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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.[1]
Raymond Clare Nowland was born in Sydney in 1894.[2] Nowland studied at Sydney Technical College and the Architectural Association in London.[3]
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]
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Nowland died in Brisbane in 1973.[4]
His works include:
- University of Queensland Mayne Medical School, Herston (1939)[1]
- Brisbane Dental Hospital and College (1941)[5]
- Petrie Terrace Police Depot (1942)[6]
- Cairns Court House Complex (1945)[7]
- Rockhampton Court and Administrative Complex[8]
- Toowoomba Police Station Complex[3]
- Maryborough Government Offices Building[9]
- Fortitude Valley Police Station[10]
- Gladstone Court House[11]
- Lister House[12]
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