Person

Grounds, Roy (1905 - 1981)

Born
18 December 1905
St Kilda, Victoria, Australia
Died
7 March 1981
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Architect

Summary

Roy Grounds designed the Australian Academy of Sciences Building in Canberra and the Victorian Arts Centre and National Gallery.

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Collaborator

  • Francis, Arthur James (1914 - 2008)

    Prof Francis collaborated with Roy Grounds on the design of the Australian Academy of Sciences Building, Canberra and the Victorian Arts Centre and National Gallery, Melbourne.

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Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

  • Roy Grounds - Records, 1981, MS 041; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

Book Sections

Journal Articles

  • Flesch, Juliet and McPhee, Peter, '150 Years, 150 Stories: Roy Burman Grounds', Uni News, 12 (9) (2003), 4. Details
  • Frankel, O. H., 'Sir Roy Grounds, 1905-1981', Historical Records of Australian Science, 5 (3) (1982), 89-91. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9820530089. Details

Resources

See also

  • Flesch, Juliet and McPhee, Peter, 150 years, 150 stories: brief biographies of one hundred and fifty remarkable people associated with the University of Melbourne (Melbourne: Department of History, University of Melbourne, 2003), 168 pp. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

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