Collection UQFL636 - Ian Sinnamon Papers

Identity area

Reference code

UQFL636

Title

Ian Sinnamon Papers

Date(s)

  • 1956-2003 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

2 boxes

Context area

Name of creator

(1935-2017)

Biographical history

Ian Trevor Sinnamon, born 6 January 1935, graduated from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Architecture in 1958. During his final years of study, he worked part-time with firms such as Prangley and Crofts. After graduating, he was awarded an Italian Government scholarship for postgraduate study at the University of Rome. Following brief working stints in Rome and London, he returned to Brisbane in 1960 and formed a short-lived partnership with John Hitch.

Sinnamon was a strong advocate for heritage conservation in the built environment. He served on the National Trust of Queensland’s Listings Committee from 1972 to 1984 and established its Conservation and Restoration Committee in 1979. From 1988, he was a member of the Heritage Advisory Committee under the Ahern and Goss Governments and contributed to the Green Paper Committee for Heritage Legislation, which led to the establishment of the Queensland Heritage Council in 1992. He also served on the Council’s Heritage Register Assessment Committee.

Sinnamon held positions as a lecturer and Head of the University of Queensland's Department of Architecture, and later took on the role as the Department's in-house historian, compiling its history and reflecting on the challenges of architectural education for the school's fiftieth anniversary in 1987.

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Donation facilitated by Don Watson.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Correspondence and documents relating to UQ School of Architecture curriculum, research on Karl Langer and architectural conservation.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Arranged by series following subject areas, maintaining chronological order.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Unrestricted access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright applies.

Language of material

  • English

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Alma MMS ID

991014124998403131

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Status

Final

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Created, KK, 10-Sep-2020.

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Physical storage

  • Box: UQFL636 Box 1
  • Box: UQFL636 Box 2