Subseries Subseries 23 - Job A41 Boatshed, University of Queensland

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UQFL117-Series A-Subseries 23

Title

Job A41 Boatshed, University of Queensland

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  • 1964-1965 (Creation)

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2 architectural drawings + 1 volume (8 architectural drawings)

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Name of creator

(1928-2019.)

Biographical history

James Peter Birrell was born in Melbourne on the 24 October 1928. He was educated at the Melbourne Technical College (1945-1949) while working for the Victorian State Works Department (1947), for R.G. Warren (1948) and the Commonwealth Works Department (1948-1950). He transferred into a fourth year course in the School of Architecture at the University of Melbourne. Following his graduation in 1950, he returned to the Commonwealth Works Department and worked for them in Melbourne, Canberra and Darwin. He was appointed Architect in charge of the Architectural Branch in the Brisbane City Council (1955-1961). He resigned to become Staff Architect to the University of Queensland (1961-1966). He commenced his own practice in 1966, with offices at various times in Brisbane, Townsville, Port Moresby, and Maroochydore with various partners (including Lorant Kulley, Philip Conn, Richard Stringer and Lindsay Mack). He died on 20 September 2019, aged 90.

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The Boat Club of the University of Queensland was established in 1911. Referred to as a shed in the working drawings, Birrell designed a simple building to function as an amenities building for The Boat Club. These plans were designed for submission to the Australian Universities Commission in 1965. It is located between Sir William Macgregor Drive and the Brisbane River. It is now called the Eric Freeman Boathouse. Eric Freeman, attained a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Queensland and was a valued member of the Varsity Eight (rowing) from 1921 to 1924. This file includes:
[Item 1] Boat garage sketch plan (May 1964).
[Item 2] Portal frame diagram (29 Feb 1966).
[Item 3] Job no. A41 Boat Shed Working Drawings; 8 architectural drawings; stapled together; numbered sequentially A41/1 to A41/7, with A41/5A; dated Nov 1965; drawn by J. Kershaw; University Architect is J.P. Birrell.

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Unrestricted access

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Copyright applies

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  • English

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Oversize folder 46

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Previously housed in Folder 42 as A25.

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Final

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Minimal

Dates of creation revision deletion

Created, Linda Justo, 3-Mar-2021

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Sources

'About : University of Queensland Boat Club', UQBC, accessed online 12 January 2021.
JOL Admin. (2016). 'Eric Bernard Freeman photographs', John Oxley Library Blog, accessed online 12 January 2021.
Pratt, Fuller (1998). The University of Queensland buildings, St. Lucia campus, by James Birrell. Bachelor's Thesis, School of Geography, Planning & Architecture, The University of Queensland, accessed via eSpace on 12 January 2021.

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  • Oversize folder: UQFL117 Oversize folder 46