MS 8347
Papers of Peter Harrison (1918 - 1990)
Scope and Content Note
Papers
1901-90 (bulk 1951-90)
8.96m. (64 boxes) + 18 folios
MS 8347
Series 1-10, 14, most of 15, 16, and 18-20 available for reference.
Series 17 (references and examiner reports) restricted. Commonwealth records
(series 11, series 12, series 13, series 15/44-50, and series 15/140-143)
closed for 30 years from date of creation.
The papers were donated to the Library by Sheila Harrison in 1991. Small
additions were made by Mrs Harrison in 1996 and by Ed Wensing in 1997.
When the Harrison Papers were acquired, they were found to contain
papers of Eric M. Nicholls, relating to Walter Burley Griffin. These had been
lent to Harrison for use in his research into Griffin. The Nicholls Collection
was returned to the Nicholls family in 1996.
The Harrison Papers are a comprehensive collection of personal papers,
correspondence, writings by Harrison and research materials relating to Walter
Burley Griffin, town planning and urban development particularly in New South
Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. There are papers relating to
government and professional bodies including the National Capital Development
Commission, National Capital Planning Committee, Design and Siting Review
Committee, Royal Australian Institute of Architects, and the Royal Australian
Planning Institute as well as papers relating to Harrisons activities as
a Canberra planning activist.
Related materials:
Oral history interviews with Peter Harrison are held by the Library at
ORAL TRC 2404 and ORAL TRC 2635.
Biographical Note
Peter Firman Harrison was born in Brisbane on 28 October 1918 and grew
up in Rose Bay, Sydney. He was educated at the Sydney Technical College
(Diploma in Architecture, 1942), the University of Sydney (Diploma in Town and
Country planning, 1950) and the University of New South Wales (Master of
Architecture, 1970).
In 1972 he was awarded the Sidney Luker Memorial Medal for services to
town and regional planning in Australia and in 1980 was appointed a Member of
the Order of Australia (AM). He was a Life Fellow of both the Royal Australian
Planning Institute and the Royal Australian Institute of Architects. Harrison
died in Canberra on 30 October 1990.
Appointments
1942-45 RAAF (draftsman)
1946 Works and Services Branch, Department of the Interior
1946-50 Draftsman and Planning Officer, Cumberland County Council
1951-58 Senior lecturer in Town Planning, University of Sydney
1959-67 Director and First Assistant Commissioner Town Planning,
National Capital Development Commission
1967-72 Consultant, United Nations State and City Planning Project,
Singapore
1968-83- Fellow/Senior Research Fellow, Urban Research Unit, Australian
National University
1971-81 Councillor, Board of Management, Australian Institute of Urban
Studies
1975-83 Commissioner (part-time), NSW Land Commission
1978-81 Steering Committee, ACT Regional Water Study
1979-84 Member, National Capital Planning Commission
Series List
Series no. Title
1 Personal documents, 1933-90
2 General correspondence, 1968-90
3 Gordon Stephenson correspondence, 1961-90
4 Papers relating to Denis Winston, 1970-83
5 Writings, papers, addresses and interviews, 1951-90
6 Research papers on Walter Burley Griffin, 1901-88
7 Lecture and reference files, 1950s-1960s
8 Town planning: NSW, SA, WA, 1953-86
9 Committees of Inquiry, 1955-88
10 National Capital Development Commission, 1958-67
11 NSW Land Commission, 1979-84
12 National Capital Planning Committee, 1980-84
13 Design and Siting Review Committee, 1981-84
14 Professional associations, 1976-90
15 Canberra planning activist, 1965-90 (bulk 1983-90)
16 Land tenure papers, 1963-72
17 References and examiner reports, 1976-87
18 Newspaper cuttings on Canberra planning, 1964-90
19 Reference and research material on Canberra, 1950-89
20 Miscellaneous planning papers, 1916-88
Series Description
Series 1 Personal Documents 1934-90
This series contains documentation, chiefly in the form of certificates,
statements, references and correspondence, on Peter Harrison's education and
employment. Also included is the Sidney Luker Medal he was awarded in 1972 with
the associated citation; and a folder of correspondence relating to his
nomination for membership of the Order of Australia, the conferral of the award
in 1980, and his resignation from the Order in 1985. Two folders of papers
concern Harrison family history, and family matters such as the death of his
brother Arthur and estate of Reginald Harrison. A few photographs of Harrison,
and articles about him, are also present.
Folder/piece
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1 |
Employment: references, correspondence; documents on education,
qualifications (folder titled 'Household') |
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2 |
Invitations to inauguration of Lake Burley Griffin and
neighbourhood of Hughes, 1964; articles about Harrison, 1964, 1968; position
appointments, Luker Medal (1972) and other papers, 1976-83; resume, 1979
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3 |
Order of Australia, 1978-85 |
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4 |
Family papers, family history |
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5 |
Family history papers |
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6 |
Photographs |
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7 |
Certificate of Royal Australian Air Force discharge, 1942;
certificates of educational results, and professional qualifications and
awards, 1934-80; photograph of participants at Seminar on Land Policy and Land
Taxation in Asia, 24 August 1970; photocopy of Order of Australia appointment,
1980. [folio] |
Series 2 General correspondence 1968-90
Correspondence filed alphabetically by Peter Harrison and covering a
range of subjects over a 22 year period. Identified correspondents are listed
below. Other correspondence, including letters to or from some of the persons
below, exists in many other series in the Harrison Papers.
Major correspondents include Wally Abraham (1989), Robert Freestone,
(1978, 1981-84), Margaret Bonham, (1989), David Hain, (1984-86), Terry Birtles
(1982, 1986, 1988), Roger Johnson (1983, 1985), John Black, (1983-85), Laurie
Knox (1989), Raymond Bunker (1976, 1978, 1980, 1983-86), Laurie Malanot,
(1989), Peter Navaretti, (1982), Derek Cartwright (1984-90), R.S. Parker
(1987), Betty and Ruth Coleman (1989), Roger Pegrum (1983, 1985-86), Patrick
Coleman, (1985-86), Peter Proudfoot (1989), Elizabeth Cocke (1988-89), Paul
Reid (1990), Christina De Marco (1989-90), Richard Stringer (1968), Milo Dunphy
(1985), Ena Towndrow (1989-90), Karl Fischer (1978, 1982, 1985), and Gwen
Wilson (1982).
Folder/piece
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1 |
Current correspondence A-F, 1978-88. |
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2 |
Current correspondence G-Z , 1980-87. |
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3 |
Correspondence, 1982-90 (alphabetical arrangement). |
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4 |
Correspondence - Hugh Stretton, 1968-74 ; Richard Gray,
1974-82. |
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5 |
Correspondence ; invitations and other papers, 1980-90.
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6 |
Unfiled correspondence, 1968-89 (six items)
Correspondence, 1966-67 (Added 17 Jan. 1996) |
Series 3 Gordon Stephenson Correspondence, 1961-90
Peter Harrison had a long-standing association with Professor Gordon
Stephenson, the distinguished British architect and planner. Stephenson, who
was a consultant to the Western Australian Government on the Perth metropolitan
plan in 1953-55, emigrated to Australia in 1960 to become foundation Professor
of Architecture at the University of Western Australia. Stephenson had many
planning consultancies in Australia and New Zealand over the next two decades.
His involvement with Canberra planning included appointment by the National
Capital Development Commission as a planning consultant (1960-66), an
interdisciplinary Canberra planning study (1971), and membership of the
National Capital Planning Committee (1967-73).
A close friendship developed between Harrison and Stephenson, and mutual
respect and admiration is evident in the extensive correspondence in this
series. The letters concern both personal and professional matters.
Folder/piece
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1 |
Correspondence - Gordon Stephenson, 1961, 1962, 1974-79.
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2 |
Correspondence - Gordon Stephenson, 1982-85. |
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3 |
Correspondence - Gordon Stephenson, 1986-87. |
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4 |
Correspondence - Gordon Stephenson, 1988-90. |
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5 |
Draft of book on Gordon Stephenson, with covering letters from
Christina de Marco, 1990. Some annotations by Peter Harrison. |
Series 4 Papers relating to Denis Winston, 1970-83
Professor Denis Winston was Professor of Town and Country Planning at
the University of Sydney in 1948-74 and Emeritus Professor, 1974-80. Harrison
studied under Winston for his Diploma in Town and Country Planning in 1950, and
worked under him in 1951-58 as Senior Lecturer in Town Planning.
This small group of papers and printed material includes a few letters
and postcards written by Winston (1972, 1975-79) ; a 1976 pamphlet on Port
Sunlight Village inscribed by Winston to Harrison ; and two typescript copies
of letters from Harrison to Winston (1977, 1979). Other papers concern a video
documentary interview of Winston, tributes made by Harrison following Winston's
death in 1980, and the Denis Winston Memorial Committee. There is also a copy
of Robert Freestone's publication Denis Winston: an annotated bibliography
1949-1976, published in 1983.
Papers associated with Harrison and Winston's City of Adelaide Planning
Report consultancy in 1971 may be found in Series 5, piece 14.
Folder/piece
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1 |
Papers on Denis Winston, 1970-83. |
Series 5 Writings, Papers, Addresses and Interviews of Peter
Harrison, 1951-90
A prolific writer on the subject of town planning, Peter Harrison had
numerous articles published in books, journals and newspapers from 1951 until
his death in 1990. He kept copies of many of his writings, both published and
unpublished, as well as conference papers and lectures delivered, and
transcripts of interviews with Gavin Walkley and J.A. Hepburn in 1981.
This series includes a set of obituaries, book reviews, unpublished
papers and publications kept originally in binders by Harrison. The binder
contents have been kept in original order by the Library. There is a large
group of writings of various kinds (folders 8-16) arranged chronologically,
including publications, articles, lectures, submissions, letters to the editor
and newspaper articles, occasionally with associated correspondence, notes or
other papers.
A list compiled by Peter Harrison of his published works may be found in
folder 4.
Harrison's most ambitious work, unpublished at the time of his death,
was a book based on his 1970 MA thesis: 'Walter Burley Griffin : landscape
architect.' In writing this work Harrison drew on his extensive knowledge and
years of research on Walter Burley Griffin. Copies of this thesis, and
annotated chapters for the book, are in this series. Walter Burley Griffin:
landscape architect was published by the National Library of Australia in
1995.
Folder/piece
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1 |
Obituaries, 1977-84. |
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2 |
Book reviews, 1963-90 ; unpublished papers, 1968-80. |
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3 |
Unpublished papers, 1956-68. |
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4 |
List of published works, 1951-90 ; publications, 1956-ca.
1987. |
|
5 |
Publications, 1973-78. |
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6 |
Publications, 1970-72. |
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7 |
Publications, 1956-68. |
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8 |
Publications, papers, writings, 1985-90. |
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9 |
Publications, papers, writings, 1980-85. |
|
10 |
Walter Burley Griffin and the Federal Capital Design (NCDC),
1979. |
|
11 |
Publications, papers, writings, 1974-78. |
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12 |
Publications, papers, writings, 1973. |
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13 |
Publications, papers, writings, 1972. |
|
14 |
City of Adelaide Planning Report, 1971-72. |
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15 |
Publications, papers, writings, 1965-70. |
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16 |
Publications, papers, writings, 1961-64. |
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17 |
Urban economics talks, ca. 1960-65. |
|
18 |
Lectures, conference papers, 1957-65; letters to The
Canberra Times, 1968. |
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19 |
Articles, submissions, letters to the editor, obituary,
1984-90. |
|
20 |
Interviews - J.A. Hepburn, Gavin Walkley, 1981. |
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21 |
Engineering Heritage of the ACT, 1971-80 (i) |
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22 |
Engineering Heritage of the ACT (ii) |
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23 |
Engineering Heritage of the ACT (iii) |
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24 |
Engineering Heritage of the ACT (iv); Arsenal water |
|
25 |
Engineering Heritage of the ACT (v); Lakes and dams, RMC, Space
stations. |
|
26 |
Engineering Heritage of the ACT (vi); ANU campus history (not by
P. Harrison), 1982. |
|
27 |
'Walter Burley Griffin: Landscape Architect'. Thesis (set 1),
Chs. 1-4; slight marking up. |
|
28 |
Walter Burley Griffin. Thesis (set 1), Chs. 5-6; slight marking
up. |
|
29 |
Walter Burley Griffin. Thesis (set 1), Chs.7-8; slight marking
up. |
|
30 |
Walter Burley Griffin. Thesis (set 2), Chs. 1-5, with
annotations by P. Harrison and Edward Fielder Billson. |
|
31 |
Walter Burley Griffin. Thesis (set 2), Chs. 6-10, annotated by
P. Harrison and Edward Filder Billson ; Bibliography. |
|
32 |
Walter Burley Griffin. Thesis. (set 3) |
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33 |
Walter Burley Griffin. Thesis (set 4) - bound. |
|
34 |
Walter Burley Griffin. Index (set 4), Chapter 1. |
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35 |
Walter Burley Griffin (set 5), Chapter 2 - drafts. |
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36 |
Walter Burley Griffin (set 5), Chapter 3 - drafts. |
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37 |
Walter Burley Griffin (set 5), Chapter 4 - drafts, background
material. |
|
38 |
Walter Burley Griffin (set 5), Chapter 4 - drafts. |
|
39 |
Walter Burley Griffin (set 5), Chapter 5 - drafts, background
papers |
|
40 |
Walter Burley Griffin (set 5), Chapter 6 - draft, other
papers. |
|
41 |
Walter Burley Griffin (set 5 ), Chapter 7 - draft, notes,
illustrations. |
|
42 |
Walter Burley Griffin (set 5), Chapter 8 - draft, background
papers. |
|
43 |
Walter Burley Griffin (set 5), Chapter 9 - drafts. |
|
44 |
Walter Burley Griffin (set 5), Chapter 10 - drafts. |
|
45 |
Walter Burley Griffin (set 5) - draft, appendices. |
|
46 |
Walter Burley Griffin. Illustrations, unsorted. |
|
47 |
Book illustrations, source material, Introduction, Chapters 1,
5, 7. |
|
48 |
Book illustrations, source material, Chapters 2, 3.
[elephant folio] |
|
49 |
Book illustrations, source material , Chapters 4, 6.
[elephant folio] |
|
50 |
Terms in planning, 1983. |
|
51 |
'Planning terminology' by P. Harrison. |
|
52 |
Book illustrations, unsorted (folio) |
Series 6 Research papers on Walter Burley Griffen,
1901-88
Peter Harrison had an abiding interest in the work of Walter Burley
Griffin and is acknowledged as one of the earliest people to undertake serious
and scholarly study into Griffin's life and career. Griffin received scant
respect from many of his colleagues in his own lifetime. Despite his fame as
the designer of the Australian national capital, relatively little study had
been made of Griffin. In 1933 Nancy Price, who is thought to have worked
briefly with him as a summer student, wrote a slim thesis on Griffin. From the
1950s Harrison undertook his own research, making contact with colleagues of
Griffin including Eric Nicholls, Edward Fielder Billson and Roy Lippincott.
Other Griffin scholars, both American and Australian, made contact with
Harrison to seek his advice and share ideas: first the American Mark Peisch,
then in later years James Birrell, Donald Johnson, James Weirick and others. It
was not until 1970 that Harrison completed his major work on Griffin, an MA
thesis titled 'Walter Burley Griffin: Landscape Architect'. He at first planned
to publish this work, but eventually decided against the idea, despite
encouragement from a major publisher. Harrison's expertise on Griffin was an
important factor in his appointment as Director of Town Planning at the
National Capital Development Commission in 1958. Elements of Griffin's vision
for Canberra influenced Harrison in his work for the Commission and in
subsequent years as a Canberra planning activist.
The papers in this series were accumulated by Harrison over a long
period and include research material spanning Griffin's career in the United
States, Australia (principally in Canberra, Melbourne and Sydney) and India.
Included is correspondence of Harrison ; records of his interviews with Griffin
contemporaries ; photographs of Walter Burley Griffin, Marion Mahoney Griffin
and their works ; printed material of various kinds including articles and
cuttings ; Harrison's own research notes ; a partial set of photocopies of
Marion Mahoney Griffin's 'The Magic of America' ; listings and copies of
Griffin holdings in American libraries ; and other published and unpublished
sources. Of special interest is the original draft of Nancy Price's thesis with
annotations in Griffin's hand (piece 35). There is also a large tracing and
watercolour drawing made by Harrison of Griffin's perspective submitted for the
Canberra design competition in 1912 (piece 44).
In the 1950s Harrison borrowed documents and photographs originally
owned by the Griffins that later passed to Eric Nicholls. Some of these
documents were found in the Harrison Papers at the time of processing and were
separated to form the E.M. Nicholls Collection. The listing below indicates
where this has occurred. In 1996 the Nicholls Collection was returned to the
Nicholls family. Copies of the Nicholls material were occasionally made by
Harrison and these have been retained in the Harrison Papers.
Peter Harrison's writings on Griffin, including various drafts and a
bound copy of 'Walter Burley Griffin: Landscape Architect', together with
illustrations intended for the book, are located in Series 5.
Folder/piece
|
1 |
Correspondence on Griffin, 1970-75. |
|
2 |
Correspondence on Griffin, 1965-69. |
|
3 |
Correspondence on Griffin, 1955-65. |
|
4 |
Mark L. Peisch - correspondence on Griffin, 1956-66 ; includes
E.M. Nicholls - Peisch correspondence, 1954-56. |
|
5 |
Dramatis personae - background notes, records of
interview, source material. |
|
6 |
'Writings by WBG' ; 'WBG notes' |
|
7 |
'Material about WBG' ; 'Frank Lloyd Wright' |
|
8 |
Research notes and documents on Walter Burley Griffin. |
|
9 |
Research papers, including: James Weirick notes ; Leeton
(The Irrigation Record, 1 May 1915) |
|
10 |
'Schemes USA' |
|
11 |
Newspaper clippings, 1963-64, 1972, 1987 ; 'About WBG' ; Marion
M. Griffin ; 'WBG personal' ; photographs |
|
12 |
'Articles etc. by WBG on landscape etc.' ; Peter Harrison
photocopies (partial set of originals in E.M. Nicholls Collection)
|
|
13 |
'Castlecrag' |
|
14 |
'India' ; 'University Library, Lucknow' |
|
15 |
'Griffin and Leeton' ; 'Knitlock' ; 'Incinerators' ; 'Site
planning Australia' |
|
16 |
Folders (envelopes) on buildings, works of Griffin - (other
folders and items from these folders are in the E.M. Nicholls
Collection) |
|
17 |
Fyshwick drawings ; Plans of Griffin buildings (photograph
copies, reduced) |
|
18 |
Files (envelopes) - Castlecrag houses and buildings, chiefly
photographs and plans (other folders and items from these folders are in
the E.M. Nicholls Collection) |
|
19 |
Walter Burley Griffin - work in America ; Canberra.
[folio] |
|
20 |
Walter Burley Griffin - Castlecrag, building plans ; Work in
Australia (excluding Castlecrag, Newman College and Canberra)
[folio] |
|
21 |
Walter Burley Griffin - work in India ; Marion Mahoney Griffin.
[folio] |
|
22 |
The Magic of America - Section 1 or 2, pg.
370a-447. |
|
23 |
The Magic of America - Section 1 or 2, pg.
112-213. |
|
24 |
The Magic of America - Section 1 or 2, pg.
214-{300}. |
|
25 |
The Magic of America - Section 1 or 2, pg.309-398.
|
|
26 |
The Magic of America - Section 1 or 2, pg.
399a-492. |
|
27 |
The Magic of America - Section 3, The Municipal
Battle. pg. 1-52. |
|
28 |
The Magic of America - Section 3, The Municipal
Battle. pg. 53-111. |
|
29 |
The Magic of America - Section 4, The Individual
Battle. pg. 1-75a. |
|
30 |
The Magic of America - Section 4, The Individual
Battle. pg. 76-171. |
|
31 |
The Magic of America - Section 4, The Individual
Battle. pg.172-242. |
|
32 |
The Magic of America - Section 4, The Individual
Battle. pg. 243-326. |
|
33 |
The Magic of America - Section 4, The Individual
Battle. pg. 327-418. |
|
34 |
The Magic of America - Section 4, The Individual
Battle. pg. 419-494. |
|
35 |
Nancy Price. 'Walter Burley Griffin'. Thesis, with annotations
by Walter Burley Griffin (holograph and typescript), 1933. |
|
36 |
Nancy Price. 'Walter Burley Griffin', 1933. Photocopies (2) with
explanatory note by Peter Harrison. |
|
37 |
Photographs - negatives, positives ; Griffin plans, including
those held at Northwestern University. |
|
38 |
Griffin works, USA - plans and drawings - microfilm print and
copies (Avery Library, Columbia University) |
|
39 |
Aerial view of Sydney, 1914; Griffin and Canberra - notes,
references, source material. |
|
40 |
Griffin and Canberra - notes, reference and source material.
|
|
41 |
Proceedings of Congress of Engineers, Architects and Surveyors
on the Building of the Federal Capital, 1901 (copy) |
|
42 |
1909 Canberra site plan. |
|
43 |
'View from summit of Mount Ainslie'; 'Cycloramic view of
Canberra Capital site - view looking from Camp Hill. |
|
44 |
'View from summit of Mount Ainslie' - tracing and watercolour.
"This is a tracing of one of the drawings submitted by Walter Burley Griffin
for the design competition for the national capital in 1912. The original is
photoprinted on three sheets of linen and rendered in colour; it was almost
certainly drawn and rendered by Marion Mahoney Griffin. Peter Harrison, April
1958". [folio] |
|
45 |
Griffin Canberra plan (miscellaneous documents - copies)
|
|
46 |
Photographic reproductions of Federal Capital site map and
plans; early aerial photographs. |
|
47 |
Photographic reproductions of design perspectives and other
material, chiefly on the Federal Capital design competition and Griffin
plan. |
|
48 |
Commonwealth of Australia. Federal Capital Competition Outline
(copy), 1912. [folio] |
|
49 |
Canberra. Competition conditions and other documents. |
|
50 |
Parliamentary papers. |
|
51 |
Federal Capital design. Griffin report 1913 ; Royal Victorian
Institute of Architects Journal articles, 1911-19 (copies) |
|
52 |
Royal Commission on Federal Capital Administration. Particulars
summary; minutes of evidence, 1917; notes by P. Harrison. |
|
53 |
Royal Commission on Federal Capital Administration, 1917,
minutes of evidence. (i) |
|
54 |
Royal Commission on Federal Capital Administration, 1917,
minutes of evidence (ii) |
|
55 |
Royal Commission on Federal Capital Administration, 1917,
minutes of evidence (iii) |
|
56 |
Royal Commission on Federal Capital Administration, 1917,
minutes of evidence (iv) |
|
57 |
Royal Commission on Federal Capital Administration, 1917,
chiefly reports (originals and copies) |
|
58 |
Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works, 1915-16,
reports, notes. |
|
59 |
Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works, 1923-28,
reports, notes. |
|
60 |
Australian Town Planning Conference and Exhibition, Adelaide,
1917. Proceedings. |
|
61 |
Second Australian Town Planning Conference, Brisbane, 1918.
Proceedings. |
|
62 |
Copies of official records regarding (i) engagement of W.B.
Griffin as Federal Capital Director of Design and Construction 1919-21; (ii)
Henry F. Halloran 20/3/1924; Federal Capital Advisory Committee report 1926
(C.S. Daley's copy) |
|
63 |
Walter Burley Griffin Memorial, Canberra, 1975-76, 1984.
|
|
64 |
Works on Griffin sent to Harrison for comment: J.D. Hodgson,
P.L. Johnson, A.J.W. Powell, 1968-84. |
|
65 |
M. Allen Brooks. PhD thesis, 1957 - The Prairie School ...
1893-1916 (photograph copy) |
|
66 |
Published sources on Griffin, 1956, 1964-73. |
|
67 |
Published sources on Griffin, 1973. |
|
68 |
Talks and published sources on Griffin, 1976-88. |
|
69 |
Published sources on Griffin, 1988. |
|
70 |
The Architectural Review, No. 4., 1908 - (A Prairie
School Press Reissue, 1967) |
Series 7 Lecture and reference files, 1950s - 1960s
The series comprises a group of 18 titled files (one empty) and an album
of 35 mm. photographic negatives. Most files appear to have been created by
Harrison in the 1950s, when he was Senior Lecturer in Town Planning at the
University of Sydney. Some titles refer to specific courses, while others have
broader subject headings. There are course outlines with related material,
Harrison's own notes, and both unpublished and published reference material.
The bulk of the file contents date from the early 1950s to mid 1960s, but some
items have an earlier or later date.
Folder/piece
|
1 |
TEO II {Theory and practice}. |
|
2 |
Open spaces ; Architecture. |
|
3 |
Civic design ; Renewal. |
|
4 |
Law and administration ; Civic survey. |
|
5 |
Neighbourhoods. |
|
6 |
Philosophy. |
|
7 |
National Planning. |
|
8 |
Urban theory. |
|
9 |
Universities. |
|
10 |
Housing |
|
11 |
Retail ; Need for planning. |
|
12 |
Education {empty file} ; Traffic. |
|
13 |
Album of photograph negatives on town planning. |
Series 8 Town Planning in NSW, SA, WA, 1953-86
While Peter Harrison is most widely known for his association with the
planning of Canberra, he was also involved in other states and in particular
New South Wales. Harrison worked as a planning officer for the Cumberland
County Council from its inception in 1946 until 1950, and was a member of the
Height of Buildings Advisory Committee of the State Planning Authority of NSW.
Later he was a consultant on planning projects in Adelaide, Darwin and Sydney,
as well as overseas.
Most of this series on planning policy and law in New South Wales, South
Australia and Western Australia is comprised of various kinds of published and
unpublished reference material, although some correspondence and notes are also
present. The greater part of the series concerns NSW planning, especially
Sydney. There is a substantial group of newspaper cutting files (1965-81), and
copies of some publications sent to Harrison, together with associated
correspondence, comments or other documents he inserted in these works.
Folder/piece
|
1 |
Sydney Green Belt, 1957-65. |
|
2 |
Sydney Central Business District (including Height of Building
papers), 1956-68 [bulk] |
|
3 |
Sydney Central Business District, 1919-66. |
|
4 |
Sydney Central Business District; Papers by R.W. Archer,
1966-67. |
|
5 |
Sydney Central Business District, 1953-80. |
|
6 |
Sydney Cove redevelopment (The Rocks), 1965-68 [bulk] |
|
7 |
Miscellaneous papers : Kelly's Bush, 1974-83 ; Straten title,
1961, 1970-77 ; Clippings - Perth planning, 1977-80 ; other papers and
clippings. |
|
8 |
NSW Planning Law, 1919-82. (i) |
|
9 |
NSW Planning Law, 1919-82. (ii) |
|
10 |
NSW Planning Law, 1919-82 (iii) |
|
11 |
Cuttings : Central Sydney (i), 1966, 1971-81. |
|
12 |
Cuttings : Central Sydney (ii), 1972-74. |
|
13 |
Cuttings : Central Sydney (iii), 1971-72. |
|
14 |
Cuttings : Central Sydney (iv), 1967-71. |
|
15 |
Cuttings : Planning Control (Land and Valuation Court), 1969-73
; State Planning Authority (i) 974-81. |
|
16 |
Cuttings : State Planning Authority (ii), 1972-75. |
|
17 |
Cuttings : State Planning Authority (iii), 1964-72. |
|
18 |
Cuttings : Local government (i), 1973-78, 1980. |
|
19 |
Cuttings : Local government (ii), 1965, 1968-73. |
|
20 |
Cuttings : Decentralisation (i), 1972-77, 1980. |
|
21 |
Cuttings : Decentralisation (ii), 1965, 1967-73. |
|
22 |
Cuttings : DURD (Dept. of Urban and Regional Development) (i),
1974-78. |
|
23 |
Cuttings : DURD (Dept. of Urban and Regional Development) (ii),
1968, 1972-74. |
|
24 |
Woolloomooloo appeal, 1969-86? |
|
25 |
NSW Minister for Planning and Environment, 1974, 1975 ; Reports
on NSW planning system with associated papers, 1975. |
|
26 |
NSW Planning and Environment Commission. Report to the Minister
for Planning and Environment, Nov. 1975 (annotated copy) |
|
27 |
Leoni Sandercock. 'Public participation in planning: a report
prepared for the Monarto Development Commission', 1975 with associated
documents on planning participation, 1978. |
|
28 |
Publications with associated papers : T. Birtles. Urban and
regional administration and planning of the South East Region of New South
Wales (1981) ; Gordon Stephenson. The design of Central Perth
(1975) ; and second interim report on Joondalup Centre (1976). |
|
29 |
Alan Hutchings and Raymond Bunker (eds.). With conscious
purpose : a history of town planning in South Australia, 1986 (with
associated papers). |
Series 9 Committees of Inquiry 1955-88
Peter Harrison sent submissions to, or presented evidence at, a number
of inquiries into aspects of ACT planning during his career. His
representations were made variously as an academic, an NCDC planner, a member
of professional associations, and as a concerned private citizen.
The series contains papers kept by Harrison on eight inquiries between
1955 and 1987 for which he provided submissions or gave evidence. It commences
with the 1955 Senate Select Committee on the Development of Canberra, at which
Harrison was an influential witness, and finishes with the 1987 Parliamentary
Committee on the ACT, for which he provided a submission on city development
(Section 38). Included are copies of his own submissions and statements, as
well as those of others, Hansard transcripts, correspondence and a variety of
reference papers (both published and unpublished) and notes.
Folder/piece
|
1 |
Senate Select Committee appointed to Inquire into, and Report on
the Development of Canberra. Report, 1955 |
|
2 |
Parliamentary Joint Committee of Public Accounts - NCDC. Minutes
of evidence, 1966. |
|
3 |
Parliamentary Joint Committee on the ACT. Freehold Land Inquiry
; evidence of Harrison ; NCDC and other submissions and papers, 1967 [bulk]
|
|
4 |
Parliamentary Joint Committee on ACT. Freeholds Lands Inquiry.
Submissions, papers, report, 1967-68. |
|
5 |
Parliamentary Joint Committee on ACT. Freeholds Lands Inquiry.
Transcript of Proceedings, 1967 (i). |
|
6 |
Parliamentary Joint Committee on ACT. Freeholds Lands Inquiry.
Transcript of Evidence, 1967 (ii) |
|
7 |
Parliamentary Joint Committee on ACT. Freeholds Lands Inquiry.
Transcripts of Evidence, 1967 (iii) |
|
8 |
Parliamentary Joint Committee on ACT. Freeholds Lands Inquiry.
Transcript of Evidence, 1967 (iv) |
|
9 |
Joint Select Committee on the New and Permanent Parliament
House. Correspondence, 1968-69 ; Reference documents, 1961-64. |
|
10 |
Joint Select Committee on the New and Permanent Parliament
House. Transcript of Evidence, 1969. |
|
11 |
Parliamentary Joint Committee on the New and Permanent
Parliamentary House - submissions, 1969 ; Parliamentary Standing Committee on
Public Works ; Commonwealth Centre, Woolloomooloo NSW - report and minutes of
evidence, 1972. |
|
12 |
Land Tenures Inquiry. Letters from Commission to W.D. Borrie and
Harrison ; Harrison submission ; Commission draft documents, reference
material., 1973. |
|
13 |
Land Tenures Inquiry. Reference material, 1962-75. |
|
14 |
Land Tenures Inquiry. Dept. of Capital Territory Submission,
1973. |
|
15 |
Land Tenures Inquiry. Submissions: R.W. Archer, DURD, NCDC,
1973. |
|
16 |
Land Tenures Inquiry. Submission: Max Neutze, 1973. |
|
17 |
Land Tenures Inquiry. Report, November, 1973. (preliminary
copy) |
|
18 |
Land Tenures Inquiry. First report, 1973; final report, 1976;
cuttings, 1973. |
|
19 |
Land tenure - post Inquiry, reference material, 1978, 1982.
|
|
20 |
Committee of Inquiry into Expansion of the National Capital of
NSW, 1975. Terms of reference; correspondence; evidence of Harrison; Royal
Australian Planning Institute submission; other papers, 1973-75; Report of
Committee (unbound copy), 1975. |
|
21 |
Committee of Inquiry into the Expansion of the National Capital
into NSW. Reference documents. |
|
22 |
Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Capital
Territory. Hansard, Sept. and Oct. 1982; Joint Committee on the Australian
Capital Territory. Evidence by P.F. Harrison. |
|
23 |
Parliamentary Joint Committee on the ACT. Variation of Canberra
Plan - 89th series, 1987. Harrison's submission; Hansards. |
|
24 |
Parliamentary Joint Committee on the ACT. Variation of Canberra
Plan - 89th series, 1987. Hansard [proof] |
|
25 |
Parliamentary Joint Committee on ACT. (file 'PJC');
correspondence and other papers, 1986-87 [bulk] |
|
26 |
Inquiry into the Canberra Leasehold System, 1988.
Correspondence; submissions of Harrison and others. |
|
27 |
Inquiry into the Canberra Leasehold System, 1988.
Submissions. |
|
28 |
Inquiry into the Canberra Leasehold System, 1988. Submissions;
article and letters by Ed Wensing, 1988-89. |
|
29 |
Inquiry into the Canberra Leasehold System, 1988. Hansard proof
(i). |
|
30 |
Inquiry into the Canberra Leasehold System, 1988. Hansard proof
(ii). |
Series 10 National Capital Development Commission,
1958-67
After some negotiation, Peter Harrison left the University of Sydney in
1959 to become inaugural Chief Town Planner of the NCDC. He was recruited by
Sir John Overall, who was mindful of Harrison's knowledge of Walter Burley
Griffin. Harrison spent the next eight years at the Commission, serving as
Director of Town Planning and First Assistant Commissioner.
The series does not reflect the scope of Harrison's work, or the extent
of his influence during the period with the Commission. It includes papers from
the October 1958 National Capital Planning Committee meeting; files and papers
on aspects of Commission planning in its early years including definition of
the Australian National University site, and Canberra city centre planning.
There are papers on Harrison's consultancy visits, especially in North America
in 1965, his resignation from the Commission in 1967, and some printed material
including reports of Sir William Holford.
Papers concerning Harrison's appearance as a Commission representative
at the 1967 Land Tenure Inquiry are in Series 9.
Folder/piece
|
1 |
National Capital Planning Committee meeting, October 1958.
|
|
2 |
National Capital Planning Committee meeting, October 1958;
documents on Canberra, 1958-64. |
|
3 |
NCDC file; Canberra planning, 1959-64 |
|
4 |
ANU site definition; City Centre planning, 1960-63 (i) |
|
5 |
ANU site definition; City Centre Planning, 1960-63 (ii)
|
|
6 |
Toronto, Ottawa visit, 1965. |
|
7 |
Philadelphia visit, 1965. |
|
8 |
Washington visit of Harrison, 1964-65, including copies of a
reports by R.B. Lansdown. |
|
9 |
Canberra planning - chiefly NCDC/NCPC, 1965-67. |
|
10 |
Papers, mostly on Harrison's resignation from NCDC and his 1967
consultancy. |
|
11 |
Holford reports, 1958-62. |
|
12 |
Holford reports, 1963-67 (including article in Town Planning
Review, Apr., 1967) |
|
13 |
Commonwealth Avenue Bridge, 1954 (Parliamentary Standing
Committee on Public Works report - photocopy) |
|
14 |
NCDC maps of the Australian Capital Territory |
|
15 |
Diagram to illustrate observations on the future developments of
Canberra, 1957 (folio) |
Series 11 NSW Land Commission, 1979-84 (Closed until
2014)
Harrison served as a part-time commissioner of the Land Commission of
New South Wales during 1979-83. When Harrison left the Commission the Minister
for Housing, Tony Sheehan, wrote to express appreciation for his contribution
to the work of the Commission since its establishment 'despite the fact that
your views have not always accorded with the Government's aspirations for the
Commissioners role in its housing programme'.
The series contains correspondence and minutes, (mostly copies) notes,
legislation, cuttings and Land Commission publications.
Folder/piece
|
1 |
Land Commission of NSW - correspondence and minutes, notes,
legislation, cuttings, 1979-83 [bulk] |
|
2 |
Land Commission of NSW - publications (mostly annual reports),
1977-84. |
|
3 |
Draft dummy - copy of Land Commission publication The
streets where we live, 1982. |
Series 12 National Capital Planning Committee, 1980-84 (Closed
until 2014)
Harrison's first association with the National Capital Planning
Committee, an advisory body associated with the National Capital Development
Commission, began when he attended its October 1958 meeting around the time he
joined the staff of the Commission. While at the Urban Research Unit of the ANU
in 1979 he became a member of the Committee as a nominee of the Royal
Australian Planning Institute. He resigned from the Committee in 1984,
referring to his increasing concern about the practices and policies of the
NCDC. This series contains papers for the 179th to 190th NCPC meetings (August
1981 to May 1984); correspondence concerning Harrison's resignation from the
Committee; and a 1980 draft of the City Centre Policy Plan circulated to
Committee members.
Some correspondence relating to Harrison's views and activities as an
NCPC member may also be found at Series 15/56.
Folder/piece
|
1 |
City Centre Policy Plan, 1980 (NCPC meeting agenda item).
|
|
2 |
National Capital Planning Committee - 179th-180th meeting papers
Aug., Oct. 1981. |
|
3 |
NCPC - papers for meetings 181-182, Feb. and Oct. 1982.
|
|
4 |
NCPC - papers for meetings 183-184, Dec. 1982 and Feb. 1983.
|
|
5 |
NCPC - papers for meetings 185-186, Apr. and June 1983.
|
|
6 |
NCPC - papers for meetings 187-188, Aug. and Nov. 1983.
|
|
7 |
NCPC - papers for meeting 189, Feb. 1984. |
|
8 |
NCPC - papers for meeting 190, May 1984; correspondence
regarding Harrison's resignation, 1984. |
Series 13 Design and Siting Review Committee, 1981-84 (Closed
until 2014)
Harrison became a member of the Design and Siting Review Committee
(DSRC), a government body, as a nominee of the National Capital Planning
Committee. As a member of the DSRC, he participated in the determination of
appeals lodged against refusals of the NCDC under its Design and Siting
Policies. This work was in an honorary capacity. In 1984 Harrison resigned
after being required to appear before the Deputy Ombudsman in a particular
case: "I am not prepared to continue in a position where I can be summoned like
a perfidious public servant by any nut who chooses to complain to the
Ombudsman".
The series contains papers relating to appeals between 1981 and 1984,
together with correspondence on Harrison's resignation.
Folder/piece
|
1 |
Design and Siting Review Committee - Papers, 1982-84. |
|
2 |
Design and Siting Review Committee - Papers, 1981-84. |
|
3 |
Reference documents, 1970-84 |
Series 14 Professional Associations, 1976-90
Peter Harrison was a long-standing member of two professional
associations: the Royal Australian Planning Institute (and its predecessors,
the Australian Planning Institute and Town and Country Planning Institute of
Australia) and the Royal Australian Institute of Architects. A Life Fellow of
RAIA, he resigned his fellowship in 1990 in protest at the policies of the ACT
Chapter on the Canberra Metropolitan Plan. Harrison was also a Life Fellow of
the Royal Australian Planning Institute. He was awarded the Institute's Sidney
Luker Memorial Medal in 1972.
This series contains small groups of papers concerning Harrison's
membership of the two associations in later years. It comprises mainly
correspondence and printed material. Harrison's Sidney Luker Medal and citation
are in Series 1.
Folder/piece
|
1 |
Royal Australian Institute of Architects papers, 1968,
1983-90. |
|
2 |
Royal Australian Planning Institute, 1976-87. |
Series 15 Canberra Planning Activist, 1965-90 (bulk 1983-90)
(Partly Closed)
Harrison retired from the Urban Research Unit of the Australian National
University in 1983. His interest in the planning of the national capital,
however, remained as strong as ever. Until his death in 1990, Harrison was very
active as a private citizen in seeking to resist Canberra planning policies
that he felt were contrary to earlier NCDC principles. Particular concerns
included the move away from the 'neighbourhood' principle in residential areas,
the overdevelopment of Civic Centre, and flaws in the leasehold system,
including changes to lease purpose clauses that benefited lessees. Harrison's
increasing disillusion led to his resignation from the Design and Setting
Review Committee (Series 13), Royal Australian Institute of Architects (Series
14) and even from the Order of Australia (Series 1).
This series contains a range of material, both printed and manuscript,
created and accumulated by Harrison. It reveals the extent of his efforts as a
planning activist, including his considerable research. There is a significant
group of documents on the various court cases involving office development in
Civic, most of which involved Harrison. Other subjects represented include the
Metropolitan, National Capital and Civic Plans; the 1982 Committee of Review of
the NCDC; transport and parking; heritage and environment; inner suburban
development, including the Reid Residents Association; and planning in Woden
and Tuggeranong. There are research notes; court transcripts and submissions;
NCDC proposals and policy reports of various kinds; correspondence, including
Harrison's letters to The Canberra Times as well as to the NCDC,
Interim Territory Planning Authority and National Capital Planning Authority ;
and other papers. Many of the publications and reports bear Harrison's
annotations. These reports, although printed, were often internal documents or
had only limited circulation.
Copies of some NCDC documents are subject to the provisions of the
Archives Act 1983 and are closed for 30 years from the date of
creation.
Court Cases (Pieces 1-54) (see also folders 175-191)
Folder/piece
|
1 |
Park Royal Motel, 1963 ; Braddon lease variations, 1963-64;
Lanyon, 1974 |
|
2 |
Black Mountain Judgement (i), 1973 |
|
3 |
Black Mountain Judgement (ii), 1973 |
|
4 |
Atherane (ACT Supreme Court)- affidavits, 1985 |
|
5 |
Atherane - transcript of proceedings, affidavits, judgement and
notes, 1985 |
|
6 |
Atherane - transcript of proceedings, corrections and
judgements, 1985 |
|
7 |
San Sebastian - High Court judgement, 1986 |
|
8 |
Idonz v NCDC (ACT Supreme Court)- judgements, 1985-86 |
|
9 |
Idonz v NCDC - affidavits, 1986-87 |
|
10 |
Idonz v NCDC - affidavits, chronology, other papers, 1986-87
|
|
11 |
Morpath Pty. Ltd (ACT Supreme Court) - transcripts and
judgements (i), 1985-86 |
|
12 |
Morpath Pty. Ltd. - transcripts and judgements (ii), 1985
|
|
13 |
Morpath Pty. Ltd. - affidavits, 1987 |
|
14 |
Morpath Pty. Ltd. v ACT Youth Accommodation Group Inc. (Federal
Court) - court transcripts and judgements, 1987 |
|
15 |
Morpath Pty. Ltd. - Federal Court judgement; ACT Supreme Court
costs, 1987-88 (also copy of Concrete Constructions judgement, 1989) |
|
16 |
Tekmat Investments (formerly Axiom Pty. Ltd.), ACT Supreme
Court: lease variation application - affidavits, judgements, 1986-87 |
|
16 |
Tekmat Investments - transcript of proceedings (i), 1986
|
|
16 |
Tekmat Investments - transcript of proceedings (ii), 1986-87
|
|
17 |
Tekmat Investments - transcript of proceedings, judgement and
order for costs, 1987 |
|
19 |
Tekmat Investments - transcript, order for costs, 1987 |
|
20 |
'Rocky Knoll' (O'Neill v Wyderman, NCDC & Unity Church) -
Federal Court judgement, 1987 |
|
21 |
Braddon lease applications - ACT Supreme Court orders : Pongara
Holdings, 1987, Gregorys (Properties) Pty Ltd, 1989, Atherane Pty. Ltd 1988
|
|
22 |
Concrete Constructions Group Pty Ltd lease variation
application, ACT Supreme Court - Court papers (i), 1988-89 |
|
23 |
Concrete Constructions Group - Court papers (ii), 1988-89
|
|
24 |
Concrete Constructions Group - Affidavits and applications,
1988 |
|
25 |
Concrete Constructions Group - Affidavits and submissions,
1988-89 (see also folders 175-76) |
|
26 |
Concrete Constructions Group - transcript of proceedings, index
(i), 1988 |
|
27 |
Concrete Constructions Group - transcript of proceedings, index
(ii), 1988 |
|
28 |
Concrete Constructions Group - Federal Court - Gallop, Sheppard,
Neaves 13.3.90 (judgements) and case chronology (referenced to Appeal
Books) |
|
29 |
Concrete Constructions Group Pty Ltd v McNamara, Harrison,
Wensing & Minister for Industry, Employment and Education. Appeal Book,
Vol. 1, 1988-89 |
|
30 |
Appeal Book, Vol. 2 |
|
31 |
Appeal Book, Vol. 3 |
|
32 |
Appeal Book, Vol. 4 |
|
33 |
Appeal Book, Vol. 5 |
|
34 |
Photographs (court exhibit) |
|
35 |
Legislative Assembly - correspondence and other papers (i),
1989-90 |
|
36 |
Legislative Assembly - correspondence and other papers (ii),
1989-90 |
|
37 |
Legislative Assembly Concrete Inquiry - transcripts and other
papers, 1989 |
|
38 |
Legislative Assembly Concrete Inquiry - submissions, Assembly
proceedings, 1989 |
|
39 |
Legislative Assembly Canberra Times site inquiry -
transcript of proceedings, Sept-Oct 1989 |
|
40 |
Rondda Enterprises Pty. Ltd., lease propose variation (ACT
Supreme Court) -affidavits, 1990 |
|
41 |
Rondda Enterprises - affidavits ; notes, 1990 |
|
42 |
Rondda Enterprises - affidavit draft and other papers,
correspondence re court costs, 1987-90 |
|
43 |
YMCA, White Industries, Uniting Church, Civic - notes,
calculations and working papers, 1984-89 (some official documents
CLOSED) |
|
(Pieces 44-50 CLOSED until 2017) |
|
44 |
Copies of NCDC file documents (bound) - Uniting Church, Section
22 (City) |
|
45 |
Copies of NCDC file documents (bound) - Sundown and Starlight
Drive-Ins |
|
46 |
Copies of NCDC file documents (bound) - Ansett Terminal, Section
26 (City) |
|
47 |
Copies of NCDC file documents (bound) - YMCA, Section 10
(City) |
|
48 |
Copies of NCDC file documents (bound) - White Industries,
Sections 11, 41, 60 (City), pt 1 |
|
49 |
Copies of NCDC file documents (bound) - White Industries,
Sections 11, 41, 60 (City), pt 2 |
|
50 |
Copies of NCDC file documents (bound) - Idonz Town House Motel,
Section 23 (City) |
|
51 |
Environmental assessments relating to the proposed
redevelopment of the former Canberra Times site, 1990 |
|
52 |
Papers on Concrete Constructions case, Civic planning policies
c.1987-88 [bulk] |
|
53 |
Papers on Concrete Constructions case - notes, articles,
policies, sketch plans, 1987-88 |
|
54 |
Concrete Constructions case - Harrison's affidavit, exhibits,
judgement, 1988 |
|
55 |
NCDC - correspondence (i), 1975-78 |
|
56 |
NCDC - correspondence (ii), 1973-89 |
|
57 |
Territory Planning Authority - correspondence (i), 1989-90
(i) |
|
58 |
Territory Planning Authority - correspondence (ii), 1989-90
(ii) |
|
59 |
Territory Planning Authority - copies of ITPA policy variation
proposals ; submission by Harrison, 1989 |
|
60 |
NCPA - correspondence and other papers (i), 1989-90 |
|
61 |
NCPA - correspondence and other papers (ii), 1989 |
|
62 |
Committee of Review of the NCDC - correspondence, notes,
reference material, submissions, 1982-83 |
|
63-70 |
Committee of Review of the NCDC - submissions by NCDC, Dept of
the Capital Territory and other bodies, 1982-83 |
|
71 |
NCDC - 'Response to Committee of Review on Economic Future of
Canberra', April 1983 |
|
71a |
David Block review : On-going role of the NCDC - papers,
1987-88 |
|
72 |
Metropolitan Plan - NCDC documents, reports, 1980-84 |
|
73 |
Metropolitan Plan, National Capital Plan - reports and printed
material, 1986-89 |
|
74 |
NCDC. Metropolitan Canberra: Policy Plan, Development Plan
(draft), August, 1983 |
|
75 |
NCDC. Metropolitan Canberra : Policy Plan, Development Plan
(final published version) July 1984 |
|
76-84 |
Parliamentary Joint Committee in the ACT (Reference:
Metropolitan Plan) - Hansard reports, 1984-86 |
|
85-86 |
NCPA. National Capital Plan : draft proposals, 2 vols.,
1989 |
|
87-88 |
Parliamentary Joint Committee on the ACT : Review of the draft
National Capital Plan. Hansard transcripts, 1989 |
|
89 |
NCPA and Interim Territory Planning Authority. 'Analysis of
metropolitan planning issues for a population of 500,000' - First draft, May
1989 |
|
90 |
NCPA. National Capital Plan: draft, 1990 |
|
91 |
Civic Policy Plan : notes and reference papers, 1987 |
|
92-93 |
Civic planning policy - office accommodation and retailing -
notes, calculations, plans and research papers c.1985-88 |
|
94 |
Civic planning policy - reports, articles, letters, 1988-90
|
|
95 |
Joan Roberts - Canberra City Employment Survey, March 1986
|
|
96 |
Hotels/Sec 38 - reports, NCDC and DCT information, 1984-87
|
|
97 |
NCDC. City Centre Review, 1976 |
|
98 |
NCDC. Civic Centre Policy Plan, Development Plan : Summary
of conclusions and proposals. Draft for discussion., Feb. 1982 |
|
99 |
NCDC. Civic Centre Canberra Policy Plan : published drafts for
discussion and final version, 1982-89 |
|
100-112 |
Reid (Residents), 1975 ; Turner Residents' Association, 1987 ;
Braddon Oval, 1989-90 - various documents |
|
113 |
Reid Residents Association, 1987, 1990; Reid ; Turner ; city
parking - various papers |
|
114 |
Turner Sections 24 & 43 policy planning, 1984; Queanbeyan
City Council - duplex design/siting, 1985 |
|
115-116 |
Ed Wensing. 'Review of the Draft Policy Plan for Braddon Section
21, Blocks 1 to 12'. Report for NCDC, 5 Sept. 1985, 2 vols |
|
117 |
Loder & Bayley Pty. Ltd. 'Reid Braddon LATM Study : Report
to NCDC and ACT Administration', August 1987 |
|
118 |
John Gilchrist. 'Woden-Weston Creek New Town'. MSc Architecture
(Town Planning), February 1985 |
|
119 |
Tuggeranong - various papers, 1971-74, 1988 |
|
120 |
Tuggeranong Centre, 1983-84 |
|
121 |
Glebe Park, 1982 |
|
122-124 |
Baringa Gardens, 1983-85 |
|
125-127 |
Heritage and Environment, 1983-90 |
|
128 |
Heritage and environment - media release, drafting instructions
for Planning and Environment Bill, 1989 |
|
129-132 |
Civic parking - reference material, 1984-87 |
|
133 |
Dept of Territories and Local Government - 'City Parking',
April, 1994 |
|
134 |
ACT transport, pollution - reports and associated papers,
1985-87 |
|
135 |
Urban transport - conference and other papers, 1968, 1986
|
|
136 |
R.J. Nairn and Partners Pty Ltd 'City Distributor Roads Study :
Final Report', March 1985 (report for NCDC) |
|
137 |
R.J. Nairn and Partners Pty Ltd 'Final Report for the City Bus
Interchange Study', March 1989 (report for ACT Administration) |
|
138 |
'Serving the Community : the Future Direction of Public
Transport in Canberra'. Final report for the NCDC/DCT Joint Public Transport
Study, July 1987 |
|
139 |
Nelson, English, Loxton & Andrews Pty Ltd 'Civic Parking
Pricing Policy - Implementation Study ; Report for NCDC', January 1985 (Reid
Residents Association copy) |
|
140-141 |
NCDC Engineering Division. 'Transport Implications of City
Development', draft reports, 1985 (CLOSED until 2015) |
|
142 |
Loder & Bayley Pty Ltd 'Monash Drive or Majura Parkway?' -
draft report to NCDC, September 1987 (CLOSED until 2017) |
|
143 |
Parking and transport - copies of NCDC file documents, 1984-85
[CLOSED until 2015] |
|
144 |
'Parking' - reference material, notes, 1987-88 |
|
145 |
Public transport - reports, policies, c1976-90 |
|
146 |
Surplus schools - policies and plans (ACT Government/Interim
Territory Planning Authority), 1989 |
|
147 |
Canberra Association for Regional Development (CARD) -
submissions, reports, 1981-84 |
|
148 |
CARD, BOMA (Business Owners & Managers Association),
business/property development - newsletters, submissions, papers, 1985-89
|
|
149 |
Canberra leasehold system - reports, articles, letter by Ed
Wensing, 1988-90 |
|
150 |
A.J.W. Powell interview, 3 July 1985 - transcript notes
|
|
151 |
Letters, articles, talk notes, printed material on aspects of
Canberra planning, 1981-88 |
|
152 |
Peter Harrison - letters to The Canberra Times,
1985-90; letter to Pru Goward (Radio 2CN), 1990 |
|
152A |
Radio interviews of Malcolm Latham, George Snow and others -
transcripts and notes, 1985-89 |
|
153 |
Planning education, community environments and other planning
matters - various papers, 1977, 1983, 1987 |
|
154 |
Canberra planning - miscellaneous papers, reports, 1988-89
|
|
155 |
NCDC leaflets, publications, Technical Report 29, 1959,
1969-80 |
|
156 |
NCDC: planning and development - leaflets, reports, 1977-83
|
|
157 |
NCDC Planning Policy plans/proposals, 1979-88 |
|
158 |
ITPA draft proposals for public comment, 1989-90 |
|
159-172 |
Reports and publications prepared by and for the NCDC on
Canberra planning, 1965-85, including The future Canberra, (1965),
Tomorrow's Canberra, (1970) and reports/studies on retailing
(1961-81), transportation (1963), the Canberra Plan concept (1967-75), city
size considerations (1972), Lower Gooromon (1973), Lanyon (1974), West
Murrumbidgee Structure Plan (1976), waters of the Canberra region (1981),
Parliamentary Zone development (1983) and urban consolidation (1985) |
|
173 |
ITPA. Towards a new Territory Plan for the ACT: key issues
for discussion, September, 1990 |
|
174 |
NCPA. Submission to Commonwealth Grants Commission Inquiry into
Financing the ACT, September 1990 |
Added 21 October 1997
Mainly briefing material supplied by Peter Harrison and Ed Wensing to
barrister Brendan Hull regarding the Concrete Constructions Group court
case.
Folder/piece
|
175-76 |
Concrete Constructions Group submissions, 1989 |
|
177 |
Cuttings and articles, 1985-90 |
|
178 |
Papers, 1976-90 including Redevelopment of the former
Canberra Times site (report of the ACT Standing Committee on Planning,
Development and Infrastructure, Oct. 1989), and article Changing times
and the civic environment by Harrison (July 1990), correspondence,
legislation and a lecture by M.M.B Latham |
|
179 |
Belconnen Town Centre commercial core study report,
NCDC, Dec. 1971 |
|
180 |
Belconnen Town Centre policy plan development plan draft
for discussion (NCDC, Apr., 1985) |
|
181 |
City distributor roads study, final report, R.J.
Nairn and Partners, Mar. 1985 |
|
182 |
Civic Centre employment study, NCDC, Aug. 1988
|
|
183 |
Civic Centre review policy plan implementation plan,
NCDC, Sept. 1987 |
|
184 |
Employment study Civic Centre, NCDC,
[1986] |
|
185 |
Joint Canberra public transport study, NCDC, Sept.
1986 |
|
186 |
Metropolitan Canberra policy plan and development plan:
transport and land use, NCDC, Nov. 1986 |
|
187 |
Parking control measures: Braddon, Turner and Reid,
R.J. Nairn and Partners, Apr. 1986 |
|
188 |
Report on proposals for variations of the plan of layout of
the city of Canberra and its environs, Standing Committee on the ACT,
1987 |
|
189 |
Report on the Canberra leasehold system, Senate
Standing Committee on Transport, Communications and Infrastructure, Nov.
1988 |
|
190 |
Review of office policy, NCDC, Feb. 1987 |
|
191 |
The way we are: Canberra NCDC projects 84
|
Series 16 ACT Land Tenure Papers, 1963-72
The papers in this small series were assembled by Harrison while at the
Urban Research Unit of the ANU. The two files include copies of a few NCDC
documents dating from Harrison's period as Chief City Planner.
Folder/piece
|
1 |
ACT Leasehold tenure, 1964-72 - reference documents prepared by
NCDC Research Section; 'answers to questions by Senior Legal Officer' (NCDC
briefing, 1963); copy of letter from R. Kingsland to J. Overall, 15 June 1963
re matters to discuss with Henry Wells; and other reference material.
|
|
2 |
'ACT' (leasehold and land rent) 1962-72 - NCDC minutes 1962-64;
articles, cuttings, and reference documents including report of the
interdepartmental Working Group to Review Provisions Relating to Planning and
Development (1972); correspondence , 1970 re abolition of Canberra land
rents. |
Series 17 References and Examiner Reports, 1976-87
[Restricted]
During the 1970s and 1980s Peter Harrison was asked on a number of
occasions to act as a referee by colleagues and associates in support of their
job applications. He also acted as an examiner for several Masters theses in
town planning and urban studies at the University of Adelaide, Australian
National University, University of Queensland and University of Sydney.
The series, formerly housed in one binder, contains correspondence and
associated papers. There are also copies of two assessor's reports provided by
Harrison for Australian Research Grants Scheme applications in 1984 and
1985.
Correspondents include Gareth Roberts, John Black, Raymond Bunker,
Geoffrey Hunt, Roger Pegrum, Dean Lambert, James Conner and Doug Daines.
Folder/piece
|
1 |
References and examiner reports, 1976-79. |
|
2 |
References, examiner reports and ARGS assessor reports,
1980-87 |
Series 18 Newspaper Cuttings on Canberra Planning,
1964-90
Peter Harrison accumulated a large reference set of Canberra-related
newspaper clippings that he considered relevant to his planning interests. Most
of these clippings were originally stored in binders. They cover a range of
subjects including land use, housing, office development, planning
administration and other issues. There are a few clippings on more general
planning matters at the end of the series. While the great majority of the
cuttings are from The Canberra Times; there are a few from other
newspapers including The Canberra News, Courier, The Australian and
the Sydney Morning Herald. Harrison occasionally filed other reference
documents and magazine articles amongst the cuttings.
Folder/piece
|
1 |
Canberra cuttings, 1964-66, 1976 |
|
2 |
Canberra cuttings, 1966-68 |
|
3-6 |
Canberra cuttings, 1973 |
|
7-10 |
Canberra cuttings, 1974 |
|
11-15 |
Canberra cuttings, 1975 |
|
16-17 |
Canberra cuttings, 1976 |
|
18-19 |
Canberra cuttings, 1977 |
|
20 |
Canberra cuttings,, 1978 |
|
21 |
Canberra cuttings, 1978-79 |
|
22 |
Canberra cuttings, 1978-83 |
|
23 |
Canberra cuttings, 1980-82 |
|
24 |
Canberra cuttings, 1983-84 |
|
25 |
Canberra cuttings, 1984 |
|
26-27 |
Canberra cuttings, 1985 |
|
28-29 |
Canberra cuttings, 1986 |
|
30-33 |
Canberra cuttings, 1987 |
|
34-37 |
Canberra cuttings, 1988 |
|
38 |
Canberra cuttings, 1980-88 |
|
39-42 |
Canberra cuttings, 1989 |
|
43 |
Canberra cuttings, 1968, 1981-89 |
|
44-46 |
Canberra cuttings, 1990 |
|
47 |
Canberra cuttings and reference documents, 1968-90 |
|
48 |
Canberra cuttings and reference documents, 1988-90 |
|
49 |
General cuttings, 1988-90 |
|
50-51 |
General cuttings, 1970-72 ; miscellaneous, 1955-73 |
|
52 |
General cuttings, 1980, 1985-87 |
|
53 |
General cuttings, 1987-88 |
|
54-55 |
General cuttings, 1988-90 |
|
56 |
Miscellaneous cuttings, 1974-83 |
|
57 |
Miscellaneous cuttings, 1984-90 |
Series 19 Reference and Research Material on Canberra,
1950-89
This series contains material relating to Canberra of a more general
nature that was kept by Harrison. It includes copies of newspapers and
photographs; a handwritten chronology made by Harrison of events in Canberra's
history; a draft of Jim Gibbney's history of Canberra, with Harrison's
annotations; maps and plans; and a range of articles and printed material.
Other series, notably Series 6 and 15, contain research material more directly
related to Harrison's activities as an authority on Walter Burley Griffin and
as a Canberra planning activist. Series 18 contains a reference set of Canberra
newspaper cuttings.
Folder/piece
|
1 |
Gibbney, Jim. 'Canberra 1914-54', Chapters 2-5 (Harrison's
marked draft) |
|
2 |
Gibbney, Jim. 'Canberra 1914-54', Chapters 6-8 |
|
3 |
Biographical details on Walter Burley Griffin and Charles Robert
Scrivener with covering letter by Terry Birtles to Harrison, 1986 |
|
4 |
Key events in Canberra planning/building, chronological outline
by Harrison, 1901-85 (pencilled notes) |
|
5 |
Copies of newspapers reporting Canberra's inauguration in
1927 |
|
6 |
Articles, papers and journals on town planning, 1957,
1963-68 |
|
7 |
Printed material on town planning, 1970-71 |
|
8 |
Printed material on town planning, 1972 |
|
9 |
Printed material on town planning, 1973-77 |
|
10 |
Australian Architecture and Design, Vol. 1, No. 3, 1981
; Planning and Development of Canberra, 1948-58, 1982 |
|
11 |
Printed material on town planning in the ACT, 1983-84 |
|
12 |
Printed material on town planning in the ACT, 1984-88, 1990
|
|
13 |
Dissertation by Mark K. Wiatkowski - Public and private
input into the Canberra planning and development process, 1988 ; Town
Planning Review, vol. 60, No. 2, 1989 |
|
14 |
Aerial and other photographs of Canberra, mostly 1960s ;
illustrated articles on Canberra buildings, memorials, 1950-77 |
|
15 |
Canberra - miscellaneous papers, 1956-77 |
|
16 |
Miscellaneous plans, maps and papers relating to Canberra
[folio] |
|
17 |
Drawings by Greg Deas, NCD C, for a 1974 report on a comparison
of Camp Hill and Capital Hill as sites for Parliament [folio]
|
|
18 |
Miscellaneous plans and maps of Canberra (not by Griffin)
[folio] |
Series 20 Miscellaneous Material, 1916-88
The papers comprise mainly copies of articles, seminar papers, working
papers and printed material.
Folder/piece
|
1-5 |
Miscellaneous papers re planning, 1957-88 |
|
6 |
Miscellaneous papers re planning; Columbia, Maryland, USA
planning, 1967-84 |
|
7 |
Town planning Albury Wodonga, Thuringowa (Qld),
Melbourne, 1916-78 |
|
8 |
Washington : Reference articles, notes, 1956-67 ; Islamabad
metropolitan plan [n.d.] |
|
9 |
Town planning miscellaneous papers and articles,
1916-83 |
|
10 |
Miscellaneous papers : cutting, articles borrowed by Bernadette
Hince (?) |
|
11 |
Odds & ends, 1963-87 |
|
12 |
Australian architects by Philip Cox, 1984 |
|
13-14 |
Papers relating to the Royal Australian Planning Institute (ACT
Division) Planning Award, 1993 and the posthumous publication of Walter
Burley Griffin: landscape architect, 1995 (Addition 17 Jan. 1996)
|
Box List
| SERIES
|
FOLDERS
|
BOX |
| 1 |
1-6 |
1 |
| 2 |
1-2 |
1 |
| |
3-6 |
2 |
| 3 |
1-4 |
2 |
| |
5 |
3 |
| 4 |
1 |
3 |
| 5 |
1-6 |
3 |
| |
7-14 |
4 |
| |
15-23 |
5 |
| |
24-31 |
6 |
| |
32-38 |
7 |
| |
39-47 |
8 |
| |
50-51 |
8 |
| 6 |
1-9 |
9 |
| |
10-18 |
10 |
| |
22-30 |
11 |
| |
31-40 |
12 |
| |
41-43 |
13 |
| |
45-47 |
13 |
| |
49 |
13 |
| |
50-55 |
14 |
| |
56-62 |
15 |
| |
63-69 |
16 |
| 7 |
1-8 |
17 |
| |
9-13 |
18 |
| 8 |
1-2 |
18 |
| |
3-9 |
19 |
| |
10-16 |
20 |
| |
17-22 |
21 |
| |
23-29 |
22 |
| 9 |
1-7 |
23 |
| |
8-14 |
24 |
| |
15-22 |
25 |
| |
23-30 |
26 |
| 10 |
1-9 |
27 |
| |
10-14 |
28 |
| 11 |
1-3 |
28 |
| 12 |
1-2 |
28 |
| |
3-8 |
29 |
| 13 |
1 |
29 |
| |
2-3 |
30 |
| 14 |
1-2 |
30 |
| 15 |
1-5 |
30 |
| |
6-14 |
31 |
| |
15-22 |
32 |
| |
23-29 |
33 |
| |
30-35 |
34 |
| |
36-43 |
35 |
| |
44-50 [CLOSED]
|
36 |
| |
51-59 |
37 |
| |
60-69 |
38 |
| |
70-77 |
39 |
| |
78-86 |
40 |
| |
87-92 |
41 |
| |
94 |
41 |
| |
95-104 |
42 |
| |
105-113 |
43 |
| |
114-120 |
44 |
| |
121-127 |
45 |
| |
128-136 |
46 |
| |
137-139, 144 |
47 |
| |
140-143 [CLOSED] |
47a |
| |
145-151 |
48 |
| |
152-158 |
49 |
| |
159-164 |
50 |
| |
165-174 |
51 |
| |
175-182 |
63 |
| |
183-191 |
64 |
| 16 |
1-2 |
52 |
| 17 |
1-2 |
52a |
| 18 |
1-4 |
52 |
| |
5-13 |
53 |
| |
14-22 |
54 |
| |
23-29 |
55 |
| |
30-37 |
56 |
| |
38-45 |
57 |
| |
46-55 |
58 |
| |
56-57 |
59 |
| 19 |
1-5 |
59 |
| |
6-12 |
60 |
| |
13-15 |
61 |
| 20 |
1-6 |
61 |
| |
7-14 |
62 |
Folio Box List
| Series |
Piece |
Location |
| 1 |
7 |
Plan cabinet |
| 5 |
31-33 (illustrations)
|
Plan cabinet |
| |
48-49 |
Plan cabinet |
| |
52 |
Folio box |
| 6 |
19-21 |
Plan cabinet |
| |
44 |
Top of plan cabinet |
| |
48 |
Folio box |
| |
70 |
Folio box |
| 10 |
15 |
Folio box |
| 15 |
93 |
Folio box |
| 19 |
16 |
Folio box |
| |
17 |
Top of plan cabinet |
| |
18 |
Plan cabinet |
1994 Updated October 1999 |