George Clarke papers, 1932-2005

MLMSS 9795/Boxes 1-15, 17-30
MLMSS 9795/Boxes 16X, 31X-33X

series

1932-2005

1000596

5 metres of textual material (29 boxes, 4 outsize boxes)

Box 1
Folders 1-2: 1932-1947. Family photographs, school reports and certificates, blazer pocket, postcards, clothing ration cards, scholarship letter from Scots College, newspaper cuttings, letters from George Clarke to his mother, programmes for school plays,
Folders 3-4: 1948-1953. University related news cuttings, photographs and programmes from university revues and productions, books owned by George Clarke, architectural plans, thank you notes and postcards, architecture journals, love note from Lillian [Roxon], professional references, letters and telegrams from Clarke to his mother; CD ROM containing images of George and Eva Clarke in Boston, 1956.

Box 2
‘Report on urban development as seen from the South East Pylon of the Sydney Harbour Bridge’, June 1954.
‘A survey of, and report on, an area of Paddington, containing suggestions as to the redevelopment of it’, September 1954.
Folder 5: 1954-1955. University essays and proposals, Cumberland Plan Progress Report 1955, photographs of projects, diplomas, degrees, certificates, news cuttings, articles on urban planning written by George Clarke.

Box 3
Folders 6-7: 1956-1983: research materials ca 1950s; university essays and town planning diploma, 1957; approximately 75 letters to and from mothers of George and Eva Clarke while on overseas scholarship, 1957-1959; photographs from wedding and reception; grant applications; County of Cumberland Planning Scheme Report on Administrative Plan for Green Belt and Inner Rural Areas, August 1957; design drawings of Boston; Massachusetts car registration, 1960; letters received from Karin Lawrance 1958; business card of John B. Elliott ‘Gentleman at Large’.
Folder 8: two typescript versions of reports to Cumberland Council of responses to overseas study trip; 32 letters from George Clarke to his mother from on board ship en route to UK, and from London, 1956.
Folder 9: handwritten drafts of reports to Cumberland Council of responses to overseas study trip; correspondence with Geoff Faithfull (Officer in Charge of Planning, Cumberland County Council), subjects include thoughts on development of Sydney, opinions of Americans and American regional development, offer of job at Providence Rhode Island, response to Faithfull’s letters; postcards sent to Eva Clarke; photographs taken in Bologna, Italy.
Folder 10: approximately 100 letters received by George Clarke from friends in Australia while on overseas study trip, correspondents include Robin Boyd (4 letters, 1957), Donald Friend (1 letter, no date), Don Gazzard (20 letters, 1958-1960), Harry Hooton (2 letters, 1956-1957), Robert Klippel (2 letters, 1958-1959), Louise Trebilock, Sylvia, Angus Teece, Karin Tamplin nee Lawrance, Louis and Nita Green, Barry Clark, Eleanor Morris, Alexis Papgeorgiou, singer Gloria Preston; letters from May Chaplin to Ella Clarke, 1956; letters of introduction and address lists; published articles written by Clarke, 1956; SS Roma list of passengers; printed ephemera from on board ship and travels around Europe; vaccination certificates of Clarke.

Box 4
Folder 11: ‘The Metropolitan Image’, George Clarke’s thesis for Master of City Planning, MIT, 1958, supervised by Kevin Lynch.
Folder 12: essay on pilot-study journeys in the western section of Boston Region, with sketch, April 1959.
Folder 13: notes and printouts from study at Harvard and MIT, 1957-1959; ‘Understanding the nature of the city core’ paper by Clarke, 1965; Issues of Smudges, publication of the Victorian Architectural Students Society, 1951; photocopies and printouts of articles on planning, 1950s; Clarke’s thesis ‘The Regional City’ submitted for Diploma of Town Planning and Civic Architecture, University of London, 1957; article by Clarke ‘Looking down on cities’ published in Arna journal, 1955.
Folder 14: 1959. Correspondence while in USA seeking employment; submission ‘Sydney’s Future: The job that lies ahead’, November 1959; overview, Utica NY Redevelopment Area no. 1; documents relating to time at MIT; submission to Cumberland County Council relating to Metro-Expansion, November 1959; submission to the Department of Local Government for a research project on the urban renewal of decaying districts around the Sydney metropolitan region, August 1959; correspondence between Clarke and his mother whilst overseas; copies of CVs and copies of articles written by Clarke; statement of expenses; address to group of Sydney business people relating to planning and renewal, 1959; USA immigration and tax papers; photographs of Gloria Preston, and George and Eva Clarke in restaurant, ca 1960.
Folder 15: degree and Master of City Planning, MIT, 12 June 1959; correspondence and proposals 1957-1960; ‘Recent US experience in urban renewal and its relevance to Australian opportunities for comprehensive city building’ paper delivered by Clarke, 1960; ‘Proposal for a study to advise the Minister for Urban Renewal and Satellite town Policies’; correspondence with Denis Winston (Department of Town and Country Planning, University of Sydney), Nigel Ashton (Chief Town Planner, Department of Local Government), R. D. L. Fraser (Chief County Planner, Cumberland County Council), W. G. Faithfull, 1955-1959; documents relating to employment as planner for the Downtown Master Plan, Providence, Rhode Island; various maps, papers, and cuttings relating to Weybosset Hill.

Box 5
Folder 16: 1959-1960. Correspondence with G. J. Dusseldorp (Managing Director, Civil & Civic Contractors) relating to proposed joint venture in real estate research, city planning, and urban design, 1959-1960; letter from Bruce Hyland, 1961; circular announcing establishment of Clarke, Gazzard, Yeomans, and Associates, 10 June 1960; correspondence with Gough Whitlam relating to housing, 1960; copy of talk delivered at ‘Sydney Tomorrow - a vision of the future’ titled ‘The city as a work of art’, 12 May 1960; negatives and documents relating to Jindabyne New Town; documents relating to Kingsdene Estate, Carlingford; articles by Clarke 1960: ‘The role of multiple dwellings in the future development of the Sydney region’, ‘Sydney’s Future: the job that lies ahead’; notes on Circular Quay site visit, 1961.
Folder 17: negatives of population distribution in Sydney, 1961; photographs of Herbert House, Ellesmere Av, Hunters Hill; published articles written by George Clarke 1960: ‘Policy conflicts in the green belt controversy’, ‘Urban renewal’, ‘Recent US experience in urban renewal and its relevance to Australian opportunities for comprehensive city building’.
Folders 18-19: 1960-1962. Correspondence, clippings, and photographs relating to the Sydney Cove Project and Rocks Redevelopment Scheme, 1960; ‘Planning for the future overall development of Sydney City Centre’, 1962; Clarke, Gazzard, and Yeomans summary of work completed 1962-1963; photographs of: Dickson Centre ACT, proposed residential estate Dural 1962, Thredbo Alpine Village; documents relating to City Development Association.
Folder 20: 1963. Cuttings and correspondence relating to the redevelopment of Sydney Cove and Circular Quay; photographs of drawings relating to patio housing for the Housing Commission at Riverwood, and for the Warringah Shire Council Mona Vale Community Centre; cuttings and documents relating to the survey of the highway, main road, and arterial street system of Orange and district; cuttings and documents relating to the Australian Planning Institute Convention in Canberra, 1-4 June 1963, including copy of George Clarke’s paper ‘Canberra’s significance for Australian planning’ other similar articles; cuttings relating to Clarke’s house in Vaucluse; documents relating to Queensfield Industrial Park, Brisbane; photographs of bridge at Thredbo.
Folder 21: ‘City of Orange and Shire of Canobolas Town Planning Schemes: Planning of Highway, Main Road and Arterial Systems’, 10 October 1963, comprising 96 page report and appendixes.

Box 6
Folders 22-23: 1964-1965. Clippings relating to Circular Quay redevelopment, the Wentworth Memorial Church, the development of Sydney, and the 14th Australian Architecture Convention; Report no. 3 for National Capital Development Corporation relating to Woden Neighbourhood; Brisbane Industrial Research management survey; announcement of Clarke, Gazzard and Partners, 23 June 1964, after withdrawal of Peter Yeomans; copies of articles and reports by George Clarke relating to Walter Burley Griffin, the future of Sydney, the future of cities, and urban planning; photographs of projects undertaken in Sydney and Melbourne; correspondence with John Shaw (Associate Professor in Town Planning, University of New South Wales), 1964; article by George Clarke ‘Sydney 2000 AD: six million people and more uncomfortable than ever?’ published in The Bulletin, 4 April 1964; photograph of Granny Clarke (Ella) with Arthur, 1964; ‘Objections to the exhibited draft City of Sydney planning scheme’, submitted by The Paddington Society, April 1965.
Folder 24: ‘The Church of England in Australia Diocese of Sydney Glebe Administration Board, St. James’ Glebe, Edgecliff, Development Reports’, produced by Clarke, Gazzard & Partners, 1964. Includes maps, and Interim Development report.
Folders 25-26: 1964-1966. Publications including Australian Planning Institute (API) ‘Newsletter’ and ‘Real Estate Journal’ containing articles by Clarke; correspondence including thank yous for talks given; Clarke, Gazzard & Partners documents including list of contacts in Thailand; documents relating to the ‘Outrage’ campaign led by Don Gazzard and the Royal Australian Institute of Architects to improve the appearance of Sydney and suburbs; copy of ‘Australian Outrage’ by Don Gazzard; submission for the establishment of an Australian Institute of Urban Studies, December 1966; history and bibliography of Urbsearch and Clarke Gazzard & Partners, 1960-1966; cuttings relating to Circular Quay development and development of Sydney; travel documents relating to Clarke’s visit to Tehran in 1967; papers relating to the International Study and Training Conference on Metropolitan Problems, Toronto, of which Clarke was Chair of the Sydney group.

Box 7
Folder 27: report ‘Opportunities for private real estate investment in Mauritius’, 1967; photographs relating to St James’ Glebe development plan, 1965 including drawings by Richard Leplastrier; negatives of plans for Rockingham WA town centre site for Bungaree Pty Ltd.
Folders 28-29: 1964-1968. Photographs of Darling Point high rise and houses; redevelopment plan for Royal Prince Alfred Hospital; research material, proposals, planning, maps and designs, photographs, souvenir booklet, and cuttings, 27 June 1968 onwards relating to Coleambally New Town, Coleambally water tower, Murrumbidgee area.
Folder 30: report ‘Land development at June Valley, Port Moresby, Papua’ by Clarke, Gazzard & Partners, October 1969; colour 35 mm negatives of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea; photograph of George Clarke standing in river, Papua New Guinea.
Folder 31: clippings relating to Launceston Civic Centre plan, and ‘The Civic Centre, Launceston, Tasmania, Feasibility Study’, by Clarke, Gazzard & Partners, January 1969; correspondence with United Nations Development Programme, Manila, 1969; ‘News Bulletin’ of The Paddington Society, February 1969; conference programme for ‘Building for Metropolitan Living 1970-1980’, which included panel discussion on Clarke, Gazzard & Partners urban renewal neighbourhood plans and development control.

Box 8
Folder 32: papers relating to the Artarmon Office Park, including photographs of model, plan drawing, report titled ‘Artarmon Office Park: a study on the future uses of the northern suburbs brickworks site, Pacific Highway, Artarmon, NSW’, October 1970; second draft of ‘Artarmon redevelopment plan. Volume 1 - Survey and Analysis’, March 1969, and ‘Volume 2 - Redevelopment and Implementation Procedures’; cuttings relating to redevelopment of Artarmon, 1969.
Folder 33: paper ‘Urban Australia’ by George Clarke, October 1969. Cover annotated: ‘as taken and given to Gough Whitlam at his Cabramatta home’.
Folder 34: papers, cuttings, and photographs relating to urban planning at Darling Point, ca 1969; personal correspondence relating to speaking engagements, and enquiries relating to potential PhD candidacy; minutes and advertising material of the Paddington Society, 1969; papers, cuttings, and correspondence relating to urban planning in the City of Sydney, including report by the Vice-Chairman of the City Developments Committee, 1969.
Folder 35: photographs relating to Tamworth Planning Scheme, 1969; ‘Paddington: a plan for preservation’ 50 page report produced by The Paddington Society, October 1970.
Folder 36: 1970. Article from Vogue Living on Don and Marea Gazzard; papers relating to pollution of Parramatta River; ‘Administrative discretion’ article by George Clarke and Professor Geoffrey Sawer; Geraldton Town Plan leaflet; cuttings relating to town planning, and projects undertaken by Clarke, Gazzard & Partners; negatives and prints of portraits of staff at Clarke, Gazzard & Partners; papers relating to the creation of Urban Systems Corporation; cuttings relating to Darling Point redevelopment.
Folder 37: 1970. Cuttings relating to Darling Point redevelopment, and urban planning in Sydney; papers and correspondence relating to Sydney Strategic Master Plan submission; booklet ‘Urbanisation in Australian history, 1788-1900’, by Sean Glynn; proposal for film of ‘The Strategic Planning of Sydney’ with Trojan Films; booklet ‘The story of Coleambally’.

Box 9
Folders 38-39: correspondence and papers relating to the City of Sydney Strategic Plan, 1970-1971. Correspondents include Leo Port, and Harry Jensen. Also includes: news cuttings; copy of application from Urban Systems Corporation (USC); documents relating to the appointment of USC; copies of talks delivered by George Clarke; progress reports by USC relating to preservation of historic structures; documents relating to floor space ratio; documents relating to parking policy, copies of Council documents; photographs of meetings with staff of council.
Folder 40: papers and correspondence relating to the City of Sydney Strategic Plan, 1970-1971, including ‘Development Control and Floor Space Ration Code’, ‘Permissible floor space ratios and uses’, map of The City of Sydney Precincts, ‘Parking Policy and Control Code for New Development’, ‘Planning for environmental quality’ by George Clarke, pamphlet ‘The “Willows” of Cannington [WA], Town Planning Scheme 17’.
Folder 41: leaflet and program for conference ‘Building and the urban environment’, November 1971; newspaper cuttings relating to urban planning in Sydney, 1971; Australian Labor Party City of Sydney election campaign materials; documents relating to Sherwood Hills precinct plan; papers relating to development of suburb Brinkin, Darwin NT; fiftieth annual report of The Civic Reform Association of Sydney, 1971.
Folder 42: City of Sydney Strategic Plan: first progress report, November 1970; City Council papers and articles relating to floor space ratios; Royal Australian Institute of Architects report relating to Clause 45 of Sydney Planning Scheme ordinance; documents relating to Height of Buildings Act.

Box 10
Folder 43: Wynyard Pedestrian Network: action plan no. 3, April 1971; papers and correspondence relating to The City of Sydney Strategic Plan (COSSP), 1970-1971; documents relating to floor space ratios in City of Sydney; papers relating to zoning on Fifth Av, New York, May 1971; documents relating to San Francisco Municipal Code.
Folder 44: papers relating to COSSP; draft of ‘Principles regarding the directional thrust of growth of office development and workforce in the municipality of Sydney’, by George Clarke, 1971; City of Sydney estimates adopted for 1971; photographs of COSSP exhibition at Town Hall, 1971; photographs of COSSP meetings.
Folder 45: 1971-1972. Correspondence and submissions relating to the City of Sydney Planning Scheme, 1971, including budgets, comments on proposals, and cuttings; ‘Notes on certain economic aspects of the strategic plan’, 1972; ‘An economic critique of the City of Sydney Strategic Plan’ by Dr John Paterson, annotated by George Clarke; ‘Historic places and parking stations’; memorandums relating to the Tank Stream Precinct; correspondence relating to floor space ratios, ‘Retaining a diversity of activity on the central area’, by R. T. M. Whipple, June 1971.
Folder 46: Supreme Court of NSW: judgement in the case San Sebastian vs The Government of NSW, 1981, relating to Woolloomooloo redevelopment, and damages, cross-claim and judgement index, May 1982; 3 ½ inch floppy disc ‘San Sebastian P/L v Minister, Supreme Crt Judgement re Evidence George Clarke’.
Folder 47: Supreme Court of NSW common law division: San Sebastian Ltd and another v Minister Administering the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act, 1979 (NSW) and another, 48 LGRA 126, December 1981.

Box 11
Folder 48: Woolloomooloo 1969-1981. Cuttings, reports, outlines, proposals, research material, and sketches for Woolloomooloo redevelopment; ‘Woolloomooloo and the strategic plan’; ‘Procedure for investigation into feasibility of a proposed railway station at Woolloomooloo’, February 1971.
Folder 49: 1972. ‘The threat to town planning’, (The Bulletin, 15 April 1972); ‘The 1973-74 review and revision of the 1971 City of Sydney Strategic Plan’; report ‘Differences between the Sydney City Council and The Authority’, June 1972; ‘The people in planning’, by Edmund N. Bacon, 1972; cuttings relating to Edgecliff Glebe, Darling Point, State Planning Authority, letters to the editor, articles on urban planning in Sydney, The Rocks, Jack Mundey and the Builders Labourers’ Federation, pedestrian overpasses, public transport; postcard from Denis and Joan Winston; ‘Planning as a community learning process’, by George Clarke, August 1972; Fifty-first annual report of The Civic Reform Association of Sydney Limited, 1972; ‘Streetscape & Street Furniture Improvements: action plan no. 2’, by Urban Systems Corporation, 1972; Action Planning Forum, 22 November 1972.
Folder 50: two copies of ‘The processes of strategic and action planning, and of development control, initiated by the council of the City of Sydney’, by Alderman Leo Port, 17 November 1972; ‘Action Plan No. 4: car parking stations on the western perimeter of the central business district’, by Urban Systems Corporation, July 1972.
Folder 51: papers, cuttings, and correspondence relating to the City of Sydney Strategic Plan; cuttings relating to Woolloomooloo redevelopment; programme of Royal Australian Planning Institute conference ‘Governments and planning’, August 1972; ‘Conservation of the urban landscape’, by Don Gazzard, 1972; cuttings relating to The Rocks redevelopment, June 1972; photographs of George Clarke, 1971; cuttings relating to floor space ration in the Tank Stream area reduced from 10 to one to basic 5.5 to one.
Folder 52: 1973. Papers, cuttings, and correspondence relating to Kings Cross, and Surry Hills Action Plans; unsolicited reports and character assessments by Mike Ball on workers at Melbourne and Sydney offices of Urban Systems Corporation (USC); itineraries, plane tickets, and invitations; correspondence from Denis Winston, Mike Ball; Paper ‘The economics of tall buildings’ by George Clarke and Ken McDonald; Surry Hills Action Plan supplement; corrected manuscript and papers relating to the 1973-1974 review and revision of the 1971 City of Sydney Strategic Plan, 6 February 1973; photographs of USC Brisbane Christmas Party, and Clarke giving luncheon address at Kings Cross Rotary; Clarke’s application and rejection for Chair of Town and Country Planning, University of Sydney, September 1973.

Box 12
Book ‘The city of Adelaide plan’, by George Clarke and Urban Systems Corporation (USC), 1974. News cuttings related to plan enclosed in book with errata; book ‘City of Sydney strategic plan: the 1974-77 statement of objectives, policies and action priorities’; ‘Sydney City ‘77: the City of Sydney Strategic Plan objectives, policies and action priorities, 1974-1977’.
Folder 53: ‘Action plan no.11: West Surry Hills precinct’, ‘Action plan no.12: Surry Hills residential precinct’, ‘Action plan no.14: transportation planning for Eastern District B’.
Folder 54: Agreement between The Council of the City of Sydney and USC, 14 May 1976; published articles by George Clarke; report on litter bins for City of Sydney; USC report ‘Residential Development Code for The City of Sydney’, 10 December 1973.
Folder 55: script, notes, and correspondence relating to TV programme ‘See it my way: George Clarke’, March 1974; programme of Australian and New Zealand conference on the planning and design of tall buildings, 14-17 August 1973; receipt from National Film and Sound Archive for 16 mm film of ‘See it my way’.
Folder 56: application to The Corporation of The City of Adelaide for Appointment as Consultants by Urban Systems Corporation Pty Limited, March 1972; Appointment of Primary Consultants to assist the Authorities and People of Adelaide in the evolution of City design, planning and management processes for The City of Adelaide, September 1972.
Folder 57: photographs of George Clarke, 1974; papers and contract relating to agreement between USC and The City of Adelaide; cuttings and correspondence relating to City of Adelaide plan.

Box 13
Folders 58-59: news cuttings, and magazine articles relating to The City of Adelaide plan, 1972-1974.
Folder 60: residential Development Control in the City of Adelaide, report by George Clarke and John Mant, 23 October 1984; news cuttings relating to the City of Adelaide plan, 1974-1976.
Folder 61: Bikeways in South Adelaide, June 1975.
Folder 62: two versions of The City of Adelaide Plan, 23 June 1975, and 18 October 1976; City of Adelaide Planning Study, September 1973.
Folder 63: City of Adelaide Planning Study: third progress report, February 1974; correspondence with and resume of Stephen Hains; correspondence with Denis Winston; correspondence relating to City of Adelaide Plan.
Folder 64: Australian Government Office Complex - Ringwood: draft environmental impact statement, June-August 1975.

Box 14
Folder 65: The City of Adelaide Planning Study, Book One, 1 June 1974.
Folder 66: The City of Adelaide Planning Study, Book Two, 1 June 1974.
Folder 67: Travel itinerary for European tour of Eva Clarke and family, November 1974; Action Plan 30: Centennial Park Residential Precinct, 1974.
Folder 68: Newcastle East Planning Study: the plan, November 1974; Newcastle East Planning Study: technical analysis, November 1974.
Folder 69: correspondence with Minister for Planning and Development, Ethel Robertson, Minister for Youth and Community Services, Jonathan Rudduck, Kambala School, Department of Tourism and Recreation; news cuttings relating to planning jobs, Darlinghurst, Martin Place, City of Sydney Strategic Plan; Centennial Park/Moore Park Residential Precinct C7: transportation study, March 1974; Urban Systems Corporation advertising; The City of Sydney Pedestrian Network, August 1974; The wired city: implications for planning, 9 November 1974; Leisure - a new perspective, 23 April 1974.
Folder 70: Action Plan No. 14: transportation planning - Eastern District B, May 1974.
Folder 71: News cuttings and articles, 1977. Subjects include: Leo Port, third strategic plan for City of Sydney 1977-1980, win of City Reform Association in Sydney City Council September 1977, greening of Darlinghurst and Sydney, re-routing traffic away from Pitt Street, Martin Place walkway extension.

Box 15
Folder 72: correspondence relating to George Clarke donation of books to The University of Sydney; Adelaide City Council Annual Report 1976-77; outline of draft of City of Sydney Strategic Plan 1977-80; minutes of City of Sydney Strategic Plan Review Committee, 23 March 1977; Clarke’s notes on strategic plan; Clarke’s application for position of Chairman, New South Wales Planning and Environment Commission; photographs of city of Sydney Strategic Plan meetings, 1977.
Folder 73: Adelaide public transport, 1977-1978. Papers and proposals relating to light rail and public transport.
Folder 74: notes relating to San Sebastian case; article ‘The reluctant planner: an overview of planning in developing countries’, 1981; correspondence with Bruce Hyland, 1980-1982; letters and telexes from George Clarke’s children and wife written to him whilst overseas; National urban strategy for rural development in Somalia, September 1981; correspondence and applications for consultancy work and academic posts at various locations in Asia, Africa, and the USA; talk by Clarke on Adelaide Strategic Plan; correspondence with Paul Ritter, September 1978.
Folder 75: minutes of Strategic Planning Committee, 13 June 1979; election advertising materials for Leo Port; Clarke-Casey report on Adelaide public transport, August 1978; Town Houses technical bulletin, 1978; Report into local authority management in New South Wales; photographs of housing in Indonesia; documents in slimpick wallet titled ‘The Valli Battaglian (Moffit) Guerra Imbroglio, 1978-1981’.
Folder 76:m correspondence between George Clarke and his family whilst overseas, 1982; correspondence with The Australian Institute of Urban Studies; minutes of meeting of the Environmental Controls Committee, 1983; planning report for Maryborough City Council, March 1987.
Folder 77: papers, reports, and drawings for NSW Development Control Law and Practice relating to sunlight, privacy, and views, 1984.

Box 16X
92 photographs of housing, neighbourhoods, wells, residents, streetscapes, and kampongs in Depok, Yogyakarta, Solo, and Semarang. Indonesia, 1975.
21 photographs of staff of Clarke Urban Systems office, Semarang, 1978.
11 photographs of City of Sydney Strategic Plan Review Committee, June 1974.
7 photographs of painting Five Bells by John Olsen.

Box 17
Two monographs on urban planning.
Folder 78: proposal for the Negara Brunei Darussalam Master Plan, November 1984; Report on the basis for FIDO’s Objection to the Maryborough City Council’s Re-Zoning Approval.
Folder 79: City of Sydney reports on parking policy, and floor space ratio, 1974.
Folder 80: City of Sydney Strategic Plan 1974; City of Sydney Strategic Plan objectives and action 1977-1980.
Folder 81: The City of Sydney Strategic Plan: the statement of objectives, policies and action procedures, 1974-1977.
Folder 82: documents and news cuttings relating to Blue Mountains urban development project by Clarke, Gazzard & Partners, 1976.

Box 18
2 DVDs and 1 VHS relating to John Olsen painting Five Bells, and purchase by AGNSW in 1999.
Folder 83: papers and programme of conference ‘Planning in the City of Sydney’, November 1975; report from City of Sydney to Minister for Planning, 1974; papers and minutes of meetings of New South Wales Planning and Environment Commission, 1975.
Folder 84: papers and correspondence relating to George Clarke receiving Sidney Luker Memorial Medal, 1975; certificate of membership of The American Society of Planning Officials, 1975; news cuttings relating to urban planning in Adelaide and Melbourne; talks delivered on urban planning; minutes of meetings of NSW Planning and Environment Commission, 1975; Commercial Strategy - Lower Blue Mountains: commission no.5, December 1974.
Folder 85: Blue Mountains Strategic Plan, May 1974.
Folders 86: Papers relating to sale of John Olsen painting Five Bells.

Box 19
Folder 87-88: papers, cuttings, and catalogues relating to John Olsen painting Five Bells.
Folders 89-90: reports, correspondence, and cuttings relating to work undertaken by George Clarke in Indonesia, 1992-1994.
Folder 91: reports, correspondence, and cuttings relating to work undertaken by George Clarke in Somalia and Zimbabwe, 1981-1993; passport photographs and international driving license of Clarke, 1992.

Box 20
Folder 92: news cuttings, correspondence, and reports relating to Gold Coast Strategic Plan, 1968-1970.
Folder 93: news cuttings, correspondence, and reports relating to Gold Coast Strategic Plan, 1968-1970; negatives of architectural drawings of Gladstone Park; photographs of design drawings of Gold Coast.
Folder 94: news cuttings, reports, map, and correspondence relating to Kings Cross Action Plan, 1970-1978.
Folder 95: Action Plan No.8: Kings Cross Precinct, November 1973.
Folder 96: reports and photographs of model of Queensfield Industrial Park, Brisbane, 1963.
Folder 97: Urban Systems Corporation reports, promotional materials, and Registration for Asian Development Bank, December 1975.

Box 20
Photographs of Martin Place plans and streetscapes, 1968.
Report by the working party of the technical sub-committee of the Traffic Advisory Committee on the before and after study into the effect of the closure of Martin Place on city traffic conditions, 22 April 1971.
Folder 98: Urban Systems Corporation bibliography, application for registration with International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, application for registration as consultants with The Asian Development Bank, 1969.
Folder 99: ledger of expenses of George Clarke whilst in Bali, 1980-1983; papers and architectural drawings relating to Sayan House Project, 1980.
Folder 100: Indonesian notary office documents, 1979; personal correspondence to George Clarke and Krystyna Luczak in Bali, ca 1986; various photographs of dwellings and open spaces in Bali.
Folder 101: reports, drawings, news cuttings, correspondence, and memos relating to pedestrianization of Martin Place, 1968-1973; negatives and photographs of Martin Place plans and streetscapes, 1968.

Box 22
Folders 102-104: Correspondence, itineraries, published articles, press release, memos, phonograms, receipts, contracts, news cuttings, business cards relating to urban planning consultancy of Urbsearch in Iran, 1965-1970. Extensive correspondence between George Clarke and Esmail Rahimi Larijani, Chairman & Managing Director, KAMESH - The Urban Research Centre.
14 mounted photographs and 38 photoprints, and approximately 100 negatives of dwellings and street scenes in Isfahan, Iran, 1967.
10 aerial photographs of Isfahan, Iran, 1966.
Approximately 100 negatives, some with contact prints.

Box 23
Folder 105: papers relating to Urban Systems Corporation, 1966-1976, including bibliography of reports, biographies of employees, responsibility manual, and project register.
Folder 106: resumes and CVs of George Clarke, 1954-1994; excerpts from publications citing Clarke; written reference for Clarke.
Folder 107: correspondence between George Clarke and Helen Hughes, articles written by Hughes, and papers relating to the work of Urbsearch in Indonesia, ca 1975; plans of various kampongs in Indonesia.
Folder 108: contract between The Government of Indonesia and Urban Systems Corporation, April 1976; Semarang and Surakarta inception report, November 1977.
Folders 109: Urban Systems Corporation reports for Permunas, National Urban Development Corporation, Indonesia 1977-1978

Box 24
Folders 110-114: Urban Systems Corporation reports for Permunas, National Urban Development Corporation, Indonesia 1977-1978.

Box 25
Folder 115: interview with George Clarke, 1992; letter from Paul Ritter, 2004; news cutting relating to planning in Sydney, submission on behalf of Mrs Ritchie to Willoughby Council, 14 September 1998.
Folders 116-118: news cuttings relating to urban planning, public transport, parking, redevelopment, Strategic Plan, 1971-1973.
Folder 119: reports prepared by Urban Systems Corporation and Clarke Gazzard on: Myall Lakes, 1969; Village Creek Centre, ACT; Frenchs Forest Discount Shopping Centre, 1978; Kur-ring-gai, July 1975; Border Ranges proposed national park, June 1975.
Folder 120: reports prepared by Urban Systems Corporation and Clarke Gazzard on: Kambah Center ACT, March 1973; Muskoka Farm, 1973; Laverton Bay foreshore, 1971, Skennar’s Head, 1971; Sherwood Hills, 1971.

Box 26
Folder 121: reports prepared by Urban Systems Corporation and Clarke Gazzard on Sherwood Hills, 1970-1971.
Published books annotated by George Clarke: The inner suburbs / Bernard Barrett, 1971; Regional planning in Australia, 1950; Leisure - a new perspective, 1975; Australian society / A. F. Daniels, 1970; Time of hope / Donald Horne, 1980; Sydney since the twenties / Peter Spearritt, 1978; Accidental city / Paul Ashton, 1993.
2 DVD and 1 VHS version of ABC programme about George Clarke, ‘See it my way’, 1973.

Box 27
Folder 122: papers and lists of contacts relating to work in Tuvalu, ca 1995.
Various published books annotated by George Clarke including: Community power structure / Floyd Hunter, 1953; Social justice and the city / David Harvey, 1975; A certain Sydney 1900 / Max Kelly, 1978; Metropolitan problems / Simon R. Miles, 1970; Vision in motion / Paul Theobald, 1947; The material culture of Tuvalu / Gerd Koch, 1961; Traditional architecture in the Gilbert Islands / John Hockings, 1989; Pacific 2010 / John Connell, 1993; Tuvalu: a history, 1983; Tungaru traditions / Arthur Francis Grimble, 1989.

Box 28
Reports on housing, infrastructure, and the environment in Tuvalu, 1979-1993.

Box 29
Folders 123-124: reports on housing, infrastructure, and the environment in Tuvalu, 1979-1993.
Folder 125: reports prepared by Clarke, Gazzard & Partners in Western Australia: Burns Beach Estate, May 1974; Yanchep, August 1972.
Folder 126: Rockingham Newtown investment proposal, ca 1965; Report on the proposed residential development codes for the Metropolitan Region Planning Authority, Perth, Western Australia, May 1964-October 1965; negatives of Perth Metropolitan Regional Planning Authority flat codes and planning zones, ca 1970s.
Folder 127: published articles, news cuttings, and copies of photographs relating to The Lincoln Coffee Lounge.
Market and economic feasibility study of the proposed Hotel International, Mill Point Road, South Perth WA, November 1965.
Book jackets, two published books on science fiction and poetry.
2 CD ROMs containing pictures of Lincoln Coffee Lounge.

Box 30
Folder 128: correspondence with Ben Ridder relating to urban planning in Hobart, 2000; report on Battery Point Statutory Planning Scheme written by George Clarke, 1967; photographs of maps of Battery Point, Hobart, 1970.
Folder 129: thesis by Elizabeth Thomson, The integration of physical and financial planning at the local planning level - Battery Point. February 1969.
Folders 130-131: various reports by Urban Systems Corporation on places in Victoria including: Melton, 1976; Flinders Gate: Flinders Street Station, 1972; St Kilda foreshore, 1970; South Melbourne, 1969; Organisation for strategic planning, Melbourne, 1966; negatives of maps of Melbourne and Victoria.
Folders 132-133: reports by Urban Systems Corporation on Mindarie, Western Australia, ca 1974.

Box 31X
94 photographic prints of street scenes and urban areas, taken by George Clarke in Italy, France, Holland, England, Boston, and Cambridge MA, 1956-1958.

Box 32X
13 photographic prints including Herbert House, Ellesmere Av, Hunters Hill, ca 1961; timber bridge at Thredbo, 1962; aerial photograph of Adelaide CBD, 1972; Sydney Grammar School Rifle Club, 1947 and 1948; Sydney Grammar School Cadet Corps, Officers and NCOs, 1947.

Box 33X
City of Sydney Strategic Plan, and summary versions, 1971; Clarke, Gazzard & Partners report on St. James’ Glebe, Edgecliff, 1965; Book illustrating architectural and urban design work of Clarke, Gazzard & Yeomans.

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