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John Hipwell (architect)
John Hipwell (30 November 1920 – 16 June 2007) was an Australian architect who practised and designed mainly in Warrandyte, Victoria, Warrandyte, Victoria, Australia. He worked with Fritz Janeba (former Bauhaus student and notable architect) and was the longest surviving member of Hipwell, Weight and Mason Architects. He also served in Papua New Guinea as Commanding Officer of radar unit 334 with the R.A.A.F. during the Second World War. Early life John Buckland Hipwell was born in Korumburra, Victoria on 30 November 1920. He is the only child and son to Conrad Edmund Hipwell, a Presbyterian clergyman and Bessy Emily May Hipwell. His family lived in Maffra, Victoria, Maffra, Victoria through much of his childhood and spent most of his primary school years at Maffra primary. Hipwell attended Scotch College, Hawthorn, Victoria, Hawthorn, to complete his secondary schooling. As a boy, he had an interest in art and he had considered studying art at university however his parents ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warrandyte, Victoria
Warrandyte is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 24 km north-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Manningham local government area. Warrandyte recorded a population of 5,541 at the . Warrandyte is bounded in the west by the Mullum Mullum Creek and Target Road, in the north by the Yarra River, in the east by Jumping Creek and Anzac Road, and in the south by an irregular line from Reynolds Road, north of Donvale, Park Orchards and Warrandyte South. Warrandyte was founded as a Victorian town, located in the once gold-rich rolling hills east of Melbourne, and is now on the north-eastern boundary of suburban Melbourne. Gold was first discovered in the town in 1851 and together, with towns like Bendigo and Ballarat, led the way in gold discoveries during the Victorian gold rush. Today Warrandyte retains much of its past in its surviving buildings of the Colonial period and remains a twin community with North Warrandyte, which b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
