Edmund Thomas Blacket, and his sons, Arthur and Cyril Blacket : collection of architectural plans and drawings, ca. 1840-1915

fonds

ca. 1840-1915

825781

MicrofilmRefer to Contents for location numbers

Approximately 4930 architectural drawings - various sizes held in portfolios and folders ranging from 55 x 40 cm to 75 x 100 cm

Edmund Thomas Blacket, 1817-1883, arrived in Sydney in 1842 and was appointed Valuator to the Bourke Ward of the City of Sydney and inspector of Church of England Schools. In 1849 he was appointed to the office of Colonial Architect and five years later he resigned and was commissioned to design the first buildings for the University of Sydney. Over the next thirty years he ran a very large and successful private practice with a variety of ecclesiastical, residential and commercial work. The firm's name was changed to Blacket and Son in 1880 when Edmund Blacket had his son Cyril, an experienced architect, work with him. He died in 1883 and it was completed by his sons Cyril and Arthur, a surveyor who had no formal training in architecture, under the name of Blacket Bros.

Reference:
Australian Dictionary of Biography Online. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A030165b.htm?hilite=blacket
(accessed March, 2008)

Architectural plans and drawings of Churches; Residences; Shops; Factories, Stores, warehouses; Wool stores; Hotels, clubs, etc. Municipal buildings and suburban public buildings; Hospitals; Banks and miscellaneous; Unnamed plans and design mostly churches and residences; Architectural ornaments.

Contents list
PXD 194 (Request Microfilm: CY 707)

Churches – City (Sydney), A – C
PXD 194 (Request Microfilm: CY 707)

Churches – City (Sydney), H – S
PXD 195 (Request Microfilm: CY 707)

Churches – Suburban (Sydney), A – Ba
PXD 196 (Request Microfilm: CY 707)

Churches – Suburban (Sydney), Bo – Gla
PXD 197 (Request Microfilm: CY 708)

Churches – Suburban (Sydney), Gla – Mar
PXD 198 (Request Microfilm: CY 708)

Churches – Suburban (Sydney), Mi – N
PXD 199/vol. 1 (Request Microfilm: CY 708)
PXD 199/vol. 2 (Request Microfilm: CY 709)

Churches – Suburban (Sydney), P – S
PXD 200 (Request Microfilm: CY 709)

Churches – Suburban (Sydney), W
PXD 201 (Request Microfilm: CY 709)

Churches – Country (N.S.W.), A – B
PXD 202 (Request Microfilm: CY 710)

Churches – Country (N.S.W.), C- Ma
PXD 203 (Request Microfilm: CY 710)

Churches – Country (N.S.W.), Mar – Y
PXD 204 (Request Microfilm: CY 711)

Residences – Country, A – Dan
PXD 205 (Request Microfilm: CY 711)

Residences – Country, Dar – J
PXD 206 (Request Microfilm: CY 712)

Residences – Country, K – P
PXD 207 (Request Microfilm: CY 712)

Residences – Country, Q – W
PXD 208 (Request Microfilm: CY 713)

Shops
PXD 209 (Request Microfilm: CY 713)

Factories, Stores, warehouses, 1-8
PXD 210 (Request Microfilm: CY 713)

Factories, Stores, warehouses, 9-37
PXD 211/vol. 1/ff. 1-61 (Request Microfilm: CY 713)
PXD 211/vol. 1/ff. 62-73 (Request Microfilm: CY 714)
PXD 211/vol. 2 (Request Microfilm: CY 714)

Wool stores
PXD 212 (Request Microfilm: CY 714)

Hotels, clubs, etc. Municipal buildings and suburban public buildings
PXD 213 (Request Microfilm: CY 714)

Hospitals
PXD 214 (Request Microfilm: CY 715)

Banks and miscellaneous
PXD 215 (Request Microfilm: CY 715)

Unnamed plans and design mostly churches and residences
PXD 216 (Request Microfilm: CY 716)

Architectural ornaments
PXD 217 (Request Microfilm: CY 716)

Arranged by client name within each volume

Contents list available in the Special Collections Area of the Mitchell Library

Our great Victorian architect Edmund Thomas Blacket, 1817-1883 by Joan Kerr

SLNSW Mitchell Library Pictures Card Catalogue

Most are titled and numbered with various manuscript notes

The most useful Art: Architecture in Australia, 1788-1985 - State Library of New South Wales (6 August, 1985 - 2 March, 1986)