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–101–APPENDIX 1—ABBREVIATIONSADB Australian Dictionary of BiographyAJArchitects JournalA/NSW Archives Office of NSWAR Annual reportDEST [Commonwealth] Department of theEnvironment, Sports & TerritoriesDUAP NSW Department of Urban Affairs &PlanningEC Executive CouncilHRNSW Historic Records of NSWJ&P, RSNSW Journal & Proceedings, Royal Societyof NSWLA Legislative AssemblyML Mitchell LibraryNLA National Library of AustraliaPWD Department of Public WorksPWD&S Department of Public Works & ServicesRAHSJ Journal of the Royal Australian Historical SocietySCC City of SydneySMH Sydney Morning HeraldSOH Sydney Opera HouseSOHIT Sydney Opera House information typescriptSOHT Sydney Opera House TrustSOHUP Sydney Opera House Upgrade ProgramV&P Votes & proceedingsWO War Office files, Public Record Office, LondonAPPENDIX 2—SOURCESThe following documentary sources were drawn on or consulted.Anderson, Max & Cochrane, Pierre, Julius, Poole & Gibson,The first eighty years, J.P.& G. Pty Ltd, 1989.Arup, Ove, Address to the Prestressed ConcreteDevelopment Group, London, 14.1.1965, publishedin Baume, The Sydney Opera House Affair(q.v.), 118–130.Arup, Ove & Zunz, J., Sydney Opera House, in TheArup Journal, Vol.8, No.3, London, October 1973.Australian Dictionary of Biography, Vols 1–12,Melbourne University Press.Avis, Adrian, A conservation plan for the Sydney OperaHouse, December 1991.Baume, Michael, The Sydney Opera House Affair,Sydney, Nelson, 1967.BBC, The Sydney Opera House, the building that nearlywas, [60-minute film, 1973].Birch, Alan & MacMillan, David S., The Sydney Scene,1788–1960, Sydney, Hale & Iremonger, 1982.Bonnemains, Jacqueline, Forsythe, Elliott & Smith,Bernard, Baudin in Australian Waters,Melbourne, O.U.P., 1988.Boyd, Robin, Now it can never be architecture, Life,24.7.1967.Bradley, William, A Voyage to NSW… 1786–1792,Sydney, Public Library of NSW… with Ure Smith,facsimile, 1969.Brassil, Tony & Le Maistre, Barbara, Trading wharves inSydney Harbour, National Trust of Australia(NSW), undated.Browne, Waveney, A man of achievement, Sir ManuelHornibrook, Brisbane, PEP Enterprises, 1974.Cobley, John, Sydney Cove, 1791–1792, Sydney, A&R,1965.Collins, David, An account of the English Colony in NSW,ed. Brian Fletcher, Sydney, A.H.& A.W. Reed…with the R.A.H.S., 1974 [first published 1798].[Competition brief] An International Competition for aNational Opera House at Bennelong Point, Sydney,NSW, Australia, Government Printer, Sydney,[December 1955], known as the Brown Book.Conservation Council (SOHT), Minutes of meetings,1996 & 1997.Croft, David and Hooper, John, The Sydney OperaHouse Glass Walls, in The Arup Journal, Vol.8,No.3, London, October 1973.DEST & DUAP, Sydney Opera House in its harboursetting, Nomination of… for inscription on theWorld Heritage List by the Government ofAustralia, 1996 [Joan Domicelj, editor].Ellis, M.H., Francis Greenway, his life & times, Sydney,A&R, 1978.Giedion, Siegfried, Jørn Utzon and the third generationin Zodiac 14.Gilbert, Lionel, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney,Melbourne, O.U.P., 1986.Hall, Peter, Monument into building in Hall, Todd &Littlemore’s newsletter, Progress at the OperaHouse, No.1, July 1972 [ed. John Yeomans].Sydney Opera House, the design approach to thebuilding with recommendations for itsconservation, Sydney, 1990.Havard, W.L., Francis Howard Greenway, architect,RAHSJ, vol.XXII, Part III, 1936, 137–189.Henry, F.J.J., The water supply and sewerage of Sydney,Sydney, 1939.Hoare, H.R., The Sydney Opera House, The contractor andsome aspects of stage III, Journal & Proceedings,Royal Society of NSW, vol.106, 1973, 3–17.[Hoekstra, Margaret], Bennelong Point, 1788–1988, astudy of a changing landscape, for Michael Dysart& Partners, [1989].Hubble, Ava, More than an Opera House, Sydney,Lansdowne, 1983.Indyk, Shelley & Rice, Susan, The Sydney Opera Houseas envisaged by Joern Utzon, thesis, University ofSydney, November 1981.Jencks, Charles, Modsern Movements in Architecture,Harmondsworth, Penguin, 1973.Jordan, V.L., Acoustical Design of Concert Halls and Theatres,London, Applied Science Publishers Ltd, 1980.Jordan, V.L., Acoustical Design considerations of theSydney Opera House, published in Journal &Proceedings, Royal Society of NSW, vol.106, 33–53.Kerr, James Semple, Broadwalk Studio, Statement ofheritage impact… prepared for SOHT at therequest of Leif Kristensen & Partners Pty Ltd,20 June 1997; Fort Denison, an investigation forthe Maritime Services Board of NSW, Sydney,National Trust of Aust. (NSW), 1986; TheConservation Plan, Sydney, National Trust ofAust. (NSW), 5th edition, 2000.
–102–Kerr, E.J., Designing a colonial church: church buildingin NSW, 1788–1888, D.Phil. thesis, University ofYork, 1977.Kerr, Joan & Broadbent, James, Gothick taste in thecolony of NSW, Hunters Hill, David Ell Press,1980.Kristensen, Leif & Partners Pty Ltd, DevelopmentApplication Broadwalk Studio Project for theSOHT, 2 July 1997, and SCC approvalD/DA/97/00424 of 12 August 1997.Land Printers, Sydney Opera House Sydney, 1973.Lewis, Michael, Roof cladding of the Sydney OperaHouse, published in Journal & Proceedings,Royal Society of NSW, vol.106, 18–23.Littlemore, D.S., Sydney Opera House, Anatomy of StageThree construction and completion: a generalindex, Public Works Department, NSW.McBryde, Isabel, Guests of the governor, Aboriginalresidents of the first government house, [Sydney],Friends of the First Government House site, 1989.McDonald, Patricia R. & Pearce, Barry, The Artist & thePatron: aspects of colonial art in NSW, Sydney,Art Gallery of NSW, 1988.Maclehose, James, Picture of Sydney & Stranger’s Guidein NSW for 1839, 1977 facsimile, printed by JohnFerguson, Sydney.Messent, David, Opera House Act One, Messent,Balgowlah, 1997.NSW Dept of Public Works and Services, Sydney OperaHouse Masterplan report, Sydney, September1997.Parsons, Philip, Radical v. Conservative Architecture inMeanjin, 3–1967, University of Melbourne.Pringle, John Douglas, on second thoughts, Sydney,A&R, 1971.Ritchie, John, editor, The evidence to the Bigge Reports,NSW under Governor Macquarie, Melbourne,Heinemann, 1971.Rowe, Jamieson & Hubble, Ava, Sydney Opera HouseGrand Organ, SOHT, 1987.Sharp, Ronald, The Grand Organ in the Sydney OperaHouse, published in Journal & Proceedings,Royal Society of NSW, vol.106, 70–80.Smith, Vincent, The Sydney Opera House, Dee Why,Hamlyn, 1974.Sowden, Harry, Sydney opera house glass walls, 1972.Stephenson, P.R. & Kennedy, Brian, The history anddescription of Sydney Harbour, Sydney, Reed, 1980.[SOHIT] Brief chronology of the Sydney Opera House[typescript prepared for the Dennis WolanskiLibrary, EWS/KIT 9.9.1991].[SOHT] Sydney Opera House Venue Improvement Plan,May 2000.[SOHUP] Sydney Opera House Upgrade ProgramProgress Report, April 1993.Tench, Captain Watkin, Sydney’s first four years,Sydney, Library of Australian History … withRAHS, 1979 edition.Todd, Lionel, the end in sight, in Hall, Todd andLittlemore’s newsletter, Progress at the OperaHouse, No.2, September 1972.Trollope’s Australia, edited Hume Dow, Melbourne,Thomas Nelson (Aust.) Ltd, 1966.Utzon, Jørn, Descriptive narrative, Sydney Opera House,January 1965;The Sydney Opera House, published in Zodiac 14;Comment… [on the 2nd edition conservation planfor the SOH by J.S. Kerr, 1999]; commentary on theSOH, SOHT, July 2001; SOH Utzon DesignPrinciples, May 2002.Waldram, J.M., Sydney Opera House, lighting ofprincipal public spaces, typescript, February 1968,A/NSW.Yeomans, John, A guide to the Sydney Opera House,Sydney, SOHT, 1971; The other Taj Mahal,Camberwell, Longman, 1973 edition; Progress atthe Opera House, foreword to Hall, Todd andLittlemore newsletter, No.1 of July 1972.APPENDIX 3—ARTWORKS (MURALS AND CURTAINS)The Sydney Opera House possesses a collection of artworks in a variety of media. Murals and curtainsthat are normally an integral or fixed part of the fabric in which they were set are tabulated below.ArtistCoburn, JohnCoburn, JohnFederson, JuttaUnknownNolan, SydneyOlsen, JohnTjakamarra, Michael NelsonZofrea, SalvatoreDescriptionCurtain of the SunCurtain of the MoonEde tapestry, 1974. 8521x274 cmsReplica of fragment of mosaic laid about508 AD from a synagogue at GazaLittle shark, 1973, 224 crayon and dyesketches on paperSalute to Slessor’s 5 Bells, mural, acrylicon plywood, approx. 21x3 metresPossum dreaming, 1987, acrylic oncanvas, 10x1.8 metresSummer of the Seventeenth Doll, frescoon detachable panelsLocation or intended locationProscenium curtain in Opera TheatreProscenium curtain in Drama TheatreSouth wall of boardroomReset on brush box walling in south-westConcert Hall ambulatoryPanels 1–13 on east wall of PlayhouseTheatre, panel 14 in general manager’s officeInstalled in the north foyer of the ConcertHall in 1973North foyer of Opera TheatrePlayhouse foyer
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