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Raymond Clare Nowland (1894–1973) was an architect in Australia. Many of his buildings are listed on the Queensland Heritage Register.
Early life
Raymond Clare Nowland was born in Sydney in 1894. Nowland studied at Sydney Technical College and the Architectural Association in London.
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. 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.
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.
Later life
Nowland died in Brisbane in 1973.
Works
His works include:
University of Queensland Mayne Medical School, Herston (1939)
Brisbane Dental Hospital and College (1941)
Petrie Terrace Police Depot (1942)
Cairns Court House Complex (1945)
Rockhampton Court and Administrative Complex
Toowoomba Police Station Complex
Maryborough Government Offices Building
Fortitude Valley Police Station
Gladstone Court House
Lister House
References
= Attribution
=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).
Further reading
Burns, Mary C (1998), Raymond Clare Nowland : life and work, [St. Lucia, Qld.]