Wilson, Hardy (1881-1955)

Also known as
Hardy Wilson, William (1881-1955)
Wilson, W. Hardy, (William Hardy) (1881-1955)
Wilson, William Hardy (1881-1955)
Field of activity
architect; architectural writer; autobiographer/memoirist; contemporary-affairs commentator; painter; Painting; Print; Drawing; Architecture; Architect; Author
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WILSON, WILLIAM HARDY (1881-1955), architect, was born on 14 February 1881 at Campbelltown, New South Wales, second of four surviving sons of William Joshua Wilson, agent, and his wife Jessie Elizabeth, née Shepherd, both native-born. Living with his parents at Burwood, Billy attended (1893-98) Newington College; he passed the junior public examination, played cricket in the first XI and captained the first Rugby XV. In 1899-1904 he was articled to Harry Kent of Kent & Budden, architects, and attended Sydney Technical College at night; he qualified in 1904 and was president of the Architectural Students' Society. Meanwhile, he had taken lessons from the artist Sydney Long and exhibited water-colours with the Royal Art Society of New South Wales in 1903-04.

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Significant Sydney based interwar architect, artist, author, orientalist and futurist.

As well as being an important interwar period architect, Hardy Wilson was an artist who produced many paintings and drawings which often featured buildings and imagined landscapes. His first architectural commission was Meryon, a Sydney house built for artist and critic Lionel Lindsay. His best known commission was Eryldene a house built for Professor E.G. Waterhouse, a linguist and trustee of the Art Gallery of NSW, in Gordon, Sydney.This entry is a stub. You can help ...

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  1. Hardy Wilson and his Old colonial architecture / Cyril Pearl
    Pearl, Cyril, 1906-1987
    [ Book : 1970-1974 ]
    At 54 libraries
    Hardy Wilson and his Old colonial architecture / Cyril Pearl
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  2. William Hardy Wilson : a 20th century colonial : 1881-1955 / the National Trust of Australia (New South Wales)
    Wilson, Hardy, 1881-1955
    [ Book : 1980 ]
    At 30 libraries
    William Hardy Wilson : a 20th century colonial : 1881-1955 / the National Trust of Australia (New South Wales)
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  3. The cow pasture road / by Hardy Wilson
    Wilson, Hardy, 1881-1955
    [ Book : 1920 ]
    At 23 libraries
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  4. The dawn of a new civilization / by Hardy Wilson
    Wilson, Hardy, 1881-1955
    [ Book : 1929 ]
    At 12 libraries
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  5. Eucalyptus / by Hardy Wilson
    Wilson, Hardy, 1881-1955
    [ Book : 1941 ]
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  6. Catalogue of the Hardy Wilson Collection ; of pictures of European, Australian and Chinese Artists, old English glass and china ... / to be sold by auction by James R. Lawson in the Gallery Salerooms 196-198 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, Wednesday 3rd ...
    Wilson, Hardy, 1881-1955
    [ Book : 1922 ]
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    At 4 libraries
    Catalogue of the Hardy Wilson Collection ; of pictures of European, Australian and Chinese Artists, old English glass and china ... / to be sold by auction by James R. Lawson in the Gallery Salerooms 196-198 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, Wednesday 3rd May 1922
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 23.253)

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  7. Papers of Hardy Wilson
    Wilson, Hardy, 1881-1955
    [ Unpublished : 1888-1957 ]
    At National Library
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    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 20.329)

  8. Catalogue of drawings of early Greek and Chinese architecture / by W. Hardy Wilson
    Wilson, Hardy, 1881-1955
    [ Book : 1930-1939 ]
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  9. Old colonial architecture in New South Wales and Tasmania / by Hardy Wilson
    Wilson, Hardy, 1881-1955
    [ Book : 1924-1975 ]
    At 67 libraries
    Old colonial architecture in New South Wales and Tasmania / by Hardy Wilson
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  10. Hardy Wilson a living memory
    Polak Productions
    [ Video : 1983 ]
    At 5 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 14.631)

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  1. Hardy Wilson and his Old colonial architecture / Cyril Pearl
    Pearl, Cyril, 1906-1987
    [ Book : 1970-1974 ]
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    Hardy Wilson and his Old colonial architecture / Cyril Pearl
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    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 49.889)

  2. William Hardy Wilson : a 20th century colonial : 1881-1955 / the National Trust of Australia (New South Wales)
    Wilson, Hardy, 1881-1955
    [ Book : 1980 ]
    At 30 libraries
    William Hardy Wilson : a 20th century colonial : 1881-1955 / the National Trust of Australia (New South Wales)
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    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 39.267)

  3. The dawn of a new civilization / by Hardy Wilson
    Wilson, Hardy, 1881-1955
    [ Book : 1929 ]
    At 12 libraries
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    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 31.533)

  4. The cow pasture road / by Hardy Wilson
    Wilson, Hardy, 1881-1955
    [ Book : 1920 ]
    At 23 libraries
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  5. Eucalyptus / by Hardy Wilson
    Wilson, Hardy, 1881-1955
    [ Book : 1941 ]
    At 7 libraries
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  6. Catalogue of the Hardy Wilson Collection ; of pictures of European, Australian and Chinese Artists, old English glass and china ... / to be sold by auction by James R. Lawson in the Gallery Salerooms 196-198 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, Wednesday 3rd ...
    Wilson, Hardy, 1881-1955
    [ Book : 1922 ]
    View online
    At 4 libraries
    Catalogue of the Hardy Wilson Collection ; of pictures of European, Australian and Chinese Artists, old English glass and china ... / to be sold by auction by James R. Lawson in the Gallery Salerooms 196-198 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, Wednesday 3rd May 1922
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 23.889)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 23.889)

  7. Papers of Hardy Wilson
    Wilson, Hardy, 1881-1955
    [ Unpublished : 1888-1957 ]
    At National Library
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  8. William Hardy Wilson : artist, architect, orientalist, visionary / Zeny Edwards with Howard Tanner ... [et al.]
    Edwards, Zeny
    [ Book : 2001 ]
    At 43 libraries
    William Hardy Wilson : artist, architect, orientalist, visionary / Zeny Edwards with Howard Tanner ... [et al.]
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  9. Catalogue of drawings of early Greek and Chinese architecture / by W. Hardy Wilson
    Wilson, Hardy, 1881-1955
    [ Book : 1930-1939 ]
    At 3 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 17.134)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 17.134)

  10. Hardy Wilson a living memory
    Polak Productions
    [ Video : 1983 ]
    At 5 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 14.817)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 14.817)

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  1. Hardy Wilson in Tasmania
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    William Hardy Wilson, architect and author: work and life in Tasmania

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    PERTH (P.) ORPHANAGE.
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  2. Website: Tony Wilson
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  1. [Biographical cuttings on William Hardy Wilson, artist and architect, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals]
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  2. [W. Hardy Wilson : Australian Art and Artists file]
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  3. RECORDS OF HARDY (WILSON) AND FAMILY
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  1. North Coast Railway town of Macksville, Nambucca River : for auction sale at Macksville by Messrs. Hardie & Gorman, auctioneers, of Sydney, in conjuction with W.C. Stewart, Macksville, on Friday 23rd Oct. 1908 ... / Joseph Andrews, licensed surveyor ...
    Andrews, Joseph
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  2. North Coast Railway auction sale, town of Bellingen on the Bellingen River, on Saturday 24th October '08 at 12 o'clock : auctioneers Hardie & Gorman in conjunction with F.R.H. Baker of Bellingen / H.A. Evans, licensed surveyor ; William Brooks & Co.,...
    Evans, Herbert Arthur, 1863-1949
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  3. Riverdale Estate, Marrickville : 58 allotments : adjoining Marrickville Railway Station : magnificent shop & home sites with tram and train frontages / for auction sale, on the ground, at 3 p.m., Saturday, 14th August, 1920 ; Hardie & Gorman Pty. Ltd...
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    Riverdale Estate, Marrickville : 58 allotments : adjoining Marrickville Railway Station : magnificent shop & home sites with tram and train frontages / for auction sale, on the ground, at 3 p.m., Saturday, 14th August, 1920 ; Hardie & Gorman Pty. Ltd., auctioneers, Ocean House, 26 Moore St., Sydney ; in conjunction with M. Mulcahy, estate agent, 190 Marrickville Rd., Marrickville
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  1. The encyclopedia of calligraphy techniques / [Diana Hardy Wilson]
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  2. Old Colonial architecture in New South Wales and Tasmania / by William Hardy Wilson
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  3. Enrich your calligraphy / Diana Hardy Wilson
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  4. The unlucky Australians / [by] Frank Hardy
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  1. The unlucky Australians / [by] Frank Hardy
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  2. Tess of the d'Urbervilles
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  3. You'll be sorry when I'm dead / Marieke Hardy
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  4. But the dead are many : a novel in fugue form / Frank Hardy
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  1. HARDY WILSON COLLECTION.
    The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Wednesday 30 March 1927 p 27 Article
    ... HARDY WILSON COLLECTION. The Hardy Wilson collection of antique furniture and other works of art will be offered for sale at auction by Mr James R. Lawson, at 296 Castlereagh street, Syd- Sjd ney on April 3, at 11 o'clock in the morn- ing. The collection includes old English furn ... 90 words
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  2. Mr. Hardy Wilson's Sketches
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  3. THE HARDY-WILSON ART COLLECTION.
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  2. 'William Hardy Wilson: a 20th century colonial, 1881-1955' [Commentary]
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