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Date(s)
- 1967 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
1 volume (23 architectural drawings) + 3 architectural drawings
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
James Birrell commenced his own practice in 1966 after resigning from his position as Architect with the University of Queensland. At this time he also acquired the firm of Scorer and Scorer, which formed the basis of his first jobs. One of those jobs was the Agrictulture and Entomology Buidling at University of Queensland a Scorer and Scorer commission from the Co-ordinator General of the Queensland Government's Department of Works. James Birrell & Partners had offices at various times in Brisbane, Townsville, Port Moresby, and Maroochydore with various partners (including Lorant Kulley, Philip Conn, Richard Stringer and Lindsay Mack). Birrell wound the business up in 1997.
Name of creator
Administrative history
Consulting Structural Engineers. Worked collaboratively with James Birrell.
Repository
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Scope and content
1 volume (24 pages) with 23 plans; Mar 1967 on two of the plans; sequentially numbered 1-29 (missing 17 and 21-24); Architect - James Birrell and Partners; Consulting Structural Engineer - Antony Tod and Partners; Drawing index and general notes on sheet no. 1; previously held together with metal paper binders. Three additional plans not bound in the set for sheet no.s 15 - 17, dated Apr 1967.
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Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Unrestricted access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright applies.
Language of material
- English
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Notes area
Note
Oversize folder 43
Note
Previously housed in Folder 40 as A23
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- James Cook University (Subject)
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Status
Final
Level of detail
Minimal
Dates of creation revision deletion
Created, Linda Justo, 3-Mar-2021.