space Tube, which had over 25 exhibition boxes, projecting from it. Amongst the topics covered were Australian scientific innovation (including brain research, immunology, Antarctic research, Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Power Scheme, rainmaking, and the night sky), Australian sport, house interiors, car manufacturing, Australian music and art, and Japanese-Australian relations.

Colour slide in a mount. Takara Beautilion, Theme Pavilion, Osaka Expo '70, Japan. (Architect: Kisho Kurokawa.)

Made in Australia / 45 (Handwritten)

expo 70, osaka, robin boyd, slide

Robin Boyd was appointed Exhibits Architect for the Australian Pavilion at Expo ‘70 in Osaka and travelled to Osaka several times in 1969-1970. Boyd designed the innovative Space Tube, which had over 25 exhibition boxes, projecting from it. Amongst the topics covered were Australian scientific innovation (including brain research, immunology, Antarctic research, Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Power Scheme, rainmaking, and the night sky), Australian sport, house interiors, car manufacturing, Australian music and art, and Japanese-Australian relations.

Colour slide in a mount. Expo 70, Osaka, Japan

expo 70, osaka, robin boyd, slide

Colour slide in a mount. Domestic interior

slide, robin boyd

Robin Boyd was appointed Exhibits Architect for the Australian Pavilion at Expo ‘70 in Osaka and travelled to Osaka several times in 1969-1970. Boyd designed the innovative Space Tube, which had over 25 exhibition boxes, projecting from it. Amongst the topics covered were Australian scientific innovation (including brain research, immunology, Antarctic research, Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Power Scheme, rainmaking, and the night sky), Australian sport, house interiors, car manufacturing, Australian music and art, and Japanese-Australian relations.

Colour slide in a mount. Takara Beautilion, Theme Pavilion, Osaka Expo '70, Japan. (Architect: Kisho Kurokawa.)

Made in Australia / 42 (Handwritten)

expo 70, osaka, robin boyd, slide

Colour slide in a mount. Unknown location.

Made in Australia / 25 / MAY 69M2

robin boyd, slide

Robin Boyd travelled to the USA and Britain for several weeks. He attended the opening of the new Australian Chancery in Washington DC, where he had designed an innovative exhibition with cylindrical display cases and sound recordings.

Colour slide in a mount. Paley Park, 3 E 53rd Street New York. Early example of a NYC “Pocket Park”. (Architects: Zion Breen Richardson landscape architects.)

Made in Australia / 23 / JUL 69M2

slide, robin boyd

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. Doge's Palace, Venice, Italy

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Colour slide in a mount. Newspaper real estate advertisement, Toorak, Melbourne, Australia

Made in Australia / Encircled 1 (Handwritten)

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Colour slide in a mount. Image from a magazine of the interior, apartment, Quamby flats, Glover Court, Toorak, 1940-1. (Architect: Roy Grounds.)

Made in Australia / G9 (Handwritten) / 17 (Handwritten)

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Colour slide in a mount. Image of the plan of a 14th century stone building, location unknown

Made in Australia / 4 (Handwritten) / 4 (Handwritten)

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Colour slide in a mount. House, unknown location, possibly California, USA

Made in Australia / 10 / JUL 65(?)

slide, robin boyd

Colour slide in a mount. Unknown location, regional Australia

Made in Australia / 16 / SEP M6

slide, robin boyd

Colour slide in a mount. Magazine image of Sarasota High School Dining Room perspective (1958-1960), Sarasota, Florida. (Architect: Paul Rudolph.)

Encircled 19 (Handwritten)

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Colour slide in a mount. Coastline, possibly Queenland, Australia

Made in Australia / 12 / DEC 68M8

slide, robin boyd

Colour slide in a mount. Streetscape Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Made in Australia / 35 / JUL 69M / Encircled 2A (Handwritten)

slide, robin boyd

In April-May 1971, Robin and Patricia Boyd travelled to Honolulu, east coast USA and London. In London he was one of the judges for the Commonwealth-wide entries for the redevelopment of Whitehall and the Palace of Westminster. He was also researching overseas libraries, as background for plans for a new State Library of Victoria.

Colour slide in a mount. Barbican Centre, London, England, 1965-76. (Architects: Chamberlin Powell & Bon.)

Made in Australia / 21 / AUG 71M1

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Colour slide in a mount. Streetscape Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Made in Australia / 31 / JUN 67M6 / Encircled 18 (Handwritten)

slide, robin boyd

Colour slide in a mount. War veterans housing, location unknown, Australia

Made in Australia / 8 / MAY 64M / Encircled 31 (Handwritten) / Encircled 11 (Handwritten) / War Vets Housing (Handwritten) / See also No 2 (Handwritten)

slide, robin boyd

Colour slide in a mount. Kentuck Knob (Hagan House) Chalk Hill, Pennsylvania, USA, 1956 . (Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright .)

Date: 04819 / Subject / Encircled 29 (Handwritten) / C (Handwritten)

slide, robin boyd

Robin Boyd travelled to the USA and Britain for several weeks. He attended the opening of the new Australian Chancery in Washington DC, where he had designed an innovative exhibition with cylindrical display cases and sound recordings.

Colour slide in a mount. Streetscape, Washington DC USA

Made in Australia / 11 / JUL 69M6

slide, robin boyd

Colour slide in a mount. Bluestone homestead, Western District, Victoria

Mount Made in England

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