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- 1965 (Creation)
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3 architectural drawings ; 48 x 70 cm and smaller.
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Graeme John Thiedeke was born on 8 January 1942. He commenced part-time study towards a Diploma of Architecture in 1960 at the Central Technical College (now Queensland University of Technology) while working at Conrad Gargett. He graduated in 1966 and moved to Canada, where he worked in the Vancouver office of architect Arthur Charles Erickson. In 1968 he moved to Mexico, where he studied art, formed an architectural practice and started a ceramics factory. In 1975 he returned to Australia, recommencing work with Conrad Gargett until 1977. In 1978 he joined the Davis Heather Group, later forming a separate company with Bill Heather, The Heather Thiedeke Group. Thiedeke moved to Malaysia in 2000 and began working for the architectural firm McKerrell Lynch.
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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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Three working drawings (ink line drawings on paper) with staple marks along left side edge. Architects from Title Block: AH Conrad and TBF Gargett. Drawn by GJT. Sheets no. 2, 3 and 6. Client: ANZ Bank. Brief: Design and documentation for construction of a branch bank. This was Thiedeke's second last project before leaving for Canada.
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- English
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Tube 8
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Created, Linda Justo, 21-Apr-2021.
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Internal evidence, donor file.