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- 1898-1943. (Creation)
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Extent and medium
24 boxes, 20 oversize folders.
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Name of creator
Administrative history
W. Hodgen and Hodgen was the architectural firm consisting of William Hodgen and his sons Neil Nelson Hodgen (1909-1938) and Owen Frederick Hodgen (1911-1989).
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Leslie M. Perrott Senior was a Melbourne architect in the inter-war period. He was was born in Gippsland, and moved with his family to Melbourne after the death of his father. He studied architecture at the Melbourne Technical College. In 1914, Perrott ... »
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George Henry Male Addison was born on 23 March 1857 in Llanelly, Wales. He studied architecture in London. Addison immigrated to South Australia. Married Emily Alice Maude in 1884 with whom he had four children: Lily Isabel Maude (1885-1968), Edward ... »
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Eric Percival Trewern was born in Bendigo, and worked as a draughtsman for the Queensland Public Works Department. He established his own architectural practice in Brisbane in 1920 and became an extremely successful residential architect during the inter-... »
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Owen Frederick Hurrell Holberton Hodgen was born on 29 April 1911 to parents Stella Emily Hamilton and William Hodgen. He articled as an architect with his father from 1928 to 1934 and was registered as an architect in Queensland in 1934. He was in ... »
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Architect Charles McLay was born near Stirling, Scotland in 1860. After training as an architect in his home country, he moved to Australia, arriving in Brisbane in 1885 where he was initially employed as a Draftsman by the Queensland Government. He ... »
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Neil Nelson Hodgen was born in Toowoomba on 3 September 1909 to Stella Emily Hamilton and William Hodgen. He articled as an architect with his father from 1928-1933 and qualified in 1933. Neil Hodgen was in partnership as W. Hodgen and Hodgen, Architects,... »
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William Hodgen (junior) was born in Toowoomba on 28 June 1866. His father, William Hodgen was a buildder and contractor in Toowoomba. After work as a cadet in the Colonial Architect's Office, he resigned in 1891 to travel to London where he obtained ... »
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Gerald William Bruce Furse was born in Strathfield, New South Wales in 1906. He was became an architect in 1933. In 1934 he went into partnership with Guy Crick. Crick and Furse dominated the Australian theatre architecture until the partnership was ... »
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Guy Crick was born in Hobart, Tasmania in 1901. He served his articles with Edwin J. Ruck in Melbourne before returning to work as an architect in Tasmania. In 1924 Crick moved to Sydney, New South Wales and commenced work with cinema specialist Henry ... »
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Brisbane-based architect, foundation student at Brisbane Central Technical College and employee of the Queensland Government from 1882 to 1890. From 1890 he worked as an architect, forming the partnership H.W. Atkinson and Chas. McLay in 1907. Later ... »
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Sydney architect William Rae Laurie migrated to Australia from Scotland as a child and gained his architectural qualifications at Sydney University, graduating in 1922. After travelling around Europe, he joined the practice of Henry White in 1926. He ... »
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Melbourne-based Anketell Matthew Henderson (1853-1923) began his independent architectural practice in 1878. In 1905 his son, Kingley Anketell Henderson (1883-1942) joined him in partnership forming A. & K. Henderson. In 1921 the firm became A & ... »
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The Sydney architectural firm of J. and H. G. Kirkpartick were architects to the Commonwealth Bank and national agents of the Commonwealth War Service Homes Scheme between 1919 and 1920.
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Architectural practice of English-born architect James Marks who migrated to Toowomba in around 1860, and his sons Henry (Harry) James Marks, born 1871 and Reginald (Reg) Marks. The practice operated from Toowoomba.
Prior to the creation of this firm, ... »
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H.W. Atkinson and Chas. McLay was the Brisbane-based architectural practice of Henry Wallace Atkinson and Charles McLay. McLay partnered with Atkinson in 1907, formerly colleagues at the Public Works Department in Brisbane. The firm operated until McLay’... »
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George Henry Male Addison partnered with son George Frederick Addison in 1919 to form G.H.M. Addison and Son. Addison Senior died in 1922. Addison Junior joined with Herbert Stanley MacDonald in 1928 to form G.H.M. Addison and Son and H.S. MacDonald.
Repository
Archival history
Collection previously titled as: Records, 1898-1943
Collection alternatively titled as: W. Hodgen and Hodgen Collection
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Specifications correspondence, tenderbooks and related business records, and architectural plans and drawings. Includes some plans of other architects including Atkinson and McLay, Addison and MacDonald, and E.P. Trewern.
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Conditions governing access
Unrestricted access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright varies.
Language of material
- English
Uploaded finding aid
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Publication note
Material from this collection has been cited in:
Parker, J., Searston, S. (2014). Altering the face of Toowoomba: a reflection on selected works of William Hodgen Jnr. Freemantle, W. A.: Vivid Publishing.
Watson, D., McKay, J., & Queensland Museum. (199... »
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Name access points
- W. Hodgen and Hodgen (Subject)
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Status
Revised
Dates of creation revision deletion
Revised, Linda Justo, 24-Mar-2025. Revised, Linda Justo, 5-Aug-2021. Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.