Alistair Knox interviewed by Barbara Blackman [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2252428
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Knox, Alistair, 1912-1986, interviewee
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1986
- 4 cassettes (ca. 360 min.) ; 1 7/8 ips.
- Summary:
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Alistair Knox, an environmental planner, speaks about his family backgrond; his early career including drawing at the Gallery School, working in a bank and joining the Navy; his years designing and building houses at Eltham, Vic., 1946-1970; reasons for building in mud; his philosophy of environmentally sensitive proportion and design; views on recent mud buildings; the social attitudes of the Eltham community; his religious faith as the basis of his life and work; the Presbyterian church he built at Eltham; and local artistic associates including John Percival, Arthur Boyd, Sid Nolan, Neil Douglas and Clifton Pugh.
- Notes:
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- Transcript unavailable.
- Recorded at Hawthorn, Vic. between 20 May 1986 and 27 May 1986.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-215778484
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Detailed summary (11 p.)
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Blackman, Barbara, 1928-, interviewer
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2056 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1986
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