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Australian Design Bibliography

Compiled by David Robertson FDIA
Version 1 - April 2003

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Bogle, Michael. Editor Designing Australia, Readings in the History of Design 2002 Book
N/A Artichoke 2002 DIA National Newsletter
Stenning, Belinda. Editor Curve 2002 Magazine
Lowen, Fred Fred Lowen. Dunera Boy. Furniture Designer. Artist. 2000 Book
N/A Sydney Design 99 Congress Program 1999 Conference program
Bogle, Michael Design in Australia 1880-1970 1998 Book
Loffler, Don She's a Beauty. The Story of the First Holdens 1998 Book
N/A Artichoke 1998 DIA National Newsletter
Measham, Terence Discovering the Powerhouse Museum 1997 Book
Menz, Christopher Australian Decorative Arts 1820s-1990s 1996 Book
N/A Fred Ward: A Selection of Furniture and Drawings, Drill Hall Gallery 1996 Exhibition catalogue
N/A Educating by Design. Key Competencies and Design Report 1996 Report
Newman, Ron & Swann, Cal. Editors DIA National Conference on Design Education 1996 1996 Report
O'Callaghan, Judith Life before Canberra. (Fred Ward) Fred Ward: A Selection of Furniture and Drawings 1996 Exhibition catalogue
Topliss, Helen Modernism and Feminism. Australian Women Artists 1900-1940 1996 Book
Bogle, Michael Lucien Henry. A New Work 1995 Journal
Butel, Elizabeth Margaret Preston 1995 Book
Fahy, Kevin The First Exhibitions of Early Australian Decorative Arts Sydney 1929, 1941 and 1953 1995 Magazine
Gooding, Janda An Australian Artist in Paris in the 1920s. Kathleen O'Connor 1995 Magazine
Grieve, Ray A Band in a Waistcoat Pocket. The Story of the Harmonica in Australia. 1995 Book
Heathcote, Christopher A Quiet Revolution 1995 Book
Holden, Robert Cover Up. The Art of Magazine Covers in Australia 1995 Book
Kerr, Joan. Editor Heritage. The National Women's Art Book 1995 Book
McNeil, Peter Rarely Looking In. The Writing of Australian Design History c. 1900-1990 1995 Journal
N/A Competing by Design, The National Design Review Report 1995 Report
Shields, John Deskilling Revisited: Continuity and Change in Craft Work and Apprenticeship in late 19th century New South Wales 1995 Journal
Wood, Colin. Editor Design World, Last Issue 1995 Magazine
Barrett, Desmond Australiana and the Australian-Made Preference League. 1994 Magazine
Candy, P C & Laurent J Pioneering Culture. Mechanics Institutes and Schools of Art in Australia 1994 Book
Dever, Maryanne Wallflowers and Witches. Women and Culture in Australia 1910-1945 1994 Book
Hansen, David. Editor The Exhibition Exhibition. A Centenary Celebration of the Tasmanian International Exhibition, 1894-95 1994 Exhibition catalogue
Jack, R I & Cremin, Aedeen Australia's Age of Iron 1994 Book
Macintyre, Stuart A History for a Nation. Ernest Scott and the Making of Australian History 1994 Book
Maynard, Margaret Fashioned From Penury. Dress as Cultural Practice in Colonial Australia 1994 Book
McNeil, Peter Designing Women: Gender, Sexuality and the Interior Decorator (ca. 1890-1940.) 1994 Journal
Menz, Christopher Morris and Company. Pre-Raphaelites and the Arts & Crafts Movement in South Australia 1994 Book
N/A The Grandest Display of Household Furniture in the Colony 1994 Book
N/A Designews 1994 DIA National Newsletter
Phelp, Angela From Wallflowers to Tall Poppies. Sydney Society of Women Painters. 1910-1934." in Wallflowers and Witches 1994 Book
Rich, Joe Profiting from the Pitfalls of Oral History: the Case of Sir Laurence Harnett 1994 Journal
Sayers, Andrew Aboriginal Artists of the 19th Century 1994 Book
Smith, Kevin The Owen Gun Files. An Australian Wartime Controversy 1994 Book
Trainor, Luke British Imperialism and Australian Nationalism: Manipulation, conflict and Compromise in 19th Century Melbourne 1994 Book
Alcorso, Claudio The Wind You Say. An Italian in Australia. 1993 Book
Andrews, Gordon Gordon Andrews - A Designer's Life 1993 Book
Butler, Roger Poster Art in Australia 1993 Book
Kociumbas, Jan 'Science as Cultural Ideology: Museums and Mechanics Institutes in Early NSW and Van Diemen's Land. 1993 Journal
N/A Art & Design Education Resource Guide 1993 Magazine
O'Callaghan, Judith Gordon Andrews Retrospective 1993 Exhibition catalogue
O'Callaghan, Judith. Editor The Australian Interior". The Australian Dream. Design of the Fifties 1993 Book
O'Callaghan, Judith. Editor The Australian Dream. Design of the Fifties 1993 Book
Phipps, Jennifer Creators and Inventors 1993 Book
Quinn, Catriona Sydney Style 1993 Book
Reekie, Gail Temptations. Sex, Selling and the Department Store 1993 Book
Renew, Robert Making It. Innovation and Success in Australia's Industries 1993 Book
Richards, Michaela The Best Style. Marion Hall Best and Australian Interior Design 1936-75 1993 Book
Said, Edward Culture and Imperialism 1993 Book
Smith, Terry Making the Modern. Industry, Art and Design in America 1993 Book
Wood, Colin. Editor Design Graphics 1993 Magazine
Barnes, John The Artist and the Mechanic: Joseph Furphy and John Longstaff as Fellow-Townsmen. Populous Places. Australia's Cities and Towns. 1992 Book
Bogle, Michael Daphne Mayo Doors 1992 Magazine
Carroll, John. Editor Intruders in the Bush. The Australian Quest for Identity 1992 Book
Cochrane, Grace The Crafts Movement in Australia. A History 1992 Book
Kirkpatrick, Peter The Seacoast of Bohemia 1992 Book
N/A Pioneers of Design. Gordon Andrews, Geoffrey Collings, Gerard Herbst, Gifford Jackson, Nan Kirkwood, Colin Madigan 1992 Exhibition catalogue
Cocks, Deborah Rhoda Wager 1991 Magazine
Docker, John The Nervous Nineties. Australian Cultural Life in the 1890s 1991 Book
Eagle, Mary The Art of Rupert Bunny in the Australian National Gallery 1991 Book
Hitchcock, Maria Wattle 1991 Book
N/A Designer Dialect 1991 DIA National Newsletter
N/A Design Down Under 2 1991 Book
Thoms, Albie Bohemians in the Bush 1991 Book
Tucker, Barrie The Design World of Barrie Tucker 1991 Book
Underhill, Nancy D H Making Australian Art 1916-49 1991 Book
Wardman, Wayne The Owen Gun 1991 Book
Barnes, John The Order of Things. A Life of Joseph Furphy 1990 Book
Booth-Clibborn, Edward. Editor Design: The World of Minale Tattersfield 1990 Book
Curedale, Robert The Development of Industrial Design Consulting in Australia 1990 Thesis
Kidd, Ian Ian Kidd Design 1990 Book
Knox, Frank Furphy Farm Water Carts. Born about 1880, Still Going Strong 1990 Magazine
N/A The Australian Academy of Design – News 1990 Newsletter
Wood, Colin. Editor Design Ink 1990 Magazine
Aeuckens, Annely The People's University. The South Australian School of Mines and the South Australian Institute of Technology 1889-1989. 1989 Book
Apperly, Irving & Reynolds A Pictorial Guide to Identifying Australian Architecture 1989 Book
Bogle, Michael & Landman, Peta Modern Australian Furniture 1989 Book
Dan, S M 60th Aniversary Exhibition 1989 Exhibition catalogue
N/A DesignByline 1989 DIA State Newsletter
N/A Queensland Designer (QD) 1989 DIA State Newsletter
N/A Design South Australia Newsletter 1989 Newsletter
N/A The Wizards of Oz. Creative Source Australia. 8th Book 1989 Book
Stuart, Lurline James Smith. The Making of a Colonial Culture 1989 Book
Ashton, Paul and Kate Blackmore Centennial Park: A History 1988 Book
Forwood, Gillian Ballet Russes from St Petersburg to St Kilda 1988 Journal
Fry, Tony Design History Australia 1988 Book
Galbally, Ann Redmond Barry and Melbourne's 'Musee des Copies' 1988 Journal
Johnson, Heather Roy de Maistre. The Australian Years. 1894-1930 1988 Book
Jones, Philip Perceptions of Aboriginal Art: A History." Dreamings. The Art of Aboriginal Australia 1988 Book
Kingston, Beverley The Oxford History of Australia. l860-1900. Glad, Confident Morning. (Volume 3.) 1988 Book
McPhee, John Australian Decorative Arts 1788-1900 1988 Book
N/A Diagram 1988 DIA State Newsletter
N/A Diagram 1988 DIA State Newsletter
N/A Designews 1988 DIA State Newsletter
Proverbs, Bruce A History of the Launceston Technical College 1888-1988 1988 Book
Bures, Susan The House of Wunderlich 1987 Book
Easdown, Geoff Ford. A History of the Ford Motor Company in Australia 1987 Book
Murray-Smith, Steven The Tech. A Centennial History of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. 1987 Book
N/A Art and Aboriginality. 1987 1987 Book
N/A Interior Designers of Australia 1987 Book
Poulton, Jill Adelaide Ironside. The Pilgrim of Art 1987 Book
Wray Vamplew. Editor Australians. Historical Statistics 1987 Book
Bromfield, David. Editor Aspects of Perth Modernism 1929-1942 1986 Book
Cato, Ken. Editor The View from Australia 1986 Book
Darwin, Norm The History of Ford in Australia 1986 Book
Furey, Charles The Commercial Effectivement of Products Resulting from Industrial Designing in Australia 1986 Book
Goddard, Julian John Oldham in Aspects of Perth Modernism 1929-1942 1986 Book
Gray, Anne Line, Light and Shadow. [J.W.R. Linton] 1986 Book
Mather, Patricia A History of the Queensland Museum 1862-1986 1986 Book
Mort, Irene Australian Alphabet.1902 1986 Book
N/A Designer in Australia 1986 DIA National Newsletter
Stephensen, P R The Foundations of Culture in Australia. (W. J. Miles,1936) 1986 Book
Terry, Martin Aboriginality in the art of Byram Mansell 1986 Magazine
Timms, Peter Australian Studio Pottery and China Painting 1986 Book
Bastian, Elisabeth The Artist as Designer 1985 Book
Downer, Christine & Phipps, Jennifer Victorian Vision: 1834 Onwards. Images and Records from the National Gallery of Victoria and the State Library of Victoria 1985 Book
Hilton, Tim John Ruskin. The Early Years 1985 Book
Holden, Robert May Gibbs and her Fantasy World 1985 Exhibition catalogue
Irving, Robert The History and Design of the Australian House 1985 Book
Tattersall, Henry Henry Webber. Art at the Service of Industry 1985 Magazine
Walsh, Maureen May Gibbs 1985 Book
Lane, Terence A Burlesque of a Burlesque. Aestheticism and the Aesthetic Interior of Victoria 1984 Journal
Saisselin, R G The Bourgeois and the Bibelot 1984 Book
Caban, Geoffrey A Fine Line. A History of Australian Commercial Art 1983 Book
Cook, Glenn L. J. Harvey and his School 1983 Book
Darwin, Norm The History of Holden since 1917 1983 Book
Hawkins, John The Botany Bay Wood in English Furniture 1792-1800. Part I 1983 Magazine
N/A Design Focus – South Australia 1983 Newsletter
Wood, Colin. Editor Design World 1983 Magazine
Davidson, Graeme Exhibitions. Australian Cultural History 1982 Book
Duffy, Pat Forty-four to Sixty-six. The Foulkes Taylor Years 1982 Exhibition catalogue
Ellyard, D & Wraxworthy, R The Proud Arch 1982 Book
Fong, Helen. Editor Design Point 1982 Newsletter
Russell, Anthony K The Designer Craftsman. The Foulkes Taylor Years 1982 Exhibition catalogue
White, M A TAFE in Western Australia 1982 Book
Haese, Richard Rebels and Precursors 1981 Book
Mercer, Peter The Tasmanian International Exhibition 1894-95 1981 Journal
Johnson, Donald L Australian Architecture 1901-51. Sources of Modernism 1980 Book
Lane. Terence The Development of the Collections of Decorative Arts in the National Gallery of Victoria 1980 Journal
Betteridge, Margaret Australian Flora in Art 1979 Book
Butler, Roger Raymond McGrath 1979 Book
Davis, P L Australia on the Road 1979 Book
Free, Renee, et al Sydney International Exhibition 1879 1979 Exhibition catalogue
Lane, Terence The Kangaroo in the Decorative Arts 1979 Book
McQueen, Humphrey The Black Swan of Trespass 1979 Book
N/A Western Australian Designers (WAD) 1979 DIA State Newsletter
Newman, Ron. Editor Design In Australia 1979 DIA National Newsletter
Draffin, Nicholas The Art of M. Napier Waller 1978 Book
Betteridge, M et al Australian Flora in Art. [catalogue of exhibition at Elizabeth Bay House]. 1977 Exhibition catalogue
Betteridge, Margaret et al Australian Flora in Art 1977 Exhibition catalogue
Saunders, David & Burke, Catherine Ancher, Mortlock, Murray, Woolley. Sydney Architects 1946-1976 1976 Book
Souter, Gavin Lion and Kangaroo. Australia 1901-1919 1976 Book
Young, Linda The Sydney International Exhibition of 1879 1976 Thesis
Smith, Bernard Documents on Art and Taste in Australia: The Colonial Period 1770-1914 1975 Book
Walker, R R The Magic Spark. The Story of the First Fifty Years of Radio in Australia 1973 Book
Barnes, John John Furphy. The Australian Dictionary of Biography. Volume 4, 1851-1890. 1972 Book
Butlin, N G Investment in Australian Economic Development 1861-1900 1972 Book
Hoff, Ursula Charles Conder 1972 Book
Blainey, Geoffrey The Steel Master. A Life of Essington Lewis 1971 Book
Goodwin, Kenneth Morris & Company's Adelaide Patron 1971 Magazine
Hayes, Babette & Hersey, April Australian Style 1970 Book
Johnston, Grahame Annals of Australian Literature 1970 Book
Thomas, David Rupert Bunny 1970 Book
Lord, Margaret An Interior Decorator's World 1969 Book
Button, John. Editor Look Here. Considering the Australian Environment 1968 Journal
Gazzard, Don. Editor Australian Outrage. The Decay of a Visual Environment. A Study by the Royal Australian Institute of Architects 1966 Book
Wheelhouse, Francis Digging Stick to Rotary Hoe. Men and Machines in Rural Australia 1966 Book
N/A Design '65 1965 Exhibition catalogue
Forster, Colin Industrial Development in Australia. 1920-1930 1964 Book
Harnett, L J Big Wheels and Little Wheels 1964 Book
Hughes, Helen The Australian Iron and Steel Industry. 1848-1963 1964 Book
Boyd, Robin The New Architecture 1963 Book
James, R Haughton Commercial Art in Australia 1963 Book
Barrie, Colin Design. The Part it plays in our Lives 1962 Book
Splatt, W J Architecture 1962 Book
Marshall, Alan The Gay Provider. The Myer Story 1961 Book
N/A The Bauhaus. Aspects and Influence 1961 Exhibition catalogue
Boyd, Robin The Australian Ugliness 1960 Book
Gollan, Robin Radical and Working Class Politics. A Study of Eastern Australia, 1850-1910 1960 Book
Mellor, D P The Role of Science and Industry. Australia in the War of 1939-45 1958 Book
N/A Design in Australian Industry Symposium 1958 Conference papers
Parkinson, E C Management and Design. Design in Australian Industry 1958 Book
Montgomery, John The Twenties 1957 Book
N/A Design for Everyday Things. Sixth Australian Architectural Convention 1956 Conference papers
N/A The Arts Festival of the Olympic Games. A Guide to the Exhibitions 1956 Exhibition catalogue
Butlin, N G Private Capital Formation in Australia. Estimates 1861-1900 1955 Book
Boyd, Robert Australia's Home. Its Origins, Builders and Occupiers 1952 Book
N/A Jubilee Exhibition of Australian Art 1951 Exhibition catalogue
Collings, Geoffrey By Design [film]. 1950 Film
N/A Art and Design 1949 Magazine
Beuzeville, W A A de Australian Trees for Australian Planting 1947 Book
Boas, I H The Commercial Timbers of Australia 1947 Book
N/A Sydney 1947. Souvenir Guide. Australian Section. Empire Exhibition 1947 Exhibition catalogue
Pearson, Margaret M Tales of Rowe Street 1947 Book
Gloag, John Industrial Art Explained. (Revised Edition) 1946 Book
Franklin, Miles Joseph Furphy: the Legend of a Man and his Book 1944 Book
Lord, Margaret Interior Decoration. A Guide to Furnishing the Australian Home 1944 Book
McDougall, Nora S Interior Decoration for Australians 1944 Book
Turnbull, Clive Australia. 1994 1944 Journal
N/A Camouflage 1943 Book
Christensen, C B War on the Intellectual Front 1942 Book
Dakin, Prof W J. Editor The Art of Camouflage 1941 Book
N/A Design in Everyday Things 1941 Radio
N/A Australia 1938 Exhibition catalogue
Rothenstein, John The Life and Death of Conder 1938 Book
McGrath, A R & Frost, A C Glass in Architecture and Decoration 1937 Book
Moore, William The Story of Australian Art Vols. I & II 1934 Book
Read, Herbert Art and Industry. The Principles of Industrial Design 1934 Book
Markham, S F et al A Report on the Museums and Art Galleries of Australia and New Zealand. [To the Carnegie Corporation of New York] 1933 Report
Gellert, Leon The Modern Interior Decoration." Burdekin House Exhibition 1929 Exhibition catalogue
N/A The Case for Modernity. Modern Furnishing Designs at Burdekin House 1929 Magazine
N/A Timber and Forest Products of Queensland 1928 Book
N/A Australian Pavilion. British Empire Exhibition. 1924. A Photographic Souvenir of the Pavilion 1924 Exhibition catalogue
Bertie, Charles H The Spoilers. Dollars and Pounds for Sentiment 1923 Magazine
Bagnall, W R The Great White Train. 1920 Magazine
Rowan, E A Catalogue of Water Colour Paintings 1920 Exhibition catalogue
Baker, R T Hardwoods of Australia and their Economics 1919 Book
Desbrowe-Annear, H The Recognition of Architecture. Domestic Architecture in Australia 1919 Magazine
Smith, S U & Stevens, Bertram. Editors Domestic Architecture in Australia 1919 Magazine
Baker, R T Australian Flora in Applied Art. Part I. The Waratah 1915 Book
Baker, R T Cabinet Timbers of Australia 1913 Book
Baker, R T The Waratah in Appplied Art. 1912 Book
Baker, R T Building and Ornamental Stones of New South Wales 1908 Book
Hargrave, Lawrence The One-wheeled Car 1907 Journal
N/A First Australian Exhibition of Women's Work 1907 1907 Exhibition catalogue
N/A Complete Catalogue of Lassetters, The Leading Universal Providers 1902 Catalogue
Parker, Kate Langloh More Australian Legendary Tales 1898 Book
Parker, Kate Langloh Australian Legendary Tales 1896 Book
Tucker, H Finn The New Arcadia. An Australian Story 1894 Book
Meredith, Louisa Anne Waratah Rhymes for Young Australia 1891 Book
Spence, C H A Week in the Future 1889 Magazine
Bellamy, Edward Looking Backward 1888 Book
Leavitt, T W H. Editor Jubilee History of Victoria and Melbourne 1888 Book
Martin, A Patchett Oak Bough and Wattle Blossom. Stories and Sketches by Australians in England 1888 Book
N/A Official Record of the Centennial International Exhibition. Melbourne 1888-1889 1888 Book
Guilfoyle, W R Australian Botany. Specially Designed for the Use of Schools 1884 Book
von Mueller, Baron Ferdinand Introduction of Botanic Teachings at the Schools of Victoria 1877 Book
N/A Frank Leslie's Illustrated Historical Register of the Centennial Exhibition 1876 Book
Moore, John Art Education in Australia 1857 Journal
N/A Official Catalogue of the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations 1851 Exhibition catalogue
Mill, John Stuart Principles of Political Economy 1848 Book
Cox, Leonard B The National Gallery of Victoria. 1861-1968 - Book
Fischbein, Joanna Making our Mark. Trade Marks and Australian Identity - Book
James, R Haughton Art Appreciation - Book
Laurent, John Industry Policy and the Australian Motor Industry 1920-1942 - Journal
Miller, H T Editor Manuscripts - Journal
N/A Dialog - DIA State Newsletter
N/A Tasmanian International Exhibition Souvenir - Exhibition catalogue
N/A The Art and Method of Camouflage - Book
N/A The Camouflage, Painting and Care of Tentage - Book
N/A The Fundamental Basis of Camouflage. Four Guiding Principles - Book
N/A This Housing Problem - Book
Radford, Ron Art Nouveau in Australia - Book
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