40. Australia: Architectural And Building History
(p) G W Mitchell. Genesis and Development of Reinforced Concrete in Australia(read before the Sydney Division, Institution of Engineers, Australia, 11 May 1922). Sydney 1922.
R M Edmonds. Architecture: an Introductory Survey. Sydney 1938. Probably the first general text on the history of architecture produced in Australia. The later parts deal with more modern and more local matters and reflect current attitudes - for example, "The Reign of 'Horrible Fussiness'" for the latter part of the nineteenth century.
Ross Thorne. Theatre Buildings in Australia to 1905. 2 vols, Sydney 1971. No 111 of an edition of 500.
Ross Thorne. Cinemas in Australia Via USA. Sydney 1981.
Malcolm Fraser et al. The Heritage of Australia. South Melbourne 1981. Two copies.
A National Triust Invitation to Visit the Historic houses of Australia. Canberra 1988.
(f) Terence Lane & Jessie Serle. Australians at Home. Melbourne 1990. Copy inscribed by the authors to Miles Lewis.
(f) Graham Cornall. Memories. Perth 1990.
Hardy Wilson
W H Wilson. The Cow Pasture Road. Sydney 1920.
(ef) W H Wilson. Old Colonial Architecture in New South Wales and Tasmania. Sydney 1924. Three signed copies, nos 579, 672 and 823, of an edition of 1,000: no 672 in its original dustwrapper and box; no 579 with a damaged spine.
W H Wilson. The Dawn of a New Civilization. Sydney 1929.
W H Wilson. Yin Yang. Flowerdale [Tasmania] 1934. Limited edition of 500. Although not specifically architectural, this novel is by the first really influential writer on Australian architecture and reflects Wilson's interests, especially in China.
W H Wilson. Building Purulia. Sydney 1982 (1919). No 95 of an edition of 200 published by the Guild of Craft Bookbinders, their first limited edition, and the subject of their annual exhibition and competition at the Fisher Library, Sydney University, 1983. Printed by the Craft Press, Cobargo, NSW; hand set on handmade paper with Guild of Craft Bookbinders watermark. bound by Ralf Engel.
(ef) Cyril Pearl [ed]. Hardy Wilson and His Old Colonial Architecture. Melbourne 1970.
Architects
J S Gawler. A Roof Over My Head. Melbourne 1963. The memoirs of an architectural activist, first Dean of Architecture at Melbourne University, and a central figure in housing reform, town planning and local government. Two copies
Morton Herman. The Blackets. Sydney 1963.
James Birrell . Walter Burley Griffin. St Lucia [Queensland] 1964. Copy inscribed bythe author to Alan Whitty
Ian Sansom. 'The life and Work of William Edmund Kemp'. BArch, University of New South Wales, no date.
J M Freeland. Architect Extraordinary. Melbourne 1970.
N V Hall. My Name is Blacket. Sydney 1983.
Geoffrey Serle. Robin Boyd: a Life. Melbourne 1995. Copy inscribed by the author to Miles Lewis.
Engineers, builders & manufacturers
A Brief History of the 170 Years Trading of the House of Berger. Rhodes [New South Wales] 1930.
Kelly & Lewis Ltd. Melbourne, no date [1949].
Bobbie Hardy. Their Work was Australian: the Story of the Hudson Family. Sydney 1970.
Cast iron
E G Robertson. Sydney Lace. Melbourne 1962. 2 copies.
E G Robertson. Ornamental Cast Iron in Melbourne. Melbourne 1967.
E G Robertson. Adelaide Lace. Adelaide 1973. Two copies, nos. 500 and 807 of an edition of 1001.
E G Robertson & Joan Robertson. Cast Iron Decoration: a World Survey. London 1977.
E G Robertson [ed Joan Robertson]. Decorative Cast Iron in Australia. South Yarra [Victoria] 1984.
Brian Turner. Australia's Iron Lace. Sydney 1985.
New South Wales
G N Griffiths. Some Houses and People of New South Wales. Sydney 1949.
G N Griffiths. Some Northern Homes of N.S.W. Sydney 1954.
(p) J R Stevenson. The History of Parliament House, Sydney. [Sydney 1956]. Mimeographed typescript.
H C Baker. Historic Buildings Parramatta. Vol I. Sydney 1961.
Helen Baker. Historic Buildings Liverpool and Campbelltown [Sydney] 1963.
Patricia Mills. Hambledon Cottage. Parramatta [New South Wales] 1966 [1965].
Penny Pike [ed Helen Baker]. Elizabeth Bay House. Sydney 1987.
Helen Baker. Historic Buildings. Central Area of Sydney Vol II. No place [Sydney] 1962.
Helen Baker. Historic Buildings Windsor and Richmond. Sydney 1967.
Helen Baker. Historic Buildings vol. II. Central Area of Sydney. Sydney 1967.
[J M Freeland, maps by Robert Irving]. Windsor and Richmond. Sydney 1968.
Bernard & Kate Smith. The Architectural Character of Glebe Sydney. Sydney 1973.
A W Morton. The History of the Garrison Church. Sydney, no date [?c 1975-80].
P L Reynolds. Legislative Architecture in New South Wales. Sydney 1976. This copy apparently specially bound, and inscribed to Lieutenant Colonel E D Marshall on his retirement, Headquarters Training Command, Sydney, 5 May 1977: 'Zwar weiss ich viel - doch möcht ich alles wissen.'
M Herriott, P Rodis & K J Walters. Norfolk Island: the Architectural and Historic Record. Canberra 1981.
James Broadbent. Elizabeth Farm Parramatta. No place [?Parramatta] 1984.
1788 is just around the Corner: an Historical Guide to Sydney. [Sydney 1988].
Tasmania
Charles Barrett. Heritage of Stone. Melbourne, no date [before 1943]. Two copies, one with the bookplate of W & R Disney Davidson.
Michel Sharland. Stones of a Century. Oldham, Beddome & Meredith. Hobart 1957.
Clifford Craig, Brian Lewis, and others. Priceless Heritage. Hobart 1964. This copy inscribed by the National Trust of Australia (Tasmania) to Brian Lewis, joint author and one of the judges of the competition from which the book derived.
E G Robertson & E N Craig. Early Houses of Northern Tasmania. 2 vols, Melbourne 1964. Signed copy no 724 of 1,000.
E G Robertson. Early Buildings of Southern Tasmania. 2 vols, Middle Park [Victoria] 1970.
Roy Smith. Early Tasmanian Bridges. Launceston 1969.
Leslie Greener & Norman Laird. Ross Bridge and the Sculpture of Daniel Herbert. Hobart 1971.
Victoria
Maie Casey, Joan Lindsay & others. Early Melbourne Architecture 1840 to 1888. 1st ed reprint, Melbourne 1954 [1953]. Another copy: 2nd ed, Melbourne 1963
Geoffrey Blainey. Johns & Waygood Limited 1856-1956. Melbourne 1956. Two copies.
(p) Hermon Gill. The History of Cook's Cottage and Voyages of Captain James Cook. Melbourne 1957.
J M Freeland. Melbourne Churches 1836-1851. Melbourne 1963.
Nan Chapman. Historic Homes of Western Victoria. Colac [Victoria] 1965. No 540 of an edition of 600.
David Saunders [ed]. Historic Buildings of Victoria. Brisbane 1966.
Maurice Cantlon. Homesteads of Victoria 1836-1900. Melbourne 1967.
Western Australia
R P Wright. Western Landmarks. Osborne Park [Western Australia] no date.
Ray Oldham & John Oldham . Western Heritage: a Study of the Colonial Arhitercture of Perth, Western Australia. Perth 1961 .
R J Fergusson. Rottnest Island: History and Architecture. Nedlands [Western Australia] 1986.
Ian Molyneux. Looking Around Perth. East Fremantle [Western Australia] 1981.
South Australia
(p) W H Bagot. Some Nineteenth Century Adelaide Architects. Adelaide 1958.
W B Hays. Engineering in South Australia. Facsimile, Adelaide 1965 [London 1856].
D F Elder. William Light[exhibition catalogue]. Adelaide 1966.
Elfrida & Rolf Jensen. Colonial Architecture in South Australia. Adelaide 1980.
D L Johnson & M S Fallon. 18th and 19th Century Architecture Books and Serials in South Australia. Adelaide 1981.
Queensland
E J A Weller. Buildings of Queensland. Brisbane 1959. Two copies
see also:
(sec 18) Farnol, Gentleman in Colours (sec 36) Henderson, A Century in Timber (sec 40) Domestic Architecture Beiers, Houses of Australia (sec 44) Art in Australia, 1919 (for Wilson, 'On Richmond Bridge')