Raymond Clare Nowland

Last updated May 27, 2023

Not to be confused with victim of police brutality Clare Nowland

Early life

Raymond Clare Nowland was born in Sydney in 1894.^[2] Nowland studied at Sydney Technical College and the Architectural Association in London.^[3]

Career

On returning to Australia, Nowland was employed by the Commonwealth Government from 1920 to 1926. Nowland then moved to Queensland, practicing as an Architect and Town planner in Brisbane.^[3] Nowland joined the architectural office of the Department of Public Works in the Queensland Government in November 1932 where he became a senior architect in 1938. He produced the most significant buildings of his career between 1932 and 1942.^[1]

Nowland also had some private practice in which he proposed developments for Mount Tamborine and housing estates in Coorparoo for property developer Robert George Oates.^[2]

Later life

Nowland died in Brisbane in 1973.^[4]

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References

1 2 3 "University of Queensland Medical School (entry 601167)". Queensland Heritage Register . Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
1 2 "Make No Small Plans" (PDF). Time and Place. Queensland Heritage Council (13). Autumn 2006.
1 2 3 "Toowoomba Police Station Complex (entry 601710)". Queensland Heritage Register . Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
↑ Queensland Registrar-General's Index of Deaths 1973/B44707
↑ "Brisbane Dental Hospital and College (entry 601909)". Queensland Heritage Register . Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
↑ "Petrie Terrace Police Depot (former) (entry 601894)". Queensland Heritage Register . Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
↑ "Cairns Court House Complex (entry 600376)". Queensland Heritage Register . Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
↑ "Rockhampton Court and Administrative Complex (entry 600795)". Queensland Heritage Register . Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
↑ "Maryborough Government Office Building (entry 600713)". Queensland Heritage Register . Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
↑ "Fortitude Valley Police Station (entry 601168)". Queensland Heritage Register . Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
↑ "Gladstone Court House (entry 601332)". Queensland Heritage Register . Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
↑ "Lister House (entry 600171)". Queensland Heritage Register . Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 21 November 2014.

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This Wikipedia article incorporates text from "The Queensland heritage register" published by the State of Queensland under CC-BY 3.0 AU licence (accessed on 7 July 2014, archived on 8 October 2014).