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- 1914 (Creation)
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4 drawings on paper
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Administrative history
In 1890 HW Atkinson founded the firm which has been known successively as: HW Atkinson (1890-1907); HW Atkinson & Chas McLay (1907-1918); HW Atkinson & AH Conrad (1918-1939); AH Conrad & TBF Gargett (1939-1965); Conrad, Gargett & Partners (1965-1972); Conrad, Gargett & Partners Pty Ltd (1972-1982); Conrad & Gargett Pty Ltd (1982-2004); and from 2004 to 2023 as Conrad Gargett. In early 2023 Conrad Gargett merged with Architectus.
The architectural work of the firm includes Trades Hall, McWhirter and Son, Craigston Apartments, the Courier Mail Building, and the Empire (later St. James) Theatre in Albert Street.
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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’s death in 1918 when Atkinson formed a new partnership with Arnold Henry Conrad which lasted until Atkinson’s death in 1938. Atkinson, and consequently his partnership with McLay, is considered the foundation of the Australian architectural firm Conrad Gargett.
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Architects: Atkinson & McClay.
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Restricted access to original drawings due to fragility. Unrestricted access to digitised copies.
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Out of copyright. Able to be reproduced without permission. Please attribute the Fryer Library.
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- English
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Digitised in 2025: D000894
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Tube 127
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Revised
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Dates of creation revision deletion
Revised, Linda Justo, 20-May-2025
Created, Linda Justo, 11-Dec-2023.