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C1909
Royal Commission on Sydney Improvement / Mr.Vernon’s Proposals
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Rare plan by Walter Liberty Vernon (1846-1914) showing his proposals made for the Royal Commission on Sydney Improvements. The 1908-1909 Royal Commission on Sydney Improvements had studied numerous issues affecting the city at the turn of the c.20th and put … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Royal Commission on Sydney Improvement / Mr.Vernon’s Proposals
Date:
C1909
Mapmaker:
Engraver:
W.A.Gullick, Govt. Printer
Condition:
In good condition, with folds as issued.
Technique:
Lithograph printed in colour.
Image Size:
303mm
x 414mm
Paper Size:
323mm
x 465mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1909
Description:
Rare plan by Walter Liberty Vernon (1846-1914) showing his proposals made for the Royal Commission on Sydney Improvements.
The 1908-1909 Royal Commission on Sydney Improvements had studied numerous issues affecting the city at the turn of the c.20th and put forward a number of future planning proposals. They looked at the transit system, traffic congestion, pollution, housing needs, beautification, open spaces as it was and for its future growth requirements. This was Sydney’s first major planning review. Forty recommendations were put forward some of which were subsequently implement such as; Hickson Road remodelling, Central Railway Station approaches, completion of Martin Place, creation of Anzac Parade, and a number of road widening and extensions.
Walter Liberty Vernon (1846 - 1914)
Walter Liberty Vernon (1846-1914) was an English architect who migrated to Sydney. In his role as the New South Wales Government Architect he designed a number of important government buildings. His first major commission was to build a department store for David Jones Ltd (George and Barrack streets) in 1885. On 1 August 1890 Vernon had been appointed government architect in the new branch of the Department of Public Works which had been created to allow private architects to compete for the design of all public buildings estimated to cost over £5000. In running the Department Vernon insisted on the highest quality of design, the use of improved materials and construction methods, and the application of business-like procedures. From 1901 Vernon had executed many site studies for the future Federal capital and later maintained that his most important duty had been his part in contributing to the eventual choice of Canberra. He was appointed in 1909 to the Federal Capital Advisory Board which negotiated with the New South Wales government for the transfer of land and formulated the conditions for a competition to design the city. Believing that Australians possessed insufficient knowledge of town planning to be able to do justice to the great possibilities, he advocated a world-wide competition.
