Building, Architecture and Places

Canberra and District Local History : A select bibliography

by Geoffrey Burkhardt



2. Buildings, Architecture and Places

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17

ALTENBURG, Kirsty.
Canberra : A Landscape History 1958-1980. Canberra, 1993.
ACTHL LOCATION: H 711.4 ALTE

 

 

18

AUSTRALIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE.
The First Twenty Five Years. Canberra, 1980.
ACTHL LOCATION: H 506.094 FIRS

 

 

19

BARDER, Jane.
Old Canberra House and the British Connection. Canberra, 1993.
ACTHL LOCATION: Not held

 

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20

BENSON, Alan.
"Contender for Second Place. Canberra Design Competition of 1911.”  Canberra Historical Journal. NS, No.3, March 1979.
Henry Caswell's association with Canberra's early development.
ACTHL LOCATION: H 994.7 CANB

 

 

21

BICKFORD, Anne.
Calthorpes' House : A Museum Guide. Canberra, 1987.
ACTHL LOCATION: H 994.7 BICK

 

 

22

BIRRELL, J.
Walter Burley Griffin. Brisbane, 1964.
Although largely biographical this book contains chapters on the design competition and early architectural developments of Canberra.
ACTHL LOCATION: H 720.92 BIRR

 

 

23

BIRTLES, Terence Grant.
An Introduction to the Planning and Urban Development of the Australian Capital Territory. Canberra, 1980..
ACTHL LOCATION: H 711.4099471 BIRT

 

 

24

BOYD, Robin.
"The Architecture of Canberra.”  Report of the Proceedings of the Residential School, Canberra Our National Capital. Canberra, 1964.
ACTHL LOCATION: H 919.471 CANB

 

 

25

BRENNAN,Frank.
Canberra In Crisis : A History of Land Tenure and Leasehold Administration. Canberra, 1971.
ACTHL LOCATION: H 333.32 BREN

 

 

26

BRESSER, Bill.
Canberra Country. Canberra, 1981.
Includes farmhouses of historic importance in ACT. Largely pictorial.
ACTHL LOCATION: H 994.7 BRES

 

 

27

"Canberra Brickworks 40 years Ago."
Canberra Times. 30 January 1954.
ACTHL LOCATION: Microfilm

 

 

28

CHARLTON, Ken.
Federal Capital Architecture, Canberra 1911-1939.
Canberra, 1984.
ACTHL LOCATION: H 720.9947 CHAR

 

 

29

COULTHARD-CLARK, C. D. (ed.)
Gables, Ghosts and Governors-General : The Historic House at Yarralumla, Canberra. North Sydney, 1988.
ACTHL LOCATION: H 994.71 GABL

 

 

30

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTION.
Duntroon Woolshed Conservation Analysis. Canberra, ND.
ACTHL LOCATION: H 711.55409947 CONS

 

 

31

DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION, ACT REGION.
Googong Homestead : 1845-1976. Canberra, 1978.
ACTHL LOCATION: Not held

 

 

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32

DICK, George.
Parliament House Canberra, Golden Jubilee. Canberra,1977.
ACTHL LOCATION: H 720.99471 DICK

 

 

33

FISCHER, K. F.
Canberra Myths and Models : Forces at Work in the Formation of the Australian Capital. Hamburg, 1984.
Includes sections on the history and development of the National Capital Development Commission.
ACTHL LOCATION: H 711.409947 FISC

 

 

34

FITZGERALD, Alan. (ed.)
Canberra's Engineering Heritage. Barton, ACT, 1983.
ACTHL LOCATION: H 620.0099471 CANB

 

 

35

FITZGERALD, Alan.
Canberra and the New Parliament House. Sydney, 1983.
ACTHL LOCATION: H 725.1109947 CANB

 

 

36

FOOKES, R. S.
"A Sermon in Stone. Transformation of the Old Rookwood Cemetery Station to a New Canberra Church.”  Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin. February, 1960. pp.24-28.
ACTHL LOCATION: Not held

 

 

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37

GARNETT, Rodney and Danielle HYNDES (eds.)
The Heritage of the Australian Capital Territory. Canberra, 1992.
ACTHL LOCATION: H 363.6909947 HERI

 

 

38

 

GIBBNEY, James.
Calthorpes' Canberra : The Town and Community in 1927. Canberra, 1986. Calthorpes' House Museum Occasional Series No.1.
ACTHL LOCATION: H 994.7 GIBB

 

 

39

GIBSON, T. R. S.
"Canberra : Layout and Development 1911-55." Journal of Institution of Engineers Australia. July/August 1956.
ACTHL LOCATION: Not held

 

 

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GRIFFITHS, G. Nesta.
Some Southern Homes of New South Wales. Sydney, 1976.
Includes houses in the Canberra region.
ACTHL LOCATION: H 994.4 GRIF

 

 

41

GUGLER, Ann.
The Builders of Canberra 1909-1929 : The Life and Times of the Early Canberrans. Canberra, 1994.
ACTHL LOCATION: H 994.7 BUIL

 

 

42

GUGLER, Ann.
"The Workmen Who Built Canberra and Where They Lived 1913-1929." Canberra Historical Journal. NS, No.31, March 1993.
ACTHL LOCATION: H 994.7 CANB

 

 

43

HARVIE, Clive.
That’s Where I Met My Wife. A Story of the First Swimming Pool in the National Capital of Canberra. As Compiled by Huggus on Behalf of Clive Harvie. [Canberra] ND.
ACTHL LOCATION: H 797.2009947 THAT

 

 

44

HEWITT, Hope.
"Early Years of the Albert Hall.", Canberra Historical Journal.NS, No.5, March 1980.
ACTHL LOCATION: H 994.7 CANB

 

 

45

HINCE, Bernadette.
A Pryor Commitment : Canberra's Public Landscape 1944-1958. Canberra [1994].
ACTHL LOCATION: H 715.099471 HINC

 

 

46

JOHNSON, Donald L.
Canberra and Walter Burley Griffin : A Bibliography of, 1876 to 1976 and a Guide to Published Sources. Melbourne, 1980.
ACTHL LOCATION: H 016.71140994 JOHN

 

 

47

JOHNSON, Donald Leslie.
The Architecture of Walter Burley Griffin. South Melbourne, 1977.
ACTHL LOCATION: H 720.92 JOHN

 

 

48

JOHNSON, Roger.
Design in Balance : Designing the National Area of Canberra, 1968-1972. St. Lucia, QLD, 1974.
ACTHL LOCATION: H 711.4099471 JOHN

 

49

KNOWLES, Beth.
The Cottage in the Parliamentary Triangle : A Social History of the Building Known as Blundell's. Canberra, 1990.
ACTHL LOCATION: H 994.71 KNOW

 

 

50

KNOWLES, Beth.
"The First Occupants in the Cottage in the Parliamentary Triangle.”  Canberra Historical Journal. NS, No.25, March 1990.
Relates to Blundell's Farmhouse.
ACTHL LOCATION: H 994.7 CANB

 

 

51

LAWSON, Elaine.
"History, Heritage or Theatre?  The Presentation of Interiors at Lanyon, Calthorps' House and Mugga Mugga.”  Canberra Historical Journal, NS, No.36, September 1995.
ACTHL LOCATION: H 994.7 CANB

 

 

52 

LINGE, G. J. R.
Canberra, Site and City. Canberra, 1975.
ACTHL LOCATION: H 309.19471 LING

 

 

53

LOJKINE, A. K.
Mount Stromlo Observatory : A History and Description of the Observatory : Its Work and Its Equipment. Canberra, [1958?].
ACTHL LOCATION: H 522.19947 LOJK

 

 

54

McDONALD, D. I.
"Architect J. S. Murdock and The Provisional Parliament House.”  Canberra Historical Journal. NS, No.15, May 1985.
ACTHL LOCATION: H 994.7 CANB

 

 

55

McDONALD, D. I.
"The Australian War Memorial Architectural Competition : a Gross Injustice.”  Canberra Historical Journal. NS, No.12, September 1983.
ACTHL LOCATION: H 994.7 CANB

 

 

56

MILLER, M. J.
Mount Stromlo Observatory. A History and Description of the Observatory, its Work and Its Equipment. Canberra, ND. [1964 or 1965].
ACTHL LOCATION: H 522.19947 MILL

 

57

MURPHY, G. P.
"House Should be Preserved."  Canberra Historical Journal. NS, No.8, September 1981.
ACTHL LOCATION: H 994.7 CANB

 

 

58

MURPHY, Greg,
"The Westbourne Woods Incinerator : Whose Design?" Canberra Historical Journal. NS, No.10, September 1982.
ACTHL LOCATION: H 994.7 CANB

 

 

59

My First Home in Canberra : Canberra Residents' Memories of Their First Homes, 1920-1990. Murrumbateman, NSW,1994.
ACTHL LOCATION: H 994.71 MYFI

 

 

60

NATIONAL CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.
Canberra, from Limestone Plains to Garden City : The Story of the National Capital's Landscape. Canberra, 1985.
ACTHL LOCATION: H 712.09947 CANB

 

 

61

NATIONAL TRUST OF AUSTRALIA (ACT)
Capital Buildings : A School Kit from the National Trust of Australia (ACT) on selected early public buildings of Canberra. Canberra, [1988]
ACTHL LOCATION: H 994.7 NATI

 

 

62

NEIL, Jan, and Gordon SHELDON.
Canberra, Dream To Reality. Canterbury, VIC., 1975.
ACTHL LOCATION: H 994.71 SHEL

 

 

63

OVERALL, John.
Canberra, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow : A Personal Memoir. Canberra, 1995.
The author was head of the National Capital Development Commission during the 1960s and 1970s.
ACTHL LOCATION: H 994.71 OVER

 

 

64

PEGRUM, Annabelle.
"Early Years of the Albert Hall."  Canberra Historical Journal. NS, No.32, September 1993.
ACTHL LOCATION: H 994.7 CANB

 

 

65

PHILLIP COX AND PARTNERS PTY. LTD.
Yarralumla Woolshed and Outbuildings Conservation Management Plan. Canberra, 1982.
ACTHL LOCATION: H 720.288 PHIL

 

 

66

PHILLIP COX AND PARTNERS PTY. LTD.
Gungahlin Homestead and Outbuildings Conservation Management Plan. Canberra, 1982.
ACTHL LOCATION: H 720.28809947 PHIL

 

 

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PHILLIP COX AND PARTNERS PTY. LTD.
London Bridge Homestead Conservation Management Plan. Canberra, 1983.
ACTHL LOCATION: H 728.670288 LOND

 

 

68

PHILLIP COX AND PARTNERS PTY. LTD.
Blundell's Cottage Conservation Study Report. Canberra, 1983.
ACTHL LOCATION: Not held

 

 

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69

PROUDFOOT, Peter.
The Secret Plan of Canberra. Kensington, NSW, 1993.
ACTHL LOCATION: H 711.4099471 PROU

 

 

70

PROUDFOOT, Peter.
"Canberra : The Triumph of the Garden City.”  Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society. Vol.77, Part 1. 1991.
Early planning of the national capital.
ACTHL LOCATION: H 994 ROYA

 

 

71

PULVER, A. P.
A Surveyor's Story of Canberra 1981. [Canberra] 1981
ACTHL LOCATION: Not held

 

 

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72

ROBERTS, Alan.
"Memorials in the National Capital : Developing a Sense of National Identity." Canberra Historical Journal. NS, No. 26, September 1990.
ACTHL LOCATION: H 994.7 CANB

 

 

73

ROLAND, Henry Maitland.
"From Country to City." Canberra and District Historical Society Journal. No.1, December 1972.
Roland was chief architect to the Federal Capital Commission in the 1920s and involved with the early architecture of the city.
ACTHL LOCATION: H 994.7 CANB

 

 

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ROYAL AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, ACT CHAPTER.
Canberra : An Architectural Guide to Australia's Capital. Manuka, ACT, 1982.
Details of buildings of historical importance in Canberra district.
ACTHL LOCATION: H 720.99471 CANB

 

 

75

RUDDOCK, Grenfell.
"The National Mint." Australian Numismatic Journal. Vol.14, No.3. 1963.
ACTHL LOCATION: Not held

 

 

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76

SHAW, Judith.
"Dickson Experiment Station. A Case Study of Changing Needs and Conflicting Priorities in Land Use in the ACT.”  Canberra Historical Journal. NS, No.11, March 1983.
ACTHL LOCATION: H 994.7 CANB

 

 

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STEVEN, Margaret.
Merchant Campbell 1769-1846. A Study in Colonial Trade. Melbourne, 1965.
ACTHL LOCATION: H 380.0994 STEV

 

 

78

THOMAS, Richard.
Ainslie Village : Hostel to Home. Ainslie, ACT, 1988.
ACTHL LOCATION: Not held

 

 

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79

VEST, D.
"Yarralumla Estate 1881-1913.”  Canberra Historical Journal. March, 1973.
ACTHL LOCATION: H 994.7 CANB

 

 

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WOODHOUSE, R. K. E.
"Preservation of Locomotive No. 1210 at Canberra.”  Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin. No. 293, March 1962.
ACTHL LOCATION: Not held

 

 

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81

WOOLLEY, R.
"Mount Stromlo Observatory.”  Records of the Australian Academy of Science. Vol.1, November 1968.
ACTHL LOCATION: Not held

 

 

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82

WHITE, H. L.
"The National Library of Australia." Australian Library Journal. Vol.14, June 1965.
Partly an historical perspective.
ACTHL LOCATION: Not held

 

 

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83

WRIGHT, W. Davis.
"Tharwa Bridge Early History and Reminiscences of Locality.”  Queanbeyan Observer. 29 March 1985.
The Queanbeyan Observer ceased in 1915-suggest that 1985 is a typo
ACTHL LOCATION: Microfilm

 

 

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