Arthur Denis Winston

CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...

(1908–1980) was an architect and town planner who became Australia's first professor of town planning at the

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. In 1951 he led the amalgamation of state based planning associations into a national body, of which he became the first president.

Career and works

* Arthur published “Sydney’s Great Experiment: The Progress of the Cumberland County Plan” in 1957. This was an illustrated and independent account of the development of the Cumberland County Plan for general readers. *He acted as a consultant in the planning of

Adaminaby Adaminaby is a small town near the Snowy Mountains north-west of Cooma, New South Wales, Cooma, New South Wales, Australia, in the Snowy Monaro Regional Council. The historic town, of 301 people at the , is a trout fishing centre and winter spo ...

and Jindabyn From the 1950s to the 1970s.R. Freestone, ''Denis Winston, an Annotated Bibliography, 1949-1976'' (Syd, 1983) He was appointed CBE in the

1979 New Year Honours The New Year Honours 1979 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to Orders and decorations of the Commonwealth realms, various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countrie ...

Legacy

* Denis Winston Memorial Lecture, Henry Halloran Trust, University of Sydney.

References

University of Sydney people Architects from Sydney Australian Commanders of the Order of the British Empire 1908 births 1980 deaths {{Australia-architect-stub