Alistair Knox Architect

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alistair knox : an integrated approach to landscape + architecture

appendix one : collaboration chart

Author: Clair Lee

"There is no question that a typical cross-section of the Eltham community would reveal a more distinguished group of individuals than has occurred in any part of Australia." Knox, Alternative housing, p.83

Knox's writings are peppered with the names of his wide network of friends, clients and collaborators. He is generous in his praise of these people and the contributions they made to both his development as a designer, and the development of the earth building and environmental movements in Eltham. The following chart attempts to record these people as they are mentioned in his books - an elaborate Knox 'network'. It aims to illustrate the complex interweaving of ideas, personalities and skills that occurred during this period, what Knox referred to as 'a strong unity of thought' (Knox, 1980, p.83). We are what we stand on (1980) was chosen as the first document due to its focus on Eltham's history and personalities, with additions in red from Living in the environment (1975) and blue from Alternative housing 1980) Text in italics are direct quotes from Knox. Page references are provided in the left hand column and only information provided in the books is included. The highlighted colours indicate the branch of Eltham society the individual primarily or originally belonged to.

It is anticipated that this chart could also be added to at a later date with information acquired from other sources about the people listed below to provide a social history of the time. Sonia Skipper's recent autobiography, for e.g., elaborates on the lives of many of these people, as does Gordon Ford's autobiography and Anne Latreille's work on Stones. Such an historical investigation is, however, beyond the scope of this project.

PAGE	NAME	DESCRIPTION	DATE/S CITED
82	BAKER, David	Film director. lived in North Warrandyte, directed 'The Great McCarthy'. and many television and shorter films, including 'Squeaker's Mate', based on the Barbara Baynton book, with Myra GOULD (Matcham SKIPPER's wife) in the lead role.

14	BELL, Graeme	Classical pianist, elder brother of Roger, schoolboy friend of Peter GLASS - and Gordon FORD, grew up in Camberwell. formed the Graeme Bell Band with Roger and Ade Monsbrough, playing Dixieland Jazz. In 1949 the band went overseas and became internationally known.
29		Knox designed and partly built a house for him

14	BELL, Roger	jazz musician, younger brother of Graeme, grew up in Camberwell, schoolboy friend of Peter GLASS and Gordon FORD

71	Boyd, Arthur	painter. bought land on Panorama Heights Estate at the end of Napier Street
12		announced to Knox that he was going to give up pottery to be a full-time painter	1949
		years later presented $2.000.000 worth of paintings to the Australian National Gallery
13		part of a group of artists who would meet at Ristie's coffee lounge. Knox would recruit labour
		from the group which included Sidney NOLAN John PERCEVAL David BOYD Neil DOUGLAS Matcham SKIPPER and Albert Tucker

13	BOYD, David	painter and potter: recruited from Risties Coffee Lounge to work on Knox's first building project in Eaglemont with John YULE Wyn ROBERTS and Matcham SKIPPER

14	BOYD Robin	architect. writer. newspaper contributor
26		reviewed the English house in his Age column
37		Periwinkle house mentioned in Australia's Home	1952
100		Knox introduced STONES to him & other architects
137		wrote The Great Australian Ugliness which shocked many people
33		would write articles for daily papers on mudbrick building with information he received from Knox	1949
40		an instructor at Melbournes lively architectural school with Roy Grounds & Bob Eggleston

33	BURSTALL, Betty	wife of Tim, mother of Dan and Tom
75		the first self-sufficiency activist in the district
75		launched and ran 'La Mama· theatre in Carlton, which encouraged many new artists & poets
96		paved outside the La Ronde restaurant with Margot KNOX

33	BURSTALL, Tim	worked with Gordon FORD, Sonia SKIPPER and Peter GLASS on rebuilding of Souter Cottage
		was to become one of Australia's best known film directors
37		built their own mud brick home
60		on land on the west side of Bolton Street in Napier Crescent	1950
		Tim has an intelligent, orderly and strongly socially integrated mind.
65		worked on Tarnagulla project with GLASS, ROBERTS, JACKSON & JUDD
71		He seemed to know a great number of university and artistic personalities and was a party-goer par excellence
76		many late night discussions at his home, for e.g. Clifton PUGH debated with Ian Syme about figurative vs non-figurative artists
78		made first film by Eltham Film Productions, called 'The Prize'	1958
82		directed the film, 'Alvin Purple'
117		directed 'Stork' (Larry STEVENS had a bit part)

36	BUSST, Phyl	former student of JORGENSEN at Montsalvat where she had lived with her brother, John client of Knox	1948
24		amateur artist

20	DATTNER, Stephen	a basic member of the original Eltham community	1945+

21	DATTNER, Kaye	wife of Stephen. The Dattner house was one of the great hospitable houses of the district. Parties were held at their house to which anyone who was someone in Eltham was invited
60		Dattner houses in Swan Street built by John HARCOURT

37	DOUGLAS, Neil	worked on Periwinkle project	1948
50		true nature man of the group
63		worked on Tarnagulla house with JACKA and FORD
104		poet and painter, lived at Heide at various times 1945-1950
106		he was the only person among the more important members who had any intimate knowledge of the Australian bush.
		Worked with Arthur BOYD and John PERCEVAL at Arthur Merrick Boyd Potteries.
		Came to live in Eltham	1962
		Involved in landscape conservation for the Bend of Islands land on eastern tip of Eltham.
		Awarded an MBE
35		became a well known environmentalist
38		friend of Alan MONEY, served together during WW2

36	DOWNING, Professor Richard	Knox designed a weekend house for him and his partner, Dorian LE GALLIENNE in Yarrabraes Rd, off Sweeneys Lane. 'Dick and Dor', as they were often referred to by their friends, were the most intellectual. urbane and witty company any district contained.	1948
127		Clifton PUGH painted his portrait whilst working for Knox on the second wing of the house

26	ENGLISH, Frank	Knox's first client in Eltham. Knox wrote articles about the building which were published in 1947 newspapers The Age and Saturday Night Herald which attracted much attention to the project.

54	FABRO, Jack	Jack stonemason who built bath in BUSST house. Taught and worked with his uncle, Caesar Moretti. Together they built stone chimneys in the district and restoration work throughout Melbourne. Grandfathers were Italian stonemasons.	1948
96		Margot KNOX lived in a cottage at the back of their property for a short while

14	FORD, Gordon	friend of GLASS and BELL brothers, (had worked in Public Service with Roger Glass)
		joined them in mudbrick building venture	1938
		purchased 1 acre of Bell and Glass land	1945
20		worked part-time for John HARCOURT with Peter GLASS on pise-de-terre buildings	1946
26		After English house built, Ford went to work for Knox	1947
50		laboured on BUSST house (52 bags of cement in one day)	1948
63		worked on Tarnagulla house with Cyril JACKA and Neil DOUGLAS & Wyn ROBERTS
100		worked for Ellis STONES, including some projects with Margot KNOX
		would become an enormous influence on the natural Australian garden development	1950
101		attended Ernest LORD's evening classes, where he would take plant samples to be identified
102		worked on the second wing of the DOWNING/LE GALLIENNE house, under direction from Stones	1954
29		is having buildings erected in landscape designs	1975
33		among the rare breed of instinctive Australian landscape architects
		a vital influence on the profession and Australia in general

14	G:LASS, Peter	artist, architect & landscape architect, attended Max Meldrum's painting classes visited JORGENSEN at Montsalvat before WW2, purchased 6 acres of land nearby with the Bell brothers where they built a mudbrick shed called 'Bald Headed Manor"	1938
20		worked part-time for John Harcourt on pise-de-terre buildings	1946
69		worked on Tarnagulla project with ROBERTS, JUDD, JACKSON and BURSTALL
107		had some slight connection with Edna WALLING before the War
		overseas	1951 - 1958
		designed landscapes with Gordon FORD and architecture with Knox	1959
71		Knox called him an artist-cum-designer, draughtsman and landscape architect.
80		My landscape associate. was responsible for rejuvenating land just outside Bairnsdale. He has designed a proposal that not only will turn the ravaged landscape into a thing of great beauty, but will also make the farm self-supporting.
33		among the rare breed of instinctive Australian landscape architects a vital influence on the profession and Australia in general

82	GOULD, Myra	GOULD, Myra lead role in David BAKER's film 'Squeaker's Mate'
98		had a studio behind Russell St Police Station which she shared with her husband, Matcham SKIPPER (where Alistair met Margot)
112		owned land at Dunmoochin near Clifton PUGH
134		practical tenacious qualities

107	GRANT, Bob	Eltham shire curator
108		worked with 'Rocky' STONES for some years and could have had a thriving landscape
109		practice in his own right if he had wanted to .... He has a natural gift for shaping land, planting trees, placing boulders. creating a continuing quality of landscape design that is not equaled anywhere else in civic or other places.

12	HARCOURT, John	journalist, novelist, pearler, built several earth structures in Eltham district
20		pise-de-terre builder
26		employed Gordon FORD and Peter GLASS part-time	1946
54		adobe residence called Clay Nunehan
60		erected many adobe houses in district using an automatic ramming technique, including DATTNER houses in Swan Street
4		Eltham resident and builder	1930s - 1950

57	HIRST, Eric	builder who helped build the Knox house: born in Yorkshire where he worked on medieval buildings which involved spatial relationships between man and nature (like Knox's)

37	HOWARD,Ted	worked on Periwinkle house with SKIPPER,JHUDD, JACKSON & DOUGLAS	1948

15	HUMPHRIES, Barry	Actor and comedian, born in Camberwell, famous for his satiric comic criticisms of the suburban lifestyle
19		creator of characters Sandy Stone & Edna Everage
77		regular at the Swanston Hotel Friday night gatherings	early 1950's
134		frequented Clifton PUGH's Dunmoochin Artist Colony
138		creator of character Les Patterson
64		local wit, satirist and actor
		friend of Ron PINNELL

63	JACKA, Cyril	worked on Tarnagulla house with FORD & DOUGLAS
70		caravan on land on Panorama Heights Estate at the end of Napier Street. near BURSTALL's
71
19	JACKSON, Tony	eccentric
31		worked with Gordon FORD on Macmahon Ball Studio project
37		worked on Periwinkle project with SKIPPER, JUDD, HOWARD & DOUGLAS	1948
65		worked on Tarnagulla project with GLASS, ROBERTS, JUDD & BURSTALL

87	JARROLD, Len	craftsman carpenter, lived on north west corner of the Main Road and Dalton Street	1948
		family early inhabitants of Eltham. lived in Whiteclouds'
88		Jarrold house later belonged to the SKIPPER family
89		had a tradesman's approach to adobe building
90
83	JELBART, Ron & Yvonne	landowners & earth owner builders	c.1945
91		outstanding oarsman, as were his sons

10	JORGENSEN, Justus	founder of Montsalvat artist colony
		Helen SKIPPER was his mistress and fathered his children
76		had a room at the back of the Mitre Tavern in the city just after WW2 where artists would meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays, followed by dinner at the Latin Club. When Mitre Tavern remodelled they met on Friday nights at the Swanston Family Hotel in Swanston Street.
1		built in pise de terre. painter. philosopher	early 1930s
8		died aged 82	1975

10	JORGENSEN, Dr. Lily	wife of Justus JORGENSEN

43	JOSLYN, Keith	An Eltham man who started an earth-moving enterprise for which he became well known throughout Victoria.

33	JUDD, Horrie	legendary mud brick builder. who worked for Knox
37		labourer on Periwinkle project, worked with SKIPPER, SKIPPER, HOWARD & DOUGLAS	1948
42		lived on the very rim of the highest part of the natural Eltham amphitheatre (Reichelt Crescent) He had a single-minded discipline (and] was regarded with awe and respect by the ordinary worker of the period as a phenomenon - a man apart from others.
43		worked for Knox for 2 years as main builder on Periwinkle and BUSST projects and first stage of DOWNIN/LE GALLIENNE house
65		worked on Tarnagulla project with GLASS, ROBERTS, JACKSON & BURSTALL
8		built stone chapel at Montsalvat
24		almost single-handed at age 65

94	KNOX, Margot	artist, who had worked in the Arthur Merrick Bo.otteries in Murrumbeena
		occasionally painted with PERCEVAL, DOUGLAS and the BOYD's.
		sold Perceval and Boyd paintings and pottery on commission at the 'Ticket Box' on the 'Whiteclouds' property
96		Lived in Peter GLASS' house whilst he was in Europe, and then in a cottage behind the FABROs
		Did paving of the La Ronde Coffee Lounge with Betty BURSTALL
98		had attended RMIT art school, met Alistair at Matcham and Myra SKIPPER's studio behind Russell Street Police Station - the most popular artists· rendezvous in Melbourne during that period	1948
100		Rented a bungalow in Ivanhoe where she was introduced to Ellis STONES
		employed by Ellis to do slate paving - Rocky taught her the elements of true paving Margot became the best pavior of random slate in the business. Gordon FORD also working for STONES
111		visited Clifton PUGH's house at Dunmoochin with Knox

97	KNOX, W.D.	Alistair's uncle, a later impressionist painter, who painted around East Ivanhoe, Alistair would visit as a boy and remembered his dislike for pine trees. referring to their sour-green colour	1920s
120	LAYCOCK, Peter & Helen	settled in Dunmoochin, began a potters· community	1960s
122		Peter lectured and held pottery classes

36	LE GALLIENNE, Dorian	composer friend and client of Knox	1948
80		lived with Dick Downing in Yarra Braes Road.Composed music for the film, 'The Prize" directed by Tim BURSTALL
81		He is still considered by many to be the greatest composer this country has procuced
41		did not strive for newness but for truth
		music critic
42		along with Dick. he comprehended the total landscape in its relationship to humanity and could see quality where others could not
		Dorians explanations caused Knox to relate to the powerful landscape. rather than try to outdo it - to slow down and think in simple. timeless proportions
		One of Doriens abilities was to leave nature alone except to intensify it and let it come right up to the doors of the house.

101	LORD, Ernest	Author of Shrubs and Trees for Australian Gardens, who conducted an evening landscape study group in Melbourne, attended by Gordon FORD was a good friend of Mervyn SKIPPER, who had a plant nursery
		Knox would frequently meet him at Montsalvat on the weekends
30		Knox took him a sample of Melaleuca stypheliodes from Griffins Eaglemont garden for identification

31	McCarthy, Jack	Jack ran a small lending library in Collingwood. made mudbricks for Knox on Macmahon Ball project

31	MACMAHON BALL, William	Knox's second Eltham clients. Australia's delegate in the Japanese peace negotiations

83	MARSHALL, Allan	author. wrote 'Foreword' to We are what we stand for"
84		lived in Kangaroo Ground, would travel by couch to Eltham each week	1920
135		claimed that people didn't make Eltham, but Eltham made people.
136
104	NOLAN, Siney	painter, lived at Heide where he painted the original Kelly series. Knox visited him there
12		presented $1,OOO,OOO worth of paintings to the Australian National Gallery

11	MIDDLETON, C.	Field officer from Commonwealth Experimental Building Station in Sydney. Prepared a pamphlet on earth building which Knox used to convince Eltham Council to provide him with building approval for his first mudbrick building.
12		produced a pamphlet. Building in earth, enlarged into a book in 1952. reprinted 1975

35	MONEY, Allan	Knox met him at the Eltham Hotel
		a notable builder, actor and director
36		visited his house : it was a precarious wreck, but the sense of idea and sculpture that could be read into it was stimulating ... It loosened up the traditional concepts into which we so easily lapse.
37		He and his wife were secondary teachers, Alan taught art : the kids loved his way-out methods.	1950s
		converted an old bakery in Prahran into a theatre, which later burnt down.
38		then found an old house opposite Melbourne University
		later taught at the CAE
		friend of Neil DOUGLAS
		was in the same army camp as him during WW2 - both had gardens outside their tents

24	PERCEVAL, John	painter, close friend of Alistair and Margot KNOX.
		We had supported each other in various escapades and were bound by many loyalties.
94		Completed a series of paintings of Whittlesea and Cottles Bridge, would call in at the Knox house on his way home. A 1950 painting sold in 1952 for $61,000 (second highest price paid for an Australian painting at that time)
103		Frequented REED's Heide
92		went on expedition to Snowy River High Country with PUGH and Knox to paint and see the landscape
97		lived in weatherboard cottage in Camberwell

64	PINNELL, Ron	actor, friend of Barry HUMPHRIES, played the parts of Norm & Kenny Everage
65		Knox helped him fight a proposed development in South Burnley	1975

21	PIZZEY, John	Knox's building partner later in his career
137		K's planning associate - qualified in architecture & town planning
138
61	PUGH, Clifton	artist, moved to his property 'Dunmoochin' (part of Eltham shire) from the city (drawn to the area because it was the nearest extents of bushland close to the city
		worked for Knox. made mud bricks and built walls for second wing of DOWNING/LE GALLIENNE house	1954
76		At the BURSTALL home. he debated with Ian Syme about figurative vs non-figurative artists
109		Built at Cottles Bridge, with 'left-over'· timber supplied by Knox	1951
111		persuaded Alma SHANNAHAN to purchase 2 1/2 acres of land at Cottles Bridge
113		communal land owning : formed the Dunmoochin Artists' Society
114		a strong branch of the Eltham socio-artistic community
118		People who have lived at Dunmoochin include Kevin Nolan, Frank and Lea Werther. Kevin Meynell. John Howley, Don Laycock, Mirka Mora, Laurie Dawes, John Olsen, Frank Hodgkinson, Frank Dalby Davison and his wife Marie.
123		held afternoon pottery exhibitions on the first Sunday of each month	1960s
128		painted a portrait of Lord de Lisle. Governor General of Australia	1964
131		Archibald Prize winner
139		Knox designed and built a wing of Pugh's house composed of big posts and heavy timbers.
45		He had the natural desire to build that is common with all artistic and imaginative peo
		'Dunmoochin was two miles past Hurstbridge.
92		went on expedition to Snowy River High Country with PERCEVAL and Knox to paint and see the landscape

19	RALSTON, Pauline	First wife of Gordon FORD

104	REED, John & Sunday	owned property situated on the Templestowe side of the Yarra, adjacent to Banksia Street, Heidelberg. They were the acknowledged entrepreneurs of the modern art movement, started in	1930
		John was founder of the Contemporary Art Society, which included artists whom Knox shared a studio with in Little Collins Street	1933
		John also Director of the Museum of Modern Art for many years
		Neil DOUGLAS lived at Reed property (Heide) at various times	1945 - 1950
		Knox visited whilst Sidney NOLAN painting original Kelly series; other well known artist who were part of the Reed 'stable' included the BOYDs, John PERCEVAL & Albert TUCKER

69	ROBERTS, Wynn	Shakespearian actor
		foreman on second house Knox built in Heidelberg with John YULE, David BOYD and Matcham SKIPPER
		worked on Tarnagulla house with GLASS, BURSTALL, JACKSON, JUDD & FORD
		later lived on western slopes of Dandenongs, making furniture part-time
13		part of Ristie s Coffee Lounge group: which included Sidney NOLAN
12		John PERCEVAL, David BOYD, Neil DOUGLASS, Matcham SKIPPER and Albert Tucker
13		worked on Knoxs first project. in Eaglemont with Skipper. David Boyd and John Yule

9	ROMBERG, Frederick	Frederick architect who accompanied Knox on his first visit to Montsalvat	1940
		lived near Knox in Eaglemont

118	SAPER, Leon	part of Dunmoochin community, Maurie SHAW designed and built a remarkable house for him
123		arrived in Australia from Europe	1949
		became a successful potter

129	SERLE, John	artist. did building work for Clifton PUGH
132		painting student of Pugh's: had always lived in the St. Andrew's area; would organise the Dunmoochin cricket matches
134		first met Pugh through the Belot's (the original landowners). He was amazed at the people he met there, especially BARRY HUMPHRIES.
135		friend of Albert TUCKER
81		Knox designed house for him at St. Andrews which Serle built himself

112	SHANAHAN, Alma	owned land at Cottles Bridge, erected her own mudbrick house
113		friend of Clifton PUGH
122		potter; had a workshop attached to her house
39		one-time girlfriend of Pugh; spoke to Knox about mudbrick building	1951
		built her own hous

118	SHAW, Maurie	architect, part of Dunmoochin community
124		designed and built a mudbrick house for Leon @f;1~3il at Dunmoochin : one of the most amazing designs that have occurred in mud brick building ... It consisted of two circles that fuse into each other, with each circle being supported from its centre by a system of radiating rafters ...
126		would visit Knox to discuss the design; later designed children's adventure playgrounds in Glebe, NSW ... he was an exciting man and there is no doubt that his association with the Ounmoochin Artists' Colony has been instrumental in developing his natural potentials.

10	SKIPPER, Helen	elder daughter of Mervyn and Lena SKIPPER, lived at Monsalvat
		mistress of Justus JORGENSEN, mother of Sebastian and Sigmund Jorgensen
1		painter

10	SKIPPER, Lena	wife of Mervyn, mother of Helen, Sonia and Matcham

35	SKIPPER, Marcus	son of Matcham SKIPPER & Myra GOULD
117		worked with his father on casting enormous sculptures
134		Knox thought of him as a spiritual son
135		blacksmith & ironworker

10	SKIPPER, Matcham	met Knox when they were both attending night classes in Building. Construction, Theory and Practice at RMIT	1946
		Son of Mervyn and Lena SKIPPER
77		sculptor, jeweller, held exhibition in Brummels in South Yarra
		he had the ability to do almost anything better than anyone else
87		built his studio at the rear of 'Whlteclouds', raised on 10 foot timber footings due to frequent floods
115		Clifton PUGH believed Matcham was the source of the drive of 'things artistic' and
116		weaved in and out of Eltham society
117		much more influence on the younger people of Eltham than ... Justus JORGENSEN
14		would meet at Ristie's Coffee Lounge with Sydney NOLAN, John PECEVAL, Arthur & David BOYD, Neil DOUGLAS & Albert Tucker
		Built stone chimney for Knox's first project in Eaglemont for owners Noel & Bobbie Bryning with Wyn ROBERTS David Boyd and John YULE

10	SKIPPER, Mervyn	Husband of Lena, father of Helen, Sonia and Matcham SKIPPER
		The Skippers & JORGENSENs formed the original nucleus of the Montsalvat Colony
33		Skippers owned Souter Cottage (the first mud brick house built in Eltham (c.1860)
		Prior to moving to Eltham. the Skippers lived in a house designed by Walter Burley GRIFFIN in Eaglemont
101		was a good friend of Ernest LORD
1		writer, long-time editor of the 'Red Page· of the Bullet

10	SKIPPER, Sonia	Sonia daughter of Mervyn and Lena SKIPPER, lived at Montsalvat
		joined Knox on his 1st Eltham building project as foreperson for his early building projects, alongside Gordon FORD
29		... had ability as a stonemason, laid mud bricks with style and character and was the finisher 1949+ and decorator of mud brick buildings without equal.	1949+
37		labourer on Periwinkle project, worked with JUDD, JACKSON, HOWARD & DOUGLAS	1948
56		specialised in wall treatments and finishing work, skills she had learned at Montsalvat. Made 1948 the BUSST floor tiles from a magnestite-based concrete with powdered wood fillers and other ingredients. Knox admired her facility and philosophy.	1948
1		painter. carver. builder
10		first forewoman of mud brick building in Australia
21		an ability to pave floors. render earlh walls and finish off each building with a quality that has never been surpassed
148		had a real genius for finding the right solutions for finishing earth buildings, using a wide spectrum of materials

26	STEVENS, Larry (Humph)	worked for Knox as labourer on early mud brick projects
114		owned 30 acres of land near Dunmoochin (lived there for 6 years )and considered a father figure
115		to the to the community. Knox described his laconic approach to life ... dry sense of humour ... nostalgic dreaming. Was a good friend of Clifton PUGH
118		Puqh's painting, 'The Chicken Farmers' depicted Larry and his wife. Hope, and their 2 children played a bit part in Tim BURSTALL's film 'Stork' ... a poor man's Humphrey Bogart
		later owned a picture framing business in Carlton

98	STONES, Ellis (Rocky)	landscape gardener who was a creative genius with great boulders and natural land shapes worked with Edna WALLING - together they were the genesis of the real Australian landscape tradition. Elliston Development (named in his honour), his last project, was a collaboration with David Yencken and Merchant Builders
43		did landscape design for first part of DOWNING/LE GALLIENNE house
		landscape architect : with an enthusiastic attitude to the production of his ideas a modest, witty, poetic man ... who produced an Australian art form He died aged 79	1975

84		landscape designer	1970
108		lived in Flatrock Road: has done many excellent landscapes prior to taking up landscape design he worked with a large city architectural firm, a gradual metamorphosis that has been an inspiration to us all.

73	VASSSILIEF, Danilia	A painter and sculptor who emigrated to Australia after the Russian Revolution, where he was a Cossack officer in the White Russian Army. Became an art teacher at Koornong Experimental
74		School, Warrandyte, and later at Eltham High School.	1950
		Built a house, Stonygrad. in North Warrandyte. Knox attended a party here with Arthur BOYD
75		when he was still living in Mossman Drive. Eaglemont.
146		Stonygrad was one of the most remarkable buildings I ever saw. It was really great sculpting, with powerful rugged walls and enormous tree trunks forming the main beams of the ceiling and roof.

98	WALLING, Edna	along with Ellis was the genesis of the real Aust. Landscape tradition. They had worked together and influenced each other. Walling established her business before WW2
107		asked Gordon FORD to work for her but he declined

26	YULE, John	interesting painter, poet
34		involved in Souter Cottage project : His eye for structure was not as good as it was for painting.
44		whilst staying at Knox's house, painted a series of opaque water colours (Encroaching City series)
14		frequented Risties Coffee Lounge with a group of artists including Sidney NOLAN, John PERCEVAL, David BOYD Neil DOUGLAS, Matcham SKIPPER and Albert Tucker
		recruited to work on Knoxs first building project in Eaglemont
14		his work in stone was admired: he decided to seek a job as a stonemason

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