ACT Heritage Library Manuscript Collection
HMSS 0359 Planning Institute of Australia 2012-2013 Oral History Project
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Call Number |
HMSS 0359 |
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Collection |
Stories of Canberra Planners - Planning Institute of Australia 2012-2013 Oral History Project |
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Date Range |
1935-2013 |
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Quantity |
0.09m (1 manuscript box) |
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Access Conditions |
open |
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Copying conditions |
with permission in life; with attribution after death |
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Related Collections |
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Stories of Canberra Planners was conceived as a Centenary Project of the Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) and as a complement to other oral history projects underway for the Centenary including the Canberra Gold oral histories.
The planning of Canberra is an essential part of the Canberra Story. Canberra is an international planning icon and it is the men and women who came to Canberra and were employed in the National Capital Development Commission who realised the Griffin Mahony vision. PIA believes it is vital to collect histories from surviving members of the planning profession before their stories and memories are lost due to the age of the interviewees.
While much has been written about the selection and design of the national capital there is no history of the planners’ story of Canberra during the period of the National Capital Development Commission (NCDC), a Commonwealth Government authority.
This project is a response to the Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) concern that before long, much of this personal work history will be lost. PIA regarded that the Centenary provided the stimulus to address this and that it is time to recognise the work of the planners who produced the plans and reports in the name of the NCDC. The project has focused on the period of NCDC from establishment in 1956 – to its closure in 1988 on the ACT becoming self-governing.
PIA is the national body representing the planning profession. Through education, communication and professional development, PIA is the pivotal organisation serving and guiding thousands of planning professionals in their role to create better communities. The Institute was founded in 1951 and has continued to be at the forefront of promoting excellence in local, regional, state and national planning within the public and private sectors.
Project Achievements include:
ORAL HISTORY: PIA has collected oral histories from professional planners who were key players in planning policy and the development of Canberra as the national capital. The interviews reveal the passionate commitment of these planners who demonstrate a keen eye for the theoretical, practical and political frameworks they were working within.
PLANNING HISTORY: PIA has begun the long process of uncovering the people stories behind Canberra, not just as a planned city but as a planned capital city. The interviews reveal that from the beginning, these people recognised the intersection of the national, regional and local significance of this once in a lifetime project, the initial planning and development of Australia’s capital city.
HIGHLIGHTING THE PERSONAL ASPECTS OF PLANNING: An oral history draws on some of the personal experiences that the official record will rarely reveal. While official records like annual reports provide the resolution and decisions made, the oral histories provide individual perspectives and memories about the big issues and turning points that have defined Canberra’s establishment as the national capital and add depth to our current understanding.
Interviewees
Geoff Campbell
Geoff married in 1964 before going to work in the UK in 1965 where he worked as an architect-planner, at Greater London Council and in Scotland on the development of Livingston New Town. With plans to return to Australia he responded to a recruitment drive by the National Capital Development Commission and after an interview in London was offered the position of Town Planner class 3. Geoff, his wife and young daughter arrived in Canberra in 1970 when he took up the position. Geoff stayed at the NCDC until it closed in 1988. He was Chief Planner from 1978-89.
He was then appointed Chief Planner to the Interim Territory Planning Authority. With the completion of the new planning legislation and the draft Territory Plan he became a consultant to Deputy Prime Minister, Brian Howe on the Federal Government’s Building Better Cities program. In 1996 he joined the Centre for Developing Cities at the University of Canberra and was later involved in the University’s planning courses. He officially retired in 2008. He played an active role in the restructuring of the Planning Institute of Australia.
Malcolm Smith
Malcolm was initially recruited by NCDC on a 2 year contract, but at the end of this period the Commission offered him a permanent position as a senior town planner, which he accepted. In 1975 Malcolm was promoted to establish and head a new section in NCDC’s Planning Division, the Development Implementation Group. In 1982 Malcolm was appointed to head the Tuggeranong Planning Section at a time when development of Canberra’s largest new town was beginning to accelerate again after all growth had been frozen in the Fraser years (1977-82). In 1983 he was selected to manage the multi-disciplinary Tuggeranong Town Centre Task Force, responsible for the planning, design, development and delivery of Tuggeranong Town Centre. The Tuggeranong Town Centre project received a National Award for Planning Excellence in 1992 from the then Royal Australian Planning Institute. In 1987 Malcolm was promoted to the SES level and appointed Director of Policy Planning. He stayed with NCDC until it folded in 1989 when he took up the position of first Chief Planner of the National Capital Planning Authority. He held this position until 1993 when, with a former NCDC colleague, set up a planning and design consultancy, Smith Kostyrko International.
Graham Mosley
In 1965 Graham won a position at the NCDC and moved to Canberra with his wife and first child – then a six-month old baby. Graham worked on neighbourhood design and district planning during his career at NCDC. His positions in the Planning Division included Section Head with responsibilities for structure, outline, statutory and detailed residential area planning, and, from 1979 to 1988, Director of District Planning. A highlight was the opportunity to develop a design approach to the planning of movement corridors, drawing on his master’s thesis discussion of the dimension of time in urban design. Another was inaugurating the ACT's participation in the federal-state Joint Venture for More Affordable Housing and its flow through to the Australian Model Code for Residential Development. When NCDC was winding up in 1988 Graham took a redundancy and began a long and satisfying period of work as an individual consultant.
Jill Lang
After the election of the Whitlam Government Jill moved to Canberra in 1973 as one of the foundation staff members of the newly formed Department of Urban and Regional Development. Her work involved contributing to regional policy in disadvantaged regions and she was directly responsible for the implementation of this policy in the Western Region of Sydney. After the change of federal government and with the downturn in Canberra’s growth she left the Department and worked as a community development worker in Canberra with the organisation Jobless Action and then as a research assistant at the Urban Research Unit ANU.
When the Hawke Labor Government came to power in 1983 she was appointed as a consultant to the Commonwealth Department of Territories and Local Government on employment issues in the ACT, and Chairperson of the ACT Employment Advisory Committee.
In 1984 the Minister for Territories, Tom Uren, was instrumental in appointing her as the first woman Associate Commissioner of the National Capital Development Commission. She held this position until 1988 when the NCDC was disbanded.
Box List
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INTERVIEWEE |
QTY OF CDS |
FILE FORMAT |
RUNNING TIME |
ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTATION |
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5 |
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4:13:53 |
timed summary and biographical notes (printable pdf); permission form; photograph |
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2 |
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1:25:48 |
timed summary and biographical notes (printable pdf); permission form; professional resume; copy of Canberra Times article 19/10/1984, p. 1. |
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3 |
.wav |
1:54:51 |
timed summary and biographical notes (printable pdf); permission form; photograph |
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5 |
.wav |
4:21:55 |
timed summary and biographical notes (printable pdf); permission form; photograph |
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Date of birth |
1935 |
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Address/contact details |
See permission form |
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Date/s of interview |
21/9/12; 25/9/12 |
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Place of interview |
Canberra |
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Length of interview |
(1) 2:05:07 (2) 2:08:46 |
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Name of interviewer |
Mary Hutchison |
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Interviewer contact details |
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Signed permission form |
Yes (includes photos) |
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Photographs of interviewee |
Provided by interviewer |
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Other documentation supplied |
No |
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Recording equipment |
Marantz recorder, Rode mic (stereo), WAV file, 48khz |
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
Geoff Campbell was born in Yass in 1935 before the family moved to Victoria. He attended five different schools, completing schooling at Wesley College, Melbourne and began to study architecture at Melbourne University in 1955. He completed his degree and a diploma in town planning and then worked as an architect in Melbourne and Brisbane. He married in 1964 before going to work in the UK in 1965. There he worked as an architect-planner, at Greater London Council and in Scotland on the development of Livingston New Town. With plans to return to Australia he responded to a recruitment drive by the National Capital Development Commission and after an interview in London was offered the position of Town Planner class 3. Geoff, his wife and young daughter arrived in Canberra in 1970 when he took up the position. Geoff stayed at the NCDC until it closed in 1988. He was Chief Planner from 1978-89. He was then appointed Chief Planner to the Interim Territory Planning Authority. With the completion of the new planning legislation and the draft Territory Plan he became a consultant to Deputy Prime Minister, Brian Howe on the Federal Government’s Building Better Cities program. In 1996 he joined the Centre for Developing Cities at the University of Canberra and was later involved in the University’s planning courses. He officially retired in 2008. He played an active role in the restructuring of the Planning Institute of Australia.
TIMED SUMMARY
Interview: 21/9/12
Session #1
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time |
subjects |
proper names |
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0:00:00 |
Introduction. Early life and schooling. Interest in architecture. Melbourne University architecture department as learning environment. |
Yass, Loch, Gippsland, , Korumburra, Traralgon, Wesley College, Portland, Deniliquin |
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0:05:08 |
Architecture department. Enrolment in new planning diploma; influence of British planning. Practice as architect while studying in office of Gawler, Churchman and Boardman; John Gawler’s influence on planning for post-war reconstruction. |
Professor Brian Lewis, Professor Fred Ledger, John Bailey |
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0:09:53 |
Work as architect; move to Brisbane. Marriage. Move to London in 1965. Employments as town planner at Greater London Council. Value of travel in Europe. Appointment to position of planner for Livingston New Town; office environment and colleagues. |
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0:15:30 |
Experience of living and working in Livingston; growth of interest in planning and pursuing this career in Australia. Information about NCDC; response to advertisement for planners; interview in London. |
The Gorbals, Peter Funder, Hans Westerman. |
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0:20:23 |
Importance of working as planner in association with development. Interest in planning response to social needs and experience of this in Livingston New Town. Intentions in taking position at NCDC. |
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0:26:08 |
End of session |
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Interview: 21/9/12
Session #2
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time |
subjects |
proper names |
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0:0:00 |
Arrival in Canberra in middle of winter 1970; accommodation. Interest in Canberra as dominated by landscape rather than development. One of six new planners at NCDC; introduction to Commission |
Brassey House, Acton Hostel, Alf Lester, John McInerny, Neil Dadge, Malcolm Smith, Steve Pazsit, Bob Lansdown |
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0:04:45 |
First experience of planning section of NCDC. Rate of expansion in Canberra and need for planning response at this time; work on neighbourhood and town centre medium density housing. Process of using control drawings. Public consultations. |
David Hain, Woden, Weston Creek |
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0:10:33 |
Initiative to change use of control drawings to principles diagrams. Liaison with Department of Interior and later versions of. Planning section responds to growth forecast for Canberra by finalising details of Y Plan -published 1970 |
Hugh Chalker, Serge Domicelj, Keith Storey, Peter Harrison, Growth Strategy Plan |
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0:14:49 |
Y Plan and Canberra development; intentions of Y Plan. Impact of change from government to private sector development of office space. Social needs basis of Y Plan. |
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0:19:58 |
Y Plan as response to issues of much larger population than envisaged in Griffin Plan. Ongoing issue of movement of traffic. Light rail. |
Gungahlin |
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0:23:27 |
1970s working environment at NCDC; system of delegated authority, Commissioner’s management style; recognition of own approach to managing planning process for medium density housing. Character of NCDC. |
John Overall |
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0:28:28 |
Scale of Canberra development; population statistics 1950-1988. Key figures in NCDC 1958-1970s. Varying use of consultants and staff. Structure of NCDC; co-ordination committee; principles and approaches to decision-making. |
Bill Andrews, Clive Price, Roger Johnson, Des Paine, Laurie Killeen. |
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0:35:25 |
End of session |
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Interview: 21/9/12
Session #3
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time |
subjects |
proper names |
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0:00:00 |
Changes at NCDC 1970s; introduction of planning at national level 1972-3; movement of key staff from and within organisation; new staff appointments. |
McMahon, Whitlam, National Urban and Regional Development Authority, Parliamentary Triangle, Belconnen Town Centre, Woden Town Centre, Gordon Shannon, Arnis Siksna |
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0:04:48 |
Election of Whitlam Government; establishment of Cities Commission and national Department of Urban and Regional Development; John Overall and Bob Lansdown head these respectively. Growth centres. NCDC sets up External Projects Division to assist Cities Commission. NCDC’s response to new Labor government Civic Health Centre. |
Pat Troy, Albury-Wodonga, Bathurst-Orange, Jim Connor, Ian Morison, John Mant, Alinga Street |
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0:10:34 |
NCDC senior level staff changes 1973-4. First discussion of self-government. New demands and changing nature of NCDC. Own work on town centres and appointment as head of new Corporate Planning Unit to review NCDC operations (1974-5) |
Tony Powell, Colm O’Flaherty, Ken Myers, John Haskell, Tuggeranong Town Centre, Peter Emery, David Parkin, Tom Uren, Fraser. |
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0:15:31 |
Process, methods and outcomes of review; establishment of operational cycle. Own experience of Corporate Planning Unit. |
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0:19:56 |
Integration of corporate planning and external projects into Planning Division. Value of model of management as refined by corporate review. Cyclone Tracey. Establishment of NCDC Library and publications program |
Janet Smith. |
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0:24:25 |
Approval of site for new Parliament House and Fraser Government decision to establish separate authority to build. Construction activities 1974-5. Canberra Commercial Development Authority. Gungahlin in planning stage. Sacking Whitlam Government and election of Fraser Government. Cuts to Public Service and Canberra’s growth. |
Lord Holford, Paul Reid |
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0:29:22 |
Impact of cuts on Canberra building industry and NCDC. Reviews of planning issues. Model of neighbourhood unit replaced by ‘territorial’ unit in response to issues of demographic change in neighbourhoods over time. |
Oskar Pumpurs, Trevor Gibson, Charnwood. |
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0:34:25 |
Planning of residential areas in Canberra over time reflects changing ideas and experiments. Value of seeing plans materialise. Cutbacks to Tuggeranong development as Canberra growth slows. Parliamentary Joint Committeeinquiry into Canberra planning procedures. Establishment of formal procedures for planning and public consultation. Own work 1975-6. |
Graham Moseley, John Gilchrist |
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0:40:56 |
End of session |
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Interview: 21/9/12
Session #4
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time |
subjects |
Proper names |
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0:00:00 |
Issues of planning Belconnen Town Centre 1976. Contrast between Canberra Commercial Development Authority’s and NCDC approach. Long term impact of traditional commercial approach on Belconnen Town Centre. Commission’s response to decision against its own approach. |
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0:05:00 |
1977-8 Urban renewal scheme Narrabundah and role of new Fraser government minister, Ellicott. Public consultation on the ground. Inner Canberra Infill Program. |
Graham Scott-Bohanna. |
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0:09:56 |
Metropolitan Open Space system; role of Keith Storey. NCDC role in planning Dodoma, the new Tanzanian Capital (project initiated under Whitlam); personal role in review of this plan. Role as planner in developing management plan for Norfolk Island heritage area. |
Julius Nyerere, John Tait, Cameron McNamara, Toby Hall. |
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0:13:51 |
Staff changes over time. Appointment as Chief Planner 1978. Introduction of environmental planning section. Planning of national areas. Cycleway system. Relationship with Department in charge of Canberra administration. |
Yarralumla, John Nairn |
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0:19:24 |
Development of Draft ACT Subregional Plan with NSW Planning Department. NCDC work with Parliament House Construction Authority. Norfolk Island report. NCDC committee system. |
Greg Deas |
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0:22:37 |
End of session |
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Interview: 25/9/12
Session #1
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time |
subjects |
proper names |
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0:00:00 |
Introduction. Operational Cycle as major achievement of Corporate Planning group; its establishment and effects on NCDC organisation. |
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0:04:34 |
Arnis Siksna’s role in and contribution to urban design in 1970s. Three-dimensional thinking in planning. Role and contribution of Chris Pinder (later Purdon) in urban renewal work. Issues in introducing change to residential areas. |
Purdon Consultants |
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0:09:26 |
First women employed in Town Planning at NCDC. Completion of Masters thesis in town and regional planning through Melbourne University, 1976. Social impacts of planning decisions. |
Clare Middleton, Anne Freeman, Chris Pinder, Craigshill, Bathgate |
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0:13:43 |
Consideration of possible social impacts in NCDC planning; value of NCDC interdisciplinary committee system. Fatal flood in Woden stormwater channel; impact on Canberra and NCDC; response of NCDC. |
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0:17:42 |
Issue of Black Mountain telecommunications tower and NCDC’s legal powers; process involved in approval of tower. Tom Uren and Bob Ellicott as Ministers. National Institute of Sport. Summary of political and social changes relevant to NCDC during 1970s. |
Governor General in Council |
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0:21:50 |
Position of NCDC by 1980. Canberra Development Board established to give advice on private enterprise initiatives; members of Board. |
Malcolm Latham, Laurie Muir, Norman Tieck, Jim Service, Cusack, Daniels |
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0:24:46 |
Working with Board as Chief Planner; investment in city that was also the national capital, changing ways in which development industry responded to Canberra Plan. Issues of further development of Monaro Mall across Ainslie Avenue. |
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0:29:00 |
Staff changes and new Minister 1980-81. Landscaping of Lake Burley Griffin. Involvement in Korean Planners Association conference; legacy of conference discussion. |
Rob Purdon, Michael Hodgeman, Dick Clough, Seoul, President Park |
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0:34:20 |
NCDC early 1980s; work culture. Capital Open Space report. Parliamentary Zone Development Plan. Hodgeman’s approach as Minister. Experience of briefing ministers. Impact of election of Hawke Labor government on Canberra and NCDC. |
Barry Browning |
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0:39:17 |
Discussion of future of NCDC; White Committee review. Difference of opinion between Planning Division and Commission concerning Tuggeranong Town Centre development. |
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0:44:00 |
Reversal of decision to develop Erindale rather than Tuggeranong Town Centre. NCDC’s capacity to manage disagreements. NCDC’s response to growth and slow-down. |
Malcolm Smith |
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0:48:06 |
End of session |
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Interview: 25/9/12
Session #2
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time |
subjects |
proper names |
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0:00:00 |
New growth period with Hawke Labor Government. Appointment of first woman Associate Commissioner. Establishment of Social Planning branch and through this development of more in-depth relationship with communities. Role as expert witness in court cases appealing NCDC decisions. |
Jill Lang |
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0:05:03 |
1986-7 staff changes. Increase in public discussion of NCDC activities and role in this. |
Robert Care, Stan Baker, Peter Leonard |
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0:09:37 |
Government decision to move Commonwealth office development to private sector; impact on areas of capital gain and intentions of Y Plan. Increase in public engagement with planning through land use planning appeals and formalisation of public consultation in planning procedure. Documentation of NCDC environmental policy. |
Gary Scott |
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0:15:02 |
Secondment to Cameron McNamara for work on review of Dodoma plan. Management course at Melbourne University. ACT self government; abolition of NCDC 1989 and formation of two new authorities to manage Commonwealth and Territory land interests. |
Brian Roberts, Rosalie Roberts, Brian Binning |
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0:19:02 |
Initiative role of all staff members in NCDC planning work and achievements. Key characteristics of NCDC and its achievements; Menzies and Overall; professional skill level; committee system; external advice; relationship with government; internal organisation; multidisciplinary task forces. |
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0:25:00 |
Task force arrangement. Importance of being a development authority. Main aspects of planning for development and system of work. |
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0:29:42 |
Relationship with drafting office; story of publication of Civic Centre report; social life within the organisation; gatherings, sport, annual lunches; ‘Spoilers’; films. Publications for greater public access to planning process. |
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0:35:03 |
Leadership of NCDC. NCDC as a dynamic organisation. |
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0:37:21 |
End of session |
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Interview: 25/9/12
Session #3
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time |
subjects |
proper names |
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0:00:00 |
Management training within NCDC and personal experience of Melbourne University management course. Decision to apply for position of Chief Planner at ACT Interim Planning Authority; appointed as head; responsible to ACT chief ministers. New experience of working within departmental structure. |
National Capital Planning Authority, National Capital Plan, Rosemary Follett, Trevor Kaine |
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0:05:09 |
Preparation of legislation for Interim Planning Authority; first planning Act in Australia to integrate heritage, environment, transport, land use and urban design. Later changes to Act. Interim Planning Authority incorporates various planning disciplines. Preparation of Draft Territory Plan; consultation with National Capital Planning Authority; issue of identifying boundaries of national interest vis a vis Territory. |
Bill Harris, Ian Lawrence, Lyndsay Neilson. John Mant |
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0:10:00 |
Briefings and presentations to Legislative Assembly. Completion of Legislation and Draft Territory Plan 1991. Decision to establish consultancy. Invitation to work on development of Commonwealth’s Building Better Cities Program at National Capital Planning Authority. Scope of Building Better Cities. Invitation to continue working on Program in Office of Deputy Prime Minister, Brian Howe. |
Brian Howe |
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0:15:03 |
Period of work with Minister; examples of redevelopment projects across Australia and their challenges; work with state governments and regional councils to develop area strategies. |
Ultimo-Pyrmont, Everleigh, Bunbury, Elizabeth-Munno Para |
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0:19:48 |
Presentation of plans to Cabinet for approval. Better Cities continues until 1996 when government changes in 1996. Private consultancy work. Adjunct Professor at University of Canberra and involvement in its Centre for Developing Cities. Review and restructure of Planning Institute of Australia; Life Fellow PIA. |
Hawke, Keating, Barbara Norman |
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0:23:57 |
Enjoyment of range of work challenges. Review of interest of different work environments; teaching at University of Canberra; the importance of other people and their skills in NCDC and Interim Planning Authority |
George Tomlins, Phil O’Brien, Ron Willard, Paul Cohen, David Wright, John Bolton, Shibu Dhata, Guy Gibson, Mary Mealey, Val Musgrove, Georgian Donato |
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0:29:10 |
Experience of working with people in enabling role. Major changes in approach to planning in Canberra and issues from Griffin’s initial plan. Impact of NCDC. Value of Commission as planning and development authority as alternative to departmental structure. |
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0:33:46 |
Major phases in planning Canberra; New Town influence; YPlan; responding to ageing neighbourhoods. Development of social planning. Public transport as ongoing major issue. |
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0:37:44 |
Planning Canberra today: urban change; pressure of development in region. Light rail as measure to address serious public transport issue. Experience of living in Canberra; possibility of relationship with landscape. |
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0:43:26 |
End of session |
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Date of birth |
1948 |
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Address/contact details |
See permission form |
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Date/s of interview |
8/11/12 |
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Place of interview |
Canberra |
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Length of interview |
1:25:48 |
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Name of interviewer |
Mary Hutchison |
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Interviewer contact details |
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Signed permission form |
Yes |
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Photographs of interviewee |
No |
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Other documentation supplied |
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Recording equipment |
Sound Devices. Wav file 48khz |
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
Jill Lang was born in 1948 in Kingaroy, Queensland, where her father was a hardware and seed merchant. She completed her schooling in Brisbane and completed a BA (Hons), majoring in history, at the University of Queensland in 1969. She began a Masters in town and country planning at Sydney University in the early 1970s. During this time she became involved in urban development issues and was a supporter of the Green Bans movement to save Sydney heritage buildings. After the election of the Whitlam Government she moved to Canberra in 1973 as one of the foundation staff members of the newly formed Department of Urban and Regional Development. Her work involved contributing to regional policy in disadvantaged regions and she was directly responsible for the implementation of this policy in the Western Region of Sydney. After the change of federal government and with the downturn in Canberra’s growth she left the Department and worked as a community development worker in Canberra with the organisation Jobless Action and then as a research assistant at the Urban Research Unit ANU. When the Hawke Labor Government came to power in 1983 she was appointed as a consultant to the Commonwealth Department of Territories and Local Government on employment issues in the ACT, and Chairperson of the ACT Employment Advisory Committee. In 1984 the Minister for Territories, Tom Uren, was instrumental in appointing her as the first woman Associate Commissioner of the National Capital Development Commission. She held this position until 1988 when the NCDC was disbanded. She moved to Sydney and took up a position as lecturer in the School of Town Planning at the University of NSW. Since 1991 she has worked as a consultant and executive staff member for government and non government organisation in NSW and Queensland. She was the director of the Queensland Council of Social Service Inc from 2005-2011 and is currently working as a consultant, casual lecturer in the Faculty of Human Services at the University of Southern Queensland, and as National Co-ordinator of Anti-Poverty Week.
TIMED SUMMARY
Interview: 8/11/12
Session #1
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time |
subjects |
proper names |
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0:00:00 |
Introduction. Family background. Mother’s ambitions for daughters. Schooling. Study and political environment University of Queensland late 1960s. |
Kingaroy, Jo Bjelke Petersen, Vietnam |
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0:04:44 |
Sense of future possibilities at the time. Honours studies. Background to studying Masters in Town Planning at Sydney University. Marriage. Urban planning issues in Sydney 1970-72. How position in new Department of Urban and Regional Development came about. |
The Rocks, Gough Whitlam, Tom Uren. |
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0:09:38 |
Parents’ influence on sense of social justice and attraction to planning on this basis. Aboriginal issues. Approach and content of masters course; across elements of planning; interconnections between issues; social reform. Teachers and students. |
Denis Winston |
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0:15:03 |
Visiting lecturers. Student interest in Whitlam and Uren’s ideas for regional planning. Move to Canberra. Department of Urban and Regional Development recruitment and people. |
Tony Powell, McMahon, Cities Commission, National Authority for Urban and Regional Development, Pat Troy, Bob Lansdown, Bill Butler, Peter Till, Michael Keating, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) |
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0:20:45 |
Own work at DURD in regional development; aims and activities of Area Improvement Program. Move of NCDC personnel to Cities Commission. Interconnection of ideas and people between Cities Commission, NCDC and DURD. Employment of women at the time. |
Joan Vipond |
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O:24: 50 |
Impact of change of government on DURD personnel; own resignation; role of early DURD personnel in senior public service positions. Economic down turn in Canberra. Background to work with Jobless Action. Canberra activism; Hard Times newsletter and café. |
John Mant, cherchez l’homme, Bob Whan, Eden-Monaro, Ainslie Hotel |
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0:29:42 |
Involvement with the development of Ainslie Village, work co-operatives and Revolve. Work at Urban Research Unit, ANU. Pregnancy and future plans. |
Paddy Murray [correction to recording ‘McGuinness’) Annie Kavanagh, Dickson, Max Neutze, Bill Hayden |
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0:35:08 |
Move to northern New South Wales. Death of partner. Election of Hawke Labor Government. Decision to move back to Canberra with friends. Part-time consultant to Department of Territories on ACT community employment programs. Managing housing and childcare with friends. |
Geoff Jackson, Nimbin, Lismore, Koonorigan, John Kerin, O’Connor, Lyneham |
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0:39:04 |
Appointment as Associate Commissioner NCDC 1984; democratising and restructuring NCDC; first and only senior woman at NCDC. |
Malcolm Latham |
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0:43:16 |
Details of job. Controversy of appointment. People issues in planning and development. Establishment of social planning unit. Community consultation. Civic redevelopment. Tuggeranong development and environmental issues |
Elizabeth Delaney, Newcastle City Council, Peter Harrison, Murrumbidgee |
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0:48:25 |
Strengthening role of NCDC environmental unit in planning. Preparation of public consultation and appeals systems to be built into NCDC Act. Introducing new systems to NCDC |
Robert Care, Greg Dees, Geoff Campbell |
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0:50:51 |
End of session |
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Interview: 8/11/12
Session #2
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time |
subjects |
Proper names |
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0:00:00 |
Working with grass roots interests at NCDC; Ainslie Village; Youth Centre. NCDC’s budgetary discretion. Position of Department of Territories. |
Griffin Centre |
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0:04:47 |
Women and NCDC work culture. Controversy about ACT community employment program’s support of establishment of Tilley Devine’s Café. Personal experience of position. Role as NCDC spokesperson and chairperson. |
The Bulletin, Richard Farmer, Julia Gillard |
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00:09:35 |
Decision to take position of Associate Commissioner. Relationship between NCDC and Department of Territories. Difficulties and achievements at NCDC. Value of previous experience in Western Sydney |
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00:13:42 |
Key issues in Canberra planning and development 1984-88; environmental impacts, public housing, urban infill. Value of established Canberra planning principles. Value of environmental planners. Social planning unit. |
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00:18:09 |
Self government, review of NCDC and decision to disband it. Decision to move to Sydney. Position teaching regional planning and urban infrastructure at University of NSW. Importance of interconnectedness between planning and services. Reflections on social planning. |
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00:23:09 |
Further career decisions. Interests in human services departments, NGOs and teaching. Reflections on NCDC experience. Interdisciplinarity. Living in Canberra 1970s-80s. |
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00:28:56 |
Canberra’s reliance on the car as transport. Peter Harrison’s role in planning a decentralised city. Responses to present day Canberra. Impacts of planning Canberra through ACT departmental structure instead of Commission. Important aspects of Canberra’s planning. |
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00:34:57 |
End of session |
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Date of birth |
1939 |
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Address/contact details |
See permission form |
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Date/s of interview |
19/12/12 |
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Place of interview |
Adelaide |
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Length of interview |
1:54:51 |
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Name of interviewer |
Mary Hutchison |
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Interviewer contact details |
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Signed permission form |
Yes (includes photos) |
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Photographs of interviewee |
Provided by interviewer |
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Other documentation supplied |
No |
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Recording equipment |
Marantz recorder, Rode mic (stereo), WAV file, 48khz |
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
Graham Moseley was born in 1939 in Mallala, South Australia where his father was a motor mechanic. In about 1941 the family moved to Adelaide where Graham completed his schooling at Unley High School. He matriculated at the age of 15 and initially planned to take up a position as a trainee draftsman with the South Australian Railways. However, a Commonwealth Scholarship enabled him to enrol in civil engineering at Adelaide University (1955). During his studies he took up a cadetship with the Commonwealth Department of Works. He completed the civil engineering course in 1961 and was then employed as an engineer at the Department of Works. In 1962 he began a Master’s in Town Planning at Adelaide University – a newly established course run by Hans Westerman. When Westerman moved to the National Capital Development Commission in Canberra he encouraged Graham to consider work at the NCDC. In 1965 Graham won a position at the NCDC and moved to Canberra with his wife and first child – then a six-month old baby. Graham worked on neighbourhood design and district planning during his career at NCDC. His positions in the Planning Division included Section Head with responsibilities for structure, outline, statutory and detailed residential area planning, and, from 1979 to 1988, Director of District Planning. A highlight was the opportunity to develop a design approach to the planning of movement corridors, drawing on his master’s thesis discussion of the dimension of time in urban design. Another was inaugurating the ACT's participation in the federal-state Joint Venture for More Affordable Housing and its flow through to the Australian Model Code for Residential Development. When NCDC was winding up in 1988 Graham took a redundancy and began a long and satisfying period of work as an individual consultant. During this time he worked with a variety of larger consultancies, predominantly on development-related private and local government projects. Many of these were for the ACT Government. Graham is a Fellow of the Planning Institute of Australia. During his interview Graham emphasises the importance for him of the hands-on creative work of planning. He prefers a drawing board to a computer. He also highlights the experience of responding to the landscape and refers to the spiritual dimension of this engagement. Graham married in 1962 and has three children. All three eventually moved to Adelaide which prompted Graham and Jan to return there after 47 years in Canberra.
TIMED SUMMARY
Interview: 19/12/12
Session #1
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time |
subjects |
proper names |
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0:00:00 |
Introduction. Birth and family background in country South Australia. Impact of Depression and Second World War. Move to Adelaide. |
Mallala, Yankalilla, Pinaroo, Spalding, Parkside Primary School, Unley High School |
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0:04:44 |
Influences of church and family. Early career interests. Artistic skills in family. Enrolment in engineering at Adelaide University. |
Commonwealth Scholarship |
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0:09:20 |
Career opportunities. Experience of University study. Cadetship with Commonwealth Department of Works |
Colombo Plan, Grenfell Street |
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0:14:20 |
All male-world of engineering. Attraction of new Master of Town Planning course at Adelaide University. Fellow students. |
Hans Westerman |
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0:18:45 |
Approach of course. Crystalisation of own interests in physical planning as a creative activity. Recruited by Hans Westerman to NCDC 1965. |
Statutory Planning |
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0:22:59 |
Work in Roads and Aerodromes section at Department of Works. Marriage and move to Canberra. |
Tindal, Katherine, Alice Springs, Port Pirie, Woomera Rocket Range, Hillman Minx, Acton Hotel, O’Connor, Downer, Aranda |
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0:27:09 |
End of session |
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Interview: 19/12/12
Session #2
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time |
subjects |
Proper names |
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0:00:00 |
Neighbourhood Design section NCDC; colleagues. First neighbourhood plan; responding to natural environment as part of planning process. |
Jack Venn, Oskar Pumpurs, Belconnen |
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0:04:50 |
Personal meaning of this approach. Principles of neighbourhood planning. Approval and development process. Comprehensive nature of work at design stage. Halcyon days of NCDC |
Scullin, T&G Building, Hobart Place, Peter Harrison, Department of Interior |
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0:09:50 |
Role in design of northern and Weston Creek suburbs. Changes in management and philosophy of neighbourhood design |
Latham, Holder, Duffy, Higgins, McKellar, Flynn, Giralang, Tuggeranong Charnwood, Radburn, Neil Jessup |
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0:11:30 |
Key figures at NCDC 1960s. Spirit of building Canberra. Canberra in 1960s |
John Overall, Menzies |
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0:14:19 |
Political and personnel changes 1970s and modifications of approach to neighbourhood design in response to social and economic changes. Community Health Centres. Questioning of car-driven planning. Wybalena Grove Co-operative Housing. |
Whitlam, Labor Government, Voorhees and Associates, Y Plan, Macquarie, Tuggeranong Parkway, Cook, Majura Road, Mt Ainslie |
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0:18:38 |
Division between employment and residential areas impacting on idea of self-contained districts. Other impacts on development of outline plan. |
Bruce, West Murrumbidgee |
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0:20:57 |
Impact of slow-down in Canberra’s growth late 1970s in context of large scale plans for growth. Planning for leisure |
Borrie report, Macarthur, Yass, Gooromon Ponds, Murrumbateman, Goulburn |
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0:23:27 |
NCDC 1970s. Extension of national capital concept to include all of ACT. Definition of Areas of Special National Concern. Controls for development on approach routes. |
National Capital Open Space System, Keith Storey, George Seddon, Richard Gray, Holford and Partners, Yarralumla, Monaro Shires |
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0:26:35 |
Weakness of advocacy for the National Capital as belonging to Australia from later 1970s |
Centenary of Canberra, Robyn Archer |
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0:29:19 |
Opportunity to plan and design Ginninderra Arterial Corridor as part of Master’s thesis exploring dimension of time and motion in planning. 1960s and 70s period of NCDC; value of support and interest from key figures, multidisciplinary approach |
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0:34:20 |
Focus on physical planning throughout NCDC career. Particular interest in landscape. Issue of working with Area Agents. District development over time. |
Gungahlin |
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0:39:17 |
End of session |
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Interview: 19/12/12
Session #3
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time |
subjects |
proper names |
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0:00:00 |
1970s-80s NCDC changes in managing urban planning. Greater involvement of community players and emergence of local government interests |
‘Razor Gang’, ACT Advisory Council, Tony Powell |
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0:03:46 |
Difficulties for staff in adjusting to new approaches. Increasing role of Department of Territories. Challenges to role of NCDC. |
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0:07:28 |
Seconded to work on submission to government review of NCDC. Influence of Jill Lang on NCDC attitudes to social equity. |
(Block Report) |
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0:11:20 |
Women and migrants employed at NCDC |
Margaret Hendry, Richard Clough |
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0:13:26 |
End of session |
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Interview: 19/12/12
Session #4
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time |
subjects |
Proper names |
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0:00:00 |
Options at termination of NCDC. Decision to take redundancy |
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O:02:00 |
Beginning of consultancy work 1988-2005. Use of drawing board rather than computer. Enjoyment of return to hands-on work. |
MBA Land, Landco, Ron Bell and Associates, Robina, Wagga Wagga City Council. |
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0:05:57 |
End of session (chain saw) |
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Interview: 19/12/12
Session #5
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0:00:00 |
Consultancy work in ACT and further afield. Examples of work. Particular experiences. |
Tuggeranong, Gungahlin, Yass Valley Council |
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0:05:30 |
Impact of experience at NCDC with Joint Venture for More Affordable Housing. Efficient design and use of services. General approach to design and consultants by local government, including ACT Government |
Green Streets, Albert Shire |
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0:10:45 |
Satisfaction of work at NCDC. Importance of physical planning coming to fruition. Recognition as Fellow of Planning Institute of Australia. |
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0:15:17 |
Colleagues at NCDC. Memorable characters including Oskar Pumpurs (reference to copy of material sent out in competition for original design of Canberra held by him) |
Clive Price, Max Nicholls, Ron Badger, David Daverin, West Belconnmen, Kinhill, Peter Harrison, Trevor (Gibson), Jack Venn |
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0:20:31 |
Further characters; Richard Clough. Particular bent as engineer planner. |
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0:22:40 |
Experience of bringing up a family in and living in Canberra. Planning since self-government. Reflection on own interests and planning career. |
Belconnen Community Service |
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0:29:02 |
End of session |
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Date of birth |
1941 |
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Address/contact details |
See permission form |
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Date/s of interview |
5/12/12; 12/12/12 |
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Place of interview |
Canberra |
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Length of interview |
4:21:55 |
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Name of interviewer |
Mary Hutchison |
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Interviewer contact details |
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Signed permission form |
Yes (includes photos) |
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Photographs of interviewee |
Provided by interviewee |
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Other documentation supplied |
No |
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Recording equipment |
Marantz recorder, Rode mic (stereo), WAV file, 48khz |
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
Malcolm Smith was born in 1941 in Wareham, Dorset, UK, where his father was stationed with the Army. Two years later the family returned to their home city of Birmingham where Malcolm went to school and completed his secondary schooling at Moseley Grammar School in 1958. In 1960 he was accepted into the Birmingham City Council’s town planning training scheme which was combined with six years part-time study for a diploma in town and country planning at the Birmingham School of Art. By the end of Malcolm’s study the diploma course had been absorbed into a degree course at the University of Aston. Prior to his town planning study Malcolm had completed a one year Diploma in Public Administration. He married in 1964 and in 1967 he left the City of Birmingham town planning department to accept a town planning position with another Midlands Council – Dudley Borough Council. In 1970 he applied for and was successful in winning a position at the NCDC. He was recruited particularly to work on the redevelopment of Kingston on the basis of his recent experience in managing several urban renewel projects for Dudley Council including the acclaimed redevelopment of Kates Hill, an old mining community.
Malcolm was initially recruited by NCDC on a 2 year contract, but at the end of this period the Commission offered him a permanent position as a senior town planner, which he accepted. In 1975 Malcolm was promoted to establish and head a new section in NCDC’s Planning Division, the Development Implementation Group. In 1982 Malcolm was appointed to head the Tuggeranong Planning Section at a time when development of Canberra’s largest new town was beginning to accelerate again after all growth had been frozen in the Fraser years (1977-82). In 1983 he was selected to manage the multi-disciplinary Tuggeranong Town Centre Task Force, responsible for the planning, design, development and delivery of Tuggeranong Town Centre . The Tuggeranong Town Centre project received a National Award for Planning Excellence in 1992 from the then Royal Australian Planning Institute. In 1987 Malcolm was promoted to the SES level and appointed Director of Policy Planning. He stayed with NCDC until it folded in 1989 when he took up the position of first Chief Planner of the National Capital Planning Authority. He held this position until 1993 when, with a former NCDC colleague, set up a planning and design consultancy, Smith Kostyrko International. The company took on two other ex-NCDC senior professionals as Directors, the company eventually changing its name to Capital Planners. In 2006 the company merged with an international consultancy Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB). Malcolm left PB in 2008 to take up the position as Director of Planning with the Molonglo Group, a highly regarded Canberra based development company. He retired in March 2012 but still undertakes small scale consultancy work on projects of interest to him
Malcolm’s brother followed him to Australia in 1973 as did his parents in 1989. At the time of interview two of his three sons and their families, and his mother, were still living in Canberra. His other son and his partner live in Sydney. Malcolm was divorced from his first wife in 1977. He remarried in 1978 but sadly his second wife died of cancer in 2007. Malcolm married again in 2011.
In discussing his early career interests, Malcolm mentioned the influence of his maternal grandfather, Archibald Hodgekinson, who worked in the construction industry as a steeplejack and is understood to have worked on the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge when he was in Australia in the 1930s. He regularly took young Malcolm on to construction sites, which intrigued Malcolm and convinced him he wanted a career in the construction and development industries.
TIMED SUMMARY:
Interview: 5/12/12
Session #1
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time |
subjects |
proper names |
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0:00:00 |
Introduction. Family background. Family members in Australia |
Wareham |
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0:03:58 |
Growing up in Birmingham; schooling; career interests, influence of maternal grandfather |
steeplejack |
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0:06:58 |
Town planning as alternative to civil engineering. Acceptance into Birmingham city Council’s town planning training scheme |
Patrick Abercombie, Welwyn and Letchworth garden cities |
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0:11:09 |
Town planning course; key elements; teachers |
Birmingham School of Planning (School of Art), Aston University, Lewis Keeble, Jane Jacobs, Lewis Mumford, Leslie Ginsberg, John Holiday |
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0:16:18 |
Work in town planning department at Birmingham City Council. Statutory Planning. Slum clearance and new high rise housing estates. Management of new tree planting |
‘tree lovers’ league’ |
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0:21:35 |
Social planning and community involvement. New town movement. |
Harlow, Stevenage, Milton Keynes, Telford, Peterlee, Newton Aycliffe |
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0:24:59 |
Interest in moving from statutory to master planning. Move to Dudley Council |
Dudley, Brierley Hill, Sedgley, Coseley town centres |
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0:28:51 |
Management of Kates Hill redevelopment project. Sense of achievement. Development of interest in public consultation and urban rehabilitation in contrast to comprehensive demolition and redevelopment |
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0:33:12 |
Circumstances leading to application for position at NCDC. |
Steve (Pazsit), Hans Westerman, Geoff Campbell, Neil Dadge, Alf Lester, Franz Ziegler |
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0:38:04 |
Interview for position. Experience of trip to Australia by boat. Arrival in Sydney sunshine |
Richard Gray, Lord Holford, Australian Public Service Commission |
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0:43:48 |
Arrival in Canberra snow. Accommodation in Commonwealth Hostel. Buying block of land through public auction. |
Hotel Civic, Hotel Acton, Dickson, Farrer, |
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0:49:14 |
End of session |
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Interview: 5/12/12
Session #2
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time |
subjects |
proper names |
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0:00:00 |
First day at NCDC. Memories of Hans Westerman - his qualities as a planner and person. Meeting head of Land Use Policy Section and others working there. |
Noel Lyneham, Dr Jim Connors, Arnis Siksna, John Armitage |
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0:04:12 |
First weeks and further introductions. Memories of Keith Storey. Context and issues of Kingston redevelopment. |
Harry Woomelsdorf, |
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0:09:06 |
Main tasks of Kingston redevelopment, rationale and approach to it including discussion with community and identification of high rise zones. Memories of Fred Daley. |
Telopea Park, Wentworth Avenue, Turner, Braddon |
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0:14:06 |
NCDC and planning early 1970s. New Urban development strategies. Settling into Canberra. Decision to take permanent position. Structure of NCDC staff positions. Planning Division. Promotion 1975 to set up new section – Development Implementation Group |
Gough Whitlam, Cities Commission, McMahon, Department of Urban and Regional Development Albury-Wodonga, Orange-Bathurst, Monarto |
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0:18:25 |
Development Implementation Group; background; NCDC approach to development; decision to concentrate through Group; preparing range of development sites for sale; leasehold system; control drawings |
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0:23:13 |
Development Implementation Group; timing imperative in relation to population forecasts. Neighbourhood planning concept and principles. Future useage provision within plan. |
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0:27:59 |
Neighbourhood planning; road hierarchy; block size and tree planting. Concept of territorial units in Tuggeranong. |
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0:31:26 |
Concept of corner shops. Canberra retail hierarchy as driving structure. |
Kambah, Wanniassa |
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0:36:46 |
End of session |
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Interview: 12/12/12
Session #3
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time |
subjects |
proper names |
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0:00:00 |
Introduction. Initiatives of Development Implementation Group; introduction of performance (qualitative) standards for design and siting |
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0:04:01 |
New approach to subdivision of residential estates (comparison with current Gungahlin). Role in Commonwealths joint venture for more affordable housing mid 1970s Delivery of demonstration estates at Isabella Plains and Calwell. |
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0:08:23 |
Green Street project (Commonwealth) planning and engineering approaches; managing water. Discussion about housing mid 1970s |
Whitlam,, Tom Uren |
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0:11:58 |
Tom Uren’s support of housing co-operatives during Whitlam years. Value of these developments. Recent management of co-ops |
Urambi Village, Wybelena Grove |
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0:15:45 |
Experience of inspection of housing development in Perth at Tom Uren’s request. Proposal to develop similar in South Bruce. Impact of Departmental decision about release of land on outcome. Disappointment of lost opportunity. Relationship between NCDC and land administration departments. |
Paul Ritter, ‘Man and Motor’, Crestwood Village, Jennings |
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0:20:53 |
Approaches to planning during Whitlam years; Department of Urban and Regional Development. Role of Development Implementation Group in developing metropolitan areas. Halt in Tuggeranong development during Fraser years |
Planning Institute, ‘Razor Gang’ |
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0:24:55 |
NCDC review of Tuggeranong development – main issues and debate. 1982 Hawke government enables development to go forward. Appointed head of Tuggeranong Planning Section. Environmental and heritage issues in Tuggeranong and their outcomes |
Urban Economics Group, Lanyon Bowl |
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0:29:33 |
Development during period of Hawke government. Features of territorial and neighbourhood units. Corner shops concept and issues |
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0:33:55 |
Retail hierarchy in Tuggeranong and gateway locations. Tuggeranong Town Centre. Proposal of Erindale as alternative site. Debate and issues. |
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0:38:06 |
National Capital Planning Committee. Memory of Peter Harrison. NCDC culture and experience of. |
Gordon Stevenson, John Andrews, John Overall, Tony Powell |
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0:42:10 |
Seconded to head up New Town Centre Task Force. Building Tuggeranong Town Centre. Formation of Tuggeranong Community Council. NCDC consultation processes. Community participation in development of Town Centre through group of community representatives |
Ros Kelly, Erindale College |
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0:46:16 |
Development of distinctive qualities of Tuggeranong. Land/use relationships. Location of Service Trades Area. Building height |
Woden, Belconnen, |
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0:51:19 |
Tuggeranong colour scheme (red roofs as unifying element). Recent changes and response to. Approach to Tuggeranong Foreshore Development and role of community participants. |
Greg Deas, Carcoar, Tuggeranong College, Anketell Street, McDonalds, KFC |
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0:56:46 |
National Planning Award for Tuggeranong Town Centre 1992. 1987 promotion to Director of Policy Planning |
National Capital Open Space System, Gungahlin |
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0:59:29 |
End of session |
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Interview: 12/12/12
Session #4
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time |
subjects |
proper names |
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0:00:00 |
Issues in development of Tuggeranong Bus Interchange. |
ACTION, Transport Workers Union. |
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0:04:03 |
Development of Hyperdome . Issues of shopping centres. Work on Gungahlin Town Centre as consultant. Community use of shopping centres |
Leda, Lend Lease, Coles Woolworths, Aldi, |
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0:09:07 |
Discussion of own uses of shopping centres. Consultancy for Woolworths development of Conder Group Centre |
Rosemary Lissamore, Tuggeranong Homestead, Lanyon Market Place, |
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0:14:00 |
Community working group involvement in development of Lanyon Market Place. Informal work for Tuggeranong Community Council including support in saving Tuggeranong Homestead from proposed development |
ACTPLA (ACT Planning and Land Authority) |
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0:17:29 |
Issues of 1990s ACPLA plans for infill around Foreshore. Story of successful opposition to this |
Harold Hird, Lincoln Hawkins |
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0:21:00 |
Last year at NCDC. Harold White Review of NCDC. Self-government issues. Work culture last years. The principle of two development fronts |
Professor Pat Troy, Malcolm Latham |
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0:26:08 |
Developments in community consultation at NCDC. Greater focus on social and cultural planning through influence of Jill Lang. Memories of Tom Uren. First golf club housing estate in Canberra |
John Mant, Murrumbidgee Golf Course |
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0:31:20 |
Memories of other Commonwealth Ministers and NCDC staff including David Hain and Arnis Siksna. Review and redevelopment of Civic |
Tony Staley, Gordon Bryant, Clyde Holding, City Walk, Petrie Plaza |
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0:36:39 |
Later career of Arnis Siksna. Issue of moving on from NCDC and options for staff. Own interests for future. Offered position of first Chief Planner of National Capital Planning Authority. |
ACT Planning Authority |
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0:40:55 |
Transition to new arrangements. Organisation of NCPA (later NCA) and numbers and selection of staff. Appointment of Chief Executive. Draft National Capital Plan. Decision about location of NCDC Library and its later fragmentation. |
Barry Browning, Paul Carmody, Geoff Campbell, David Wright, Better Cities |
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0:46:46 |
End of session |
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Interview: 12/12/12
Session #5
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time |
subjects |
proper names |
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0:00:00 |
Development of National Capital Plan. Designated areas and others of special national concern. Principles and policies concerning these. |
Barton, Yarralumla, Mt Ainslie, Black Mountain, Red Hill, Rosemary Follett |
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0:05:05 |
Further considerations of National Capital Plan: general land use policies relevant to urban structure of Canberra; implementation policies relevant to environmental requirements. Public consultation re Plan in Canberra and other capitals. Issue of Commonwealth and Territory ownership. Amendment of Plan |
Murrumbidgee River Corridor, George Tomlins |
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0:09:22 |
NCPA consultancy work. |
Multi Function Polis (MFP) |
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0:14:04 |
NCPA involvement in Commonwealth Better Cities program. Examples of projects under the program in Perth, Brisbane and Sydney. NCPA advice on sites for Australian Defence Industries. |
Keating, Brian Howe, Pyrmont, Darling Harbour |
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0:19:33 |
Invited to attend international conferences on basis of recognition of Canberra as a model of urban development |
Ankara, New Delhi, Saskatoon Cairo (Capitals of the World Association) |
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0:22:51 |
End of session |
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Interview: 12/12/12
Session #6
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time |
subjects |
proper names |
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0:00:00 |
Leaving the NCA 1993. Own view of direction of NCA and role in fostering understanding of Canberra’s role as the national capital. Establishment of consultancy business |
Wal Kostyrko, Smith Kostyrko International |
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0:03:57 |
Examples of international work in Fiji and Turkey |
AUSAid, AESOP (Australian Executive Senior Overseas Program), Lutoka City Council, Turkish Planning Institute, Erkal Kece |
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0:07:59 |
Further examples of international work – infrastructure planning in Mongolia. Initial work in private sector. Variety of work |
Mongolia, Rob and Chris Purdon |
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0:11:45 |
Expansion of Smith Kostyrko International to SKCM and later change to Capital Planners |
Paul Cohen, Claire Middleton |
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0:15:17 |
Process of closing business 2006 and decision to amalgamate with Parsons Brinckerhoff. PB’s interest in Capital Planners’ client list. |
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0:18:12 |
Examples of Canberra work as SKCM and Capital Planners. Development in City West over long period |
Australian Estate Management, Land Development Agency, Gay Williamson, Susan Conroy, |
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0:22:02 |
Further examples of clients and projects: Kamberra Winery Complex. Story of association with Tim Efkarpides from NCDC days and the development of the Efkarpides’ business prior to formation of the Molonglo Group |
Woolworths, CIC, LendLease, Hardy Wines, Tim Efkarpides, Shopright Supermarkets, Cannons, Belconnen Markets |
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0:26:43 |
Long term association with Molonglo Group’s development of the Acton site as planning consultant and offer of job with them as Director of Planning. Interest of work at New Acton and poignancy of site as own first home in Canberra |
Nectar (Efkarpides) |
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0:31:20 |
Efkarpides’ approach to business. Decision to retire. Finding replacement Planner at Molonglo Group. Current work |
Hayes |
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0:35:16 |
Reflections on Canberra Planning since self-government. Disappointment with Gungahlin and planning issues including block size and road system. Fragmentation of planning responsibility. Lack of strategic planning. |
Territory Plan, Brownfields development. |
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0:39:55 |
Molonglo Group providing new model for development in Canberra. Enjoyment of Canberra and pride in it. Canberra lifestyle. |
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0:42:51 |
Unsung heroes in Canberra Planning – NCDC and ACTPLA. Experience of interview |
Bruce Balfour, Col Nicholas, Mike Quirk |
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0:46:49 |
End of session |
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