Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1922-2002. (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
22 boxes, 1 parcel, 22 plans, 12 maps, 2 posters.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
One of Australia's foremost gardening experts, Harry Oakman was the director of Brisbane City Council's Department of Parks from 1946 to 1963. During this time he was responsible for extensive tree planting programs across the city and for the design and revitatization of many parks, including the Brisbane Botanical Gardens and New Farm Park. In 1963, he became Director of Landscape Architecture for the city of Canberra and had a major impact on the development of Australia's capital. He retired to Brisbane in 1973 and died there in 2002.
Repository
Archival history
Collection previously titled as: Papers, 1922-2002
Collection alternatively titled as: Harry Oakman Collection.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Correspondence, reports, drafts of books and articles, newspaper cuttings, photographs, plans, maps, posters and recorded interviews pertaining to Harry Oakman's career as a landscape architect.
Collection includes some nineteenth-century material: Brisbane Botanical Gardens Reports 1861-1894, older city surveys and maps.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Unrestricted access, except Box 1 Folder 5 is restricted. Application for access to restricted material may be submitted to the Fryer Librarian or their delegate for consideration.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright applies.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Uploaded finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Alma MMS ID
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Oakman, Harry (Subject)
- Brisbane City Council Department of Parks (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Migrated
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.