Unique IDPE-004449SurnameBondGiven namesAlbertBiographical abstractDates of employment: 1873-1877Biographical noteBiographical details:
Designer of Vestibule, the original meeting space, of Town Hall [ref: City of Sydney website “Building Sydney Town Hall”]; [ref: The Grand Hall: SMH 16 November 1877 p7]
Margaret Betteridge: Sydney Town Hall – The Building and its Collection, published 2008 by Council of the City of Sydney
Resignation, [ref: Evening News 4 January 1878 p2]
Buildings at the Association Cricket Ground, [ref: SMH 11 February 1878 p5]
Designer of the department store building for Anthony Hordern’s in George St (www.daao.org.au)
Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney at Croydon- Shubra Hall and stables originally built for Anthony Hordern (Tertius) in 1868 and additions made for the accommodation of the College in 1890 - illustrated article: [ref: Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney) 20 June 1891 p 31];
Stories from the Archives: Who was Albert Bond? - PLC Sydney [ref: https://www.plc.nsw.edu.au/.../420/ArchiveStoriesMarch2014forWeb.pdf.aspx]
and [ref: https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=5062079]
Retford Park at Bowral built by Bond for Anthony Hordern
NSW BDMs Registry: Death BOND ALBERT 317/1923 [parents] HENRY & ELIZABETH registered at SYDNEY [March]
Death Notice: BOND - March 27, 1923 at Omrah private hospital Darlinghurst road, Albert Bond, architect. Interred at Rookwood. [ref: SMH 5 April 1923 p8]
Obituaries [ref: The Daily Telegraph 7 April 1923 p20] and [ref: SMH 7 April 1923 p14]
Details from contemporary sources:
1873 Appointment acknowledged - 18 June 1873 [ref: 26/121/545]
1873 Appointed 16 June 1873 [ref: Agency Detail]
1873 To work at own premises - June [ref: 11/06]
1873 Requests 14 days leave - to visit Victoria in December [ref: 26/124/1098]
1875 Only City paid staff is Clerk of Works - Corporation Financial Crisis [ref: SMH 15 Jan 1875]
1876 Request increase, another draftsman, Clerk of Works - March [ref: 26/138/163]
1877 Resignation 31 December 1877 - conflict re Town Hall [ref: 26/149/005]
1878 Resignation accepted January - Bond declines to reconsider as he considers remarks made by Alderman Palmer to SMH are insulting [ref: 22/18/12/87]GenderMaleSource system IDTPER-000329
