Hollinshed, Charles Neville

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From late 1926 he had worked with the experienced theatre designer Albion Walkley on Williamson’s Comedy Theatre (1928). This project was followed by his design (with Richard Gailey Jr) of the Regent Theatre, Brisbane (1929). Again with Walkley, he was commissioned to remodel and upgrade the fire-damaged interior of His Majesty’s Theatre in Exhibition Street, Melbourne (1934).n 1934 Hollinshed redesigned the Auditorium in Collins Street to accommodate moving pictures for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. As the medium of film boomed, he was commissioned to design cinemas across Melbourne’s suburbs, including the Regent, Fitzroy (1929); the Village, Toorak (1936); and the Maling, Canterbury (1941). Further afield, he was architect of the Regent, Palmerston North, New Zealand (1930); the Corio, Geelong, Victoria (1938); and the stylish art deco Princess Theatre, Launceston, Tasmania (1940). In addition to theatres, he took on a range of work from factories to domestic houses, including his own house in Canterbury. Among his more important commissions was the Horsham Town Hall (1939). ADB entry

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B.Arch. : Air Mechanic II, A.F.C., England. Enlisting 20th January, 1918, serving at Laverton for six months and sailing 19th October, was, on account of the Armistice, put on non-military employment (Architectural Association Course) in England for six months while awaiting demobilisation. Early education at Brisbane Grammar School.

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1899

Birth in Fullham -- London, England 8 June 1899
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Early education at Brisbane Grammar School, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
1916

Tertiary education at Central Technical College, Brisbane, QLD, Australia 1916
1916

Articled Architect at Brisbane -- QLD, Australia 1916
1918

Enlisted 20 Jan 1918
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Military service as Air Mechanic II at Wingate, England --, United Kingdom
1919

Studied with Architectural Association 1919 at London [ England ]
1922

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1922
1922

Architect at Sydney -- NSW, Australia 1922
1924

Architect at London --, England 1924
1925

Architect at New York --, USA 1925
1956

Member of National Trust VIC Branch since 1956
1985

Member of Architects' Registration Board of VIC
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Architect at Melbourne -Collins Street- VIC, Australia
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Member of Royal Historical Society of Victoria
1993

Death in Forest Hill -- VIC, Australia 14 December 1993

Gender

Male

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