Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1922-1999 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
2 boxes, 1 oversize folder (56 plans)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Roderic Walter Voller (1909 - 2000), the son of Brisbane architect Water Carey Voller and his wife Ellen (nee Harwood) was born in Brisbane in 1909. He studied architecture at the Central Technical College Brisbane from 1927 to 1931, working as an articled pupil for his father. Upon completion of his studies Voller went to England and worked for Oliver Percy Bernard until 1938. That year he was admitted as an Associate into the Royal British Institute of Architects. He married Joan (nee Scott) in 1938 and they moved to Australia the same year. Becoming an Associate of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects in 1939, Voller established himself as an architect in Brisbane. Rod Voller was in private architectural practice in Brisbane with C.E. Plant from 1938 to 1941. From 1944 to 1946 he worked as an Assistant Architect at the Brisbane City Council. He and his second cousin, Ronald James Voller set up practice in Queen Street in 1946 as Voller & Voller. This practice became The Architects Group and Roderic Voller stayed there until 1949. He also worked as a part time resident architect for the University of Queensland on urgent accommodation from 1947 to 1948. Voller was in partnership with John Kershaw from 1958 to 1974. He received the Member of the Order of Australia Award for service to architecture and the community in 1989. While semi-retired he continued to work in private practice at Nambour from 1975 to 1991.
Repository
Archival history
Collection previously titled as: Papers, 1922-1999
Collection alternatively titled as: Roderic Walter Voller Collection
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Architectural drawings, scrapbooks (including photographs), photograph album, research material.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Unrestricted access
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright permission given to Fryer Library.
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
Publication note
Material from this collection has been cited in:
Wilson, K. (2015). Brisbane Art Deco: stories of our built heritage. Upper Mt Gravatt, Queensland: Jubilee Studio.
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Alma MMS ID
Millennium Local System Number
OCLC Number
Libraries Australia ID
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Voller, Roderic Walter, 1909-2000 (Subject)
- Voller, Joan (Subject)
- Queensland Country Women's Association (Subject)
- Country Women's Assocation (Subject)
- C. E. Plant & R. W. Voller (Subject)
- R.W. Voller & John Kershaw (Subject)
- Voller & Voller (Subject)
- The Architects Group (Subject)
- Sundale Rod Voller Care Centre (Subject)
- Royal Australian Institute of Architects (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Revised
Level of detail
Full
Dates of creation revision deletion
Updated, Linda Justo, 1-May-2019.
Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.