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Beard Watson Limited

Bebarfald's

Reserve Bank of Australia Building, 65 Martin Place, Sydney

Building : the magazine for the architect, builder, property owner and merchant

Furniture Trends

GH Magazine

House and Garden

Safe home planning

The Home

Vogue Living

Burdekin House Exhibition

Beard Watson Limited

Bebarfald's

HASSELL

James Sandy and Co

Macy's Emporium

Mark Albery & Co

Best, Marion Hall

Calthorpe, Della

Jaye, Margaret

Kalmar, Steven

Ward, Fred

Zimmerman, Arnold

Architectural perspective of the Board Room in the new Reserve Bank of Australia head office building, 1964

Architectural perspective of the Bonds and Stock Banking Chamber in the new Reserve Bank of Australia head office building, 1964

Architectural perspective of third floor lounge in the Reserve Bank of Australia’s new head office building, 1964

Don't Waste Your Air Raid Shelter by EM Buhrich 1940

Dr HC Coombs’ office, designed by Fred Ward, at the Reserve Bank of Australia 1968

Entrance to Dymock's Book Arcade with Melocco Bros terrazzo paving, April 1938

Fantasia Coffee Inn, Grosvenor Street, Sydney 1946

Foyer and reception desk, Granville Technical School 13 January 1945

Interior view of Clarens, Potts Point, 1892-93

Lucien Henry design for wallpaper 1915

Meeting room on the top floor of the former Glebe Coroner's Court building September 2020

Mick Adams (centre) in the Black and White Milk Bar, Martin Place c1932

Miles of carpet for the Trocadero... 1936

Patron in the Marble Bar looking at painting 'Noon' by Julian Ashton 20 December 1937

Sculptural wall enrichment designed by Bim Hilder for the foyer of the Reserve Bank of Australia head office, during its installation in 1965

Spirals June 2017

Stained glass in the Shakespeare Room, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

The Board Room in the new Reserve Bank of Australia head office building in 1965

The Hermitage cafe, Ash Street, Sydney 1942

The Marble Bar in Adams Hotel, August 1952

The Marble Bar in Adams Hotel, August 1952

Theatre interior remodelled at Enmore, NSW 1937

Title page of 'The War-Atah : Australian legend' by Lucien Henry 1891

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Interior design

Beard Watson Limited

Once Sydney's most exclusive furnishing store, with custom-designed furniture and fabrics, Beard Watson Limited dominated the high end of Sydney furniture retailing from the end of the nineteenth century until the 1960s.

Bebarfald's

Once a giant in furniture retailing, with a full scale house on display on the second floor of its city building, Bebarfald's was a complete home furnishing and decoration store. Like others, its business declined once suburban shopping centres took off after the 1950s.

Reserve Bank of Australia Building, 65 Martin Place, Sydney

The Reserve Bank building on Martin Place was designed in 1959 to establish a distinct public profile for the new institution in order to ensure its public recognition and confidence. Its position at the junction of Martin Place and Macquarie Street complements its identity as an organisation that is central to the functioning of the Australian economy, but also an institution that represents the interests of the Australian people and remains accountable to them.

Building : the magazine for the architect, builder, property owner and merchant

Journal that promoted ideas for urban planning, improved construction methods and the interests of engineers, architects and builders.

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Furniture Trends

Industry magazine of the 1960s and 1970s.

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GH Magazine

Good housekeeping magazine published by Australian Consolidated Press.

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House and Garden

Monthly home decorating magazine.

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Safe home planning

Book on domestic architecture and interior design published by Bebarfald's.

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The Home

'Lifestyle' publication founded by Sydney publisher Ure Smith which featured the work of distinguished Australian artists and designers.

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Vogue Living

Lifestyle magazine first published in Sydney by Conde Nast between 1967 and 1969 as 'Vogue's Guide to Living'.

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Burdekin House Exhibition

Exhibition of fine and decorative arts held at Burdekin House Macquarie Street in 1929 to raise funds for the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.

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Beard Watson Limited

Furniture manufacturer and retailer with a large store in George Street for much of the twentieth century.

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Bebarfald's

Furniture manufacturer, interior design company and furnishing retailer which traded opposite the Town Hall for over 70 years.

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HASSELL

International design practice which combines expertise in architecture, interior design and landscape architecture.

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James Sandy and Co

George Street business selling wallpaper, glazing, silvering and other household effects, at the turn of the twentieth century.

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Macy's Emporium

Retail furniture and homewares chain.

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Mark Albery & Co

Carpet and furniture retailers which operated from 358 George Street during the 1880s.

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Best, Marion Hall

Leading interior designer with showrooms in Woollahra and Rowe Street.

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Calthorpe, Della

Wife of Harry Calthorpe, property agent of the first business and residential leases in the new city of Canberra. Their home, Calthorpes' House, has been preserved and epitomises good taste in the 1920s.

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Jaye, Margaret

Interior designer with a showroom in Rose Street, Sydney.

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Kalmar, Steven

Interior designer with a showroom in Rowe Street, Sydney

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Ward, Fred

Melbourne born furniture and interior designer who was the design consultant for the Reserve Bank of Australia building interiors in the 1960s. He also designed furniture for Admiralty House, Sydney.

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Zimmerman, Arnold

Swiss-born artist and designer, who was responsible for, or contributed to, the interior design of the Hydro Majestic, Anzac Memorial, Sydney; Paragon Cafe, Katoomba; Luna Park, Sydney, and many other Art Deco buildings in Australia and New Zealand.

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Architectural perspective of the Board Room in the new Reserve Bank of Australia head office building, 1964

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Contributed By

Reserve Bank of Australia

[Reserve Bank of Australia Archives PA-000271]

Architectural perspective of the Bonds and Stock Banking Chamber in the new Reserve Bank of Australia head office building, 1964 ...

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Contributed By

Reserve Bank of Australia

[Reserve Bank of Australia archives PA-000272]

Architectural perspective of third floor lounge in the Reserve Bank of Australia’s new head office building, 1964

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Contributed By

Reserve Bank of Australia

[Reserve Bank of Australia Archives PA-000270]

Don't Waste Your Air Raid Shelter by EM Buhrich 1940

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By

Contributed By

National Library of Australia

[The Home: an Australian quarterly, Vol. 21 No. 9 (2 September 1940) p 54 - 55 via Trove]

Dr HC Coombs’ office, designed by Fred Ward, at the Reserve Bank of Australia 1968

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Contributed By

Reserve Bank of Australia

(Vogue’s Guide to Living, Spring 1968, with permission courtesy of Newspix)

Entrance to Dymock's Book Arcade with Melocco Bros terrazzo paving, April 1938

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By

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[hood_09148 / Home and Away - 9148]

(Mitchell Library)

Fantasia Coffee Inn, Grosvenor Street, Sydney 1946

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By

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

Foyer and reception desk, Granville Technical School 13 January 1945

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By

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[hood_11089 / Home and Away 11089]

(Mitchell Library)

Interior view of Clarens, Potts Point, 1892-93

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By

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[c046100005 / PXA 946]

(Mitchell Library)

Lucien Henry design for wallpaper 1915

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By

Contributed By

Internet Archive

[The Australian flora in applied art (1915)]

(The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden)

Meeting room on the top floor of the former Glebe Coroner's Court building September 2020

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By

Simon Anders, Images for Business

Contributed By

Health Infrastructure

Mick Adams (centre) in the Black and White Milk Bar, Martin Place c1932

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

(Mitchell Library)

Miles of carpet for the Trocadero... 1936

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Contributed By

National Library of Australia

[Decoration and Glass 1 May 1936 p43 via Trove]

Patron in the Marble Bar looking at painting 'Noon' by Julian Ashton 20 December 1937

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By

Ivan Wilfrid Ive

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[ON 388/Box 030/Item 085]

(Mitchell Library, Courtesy ACP Magazines Ltd)

Sculptural wall enrichment designed by Bim Hilder for the foyer of the Reserve Bank of Australia head office, during its installation ...

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Contributed By

Reserve Bank of Australia

[Reserve Bank of Australia Archives D10/86761]

Spirals June 2017

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By

Contributed By

[https://www.flickr.com/photos/dlee13/35202380094]

(CC BY-NC-ND-2.0)

CCBY-NC-ND2.0

Stained glass in the Shakespeare Room, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

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By

Douglass Baglin

Contributed By

Private collection

(By kind permission of the Baglin estate)

The Board Room in the new Reserve Bank of Australia head office building in 1965

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Contributed By

Reserve Bank of Australia

[Reserve Bank of Australia Archives PN-003950.]

The Hermitage cafe, Ash Street, Sydney 1942

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Contributed By

National Library of Australia

[Building : the magazine for the architect, builder, property owner and merchant, 24 September 1942, p36 via Trove]

The Marble Bar in Adams Hotel, August 1952

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By

Reginald Horner

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[ON 388/Box 037/Item 053]

(Mitchell Library, Courtesy ACP Magazines Ltd )

The Marble Bar in Adams Hotel, August 1952

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By

Reginald Horner

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[ON 388/Box 037/Item 053]

(Mitchell Library, Courtesy ACP Magazines Ltd )

Theatre interior remodelled at Enmore, NSW 1937

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Contributed By

National Library of Australia

[Decoration and Glass 1 July 1937 p32-33, via Trove]

Title page of 'The War-Atah : Australian legend' by Lucien Henry 1891

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By

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[M DSM/ QA843/ H]

(Mitchell Library)

Architecture