SEDGLEY, Walter Collection
Architecture Museum, University of South Australia
Sedgley, Walter John Morgan
Series
64
Biography
Born on 16 March 1888 at Gawler, Walter Mongan Sedgley’s family lived at Waranda Wells, east of Ceduna, on the west coast of South Australia. He was married to Olive Victoria Sedgley. He died on 16 April 1971.
In 1906 he entered the works and Buildings Department as a cadet and was subsequently appointed as draughtsman in that department. He studied at the South Australian School of Mines and Industries. In October 1913 he resigned to accept an appointment with the Defence Department. During World War One, in June 1917 he embarked with the 25th Battalion, 20th Regiment as a Regimental Sergeant Major (Warrant Officer Class II). While he was overseas he ‘spent two months on Town Planning sites with Paignton Council, Devon, England and visited Paris, Brussels, Cologne, London, Dublin, Belfast, Cork, Edinburgh, Salisbury etc, etc whilst on leave’(SAIA Roll Book) returning to Australia in December 1919.
In March 1920 Sedgley took over the position of Draughtsman and Assistant Building Surveyor in the office of the City Engineer, Adelaide. During this period he worked on buildings including the Golf House, North Adelaide (1922), adding twenty-three shops to City Arcade, Adelaide in 1923 and the reinstatement of the arcade after fire damage in 1924, and alterations and additions to Eagle Chambers, Pirie Street, Adelaide (1924).
Sedgley was admitted as an Associate of the Queensland Institute of Architects in April 1917. He was admitted as a Fellow of the South Australian Institute of Architects in 1927. Sedgely was nominated as President of the South Australian Institute of Architects and served in this role from 1948 to 1950.
Sources
Page, M. (1986) Sculptors in Space: South Australian Architects 1836-1986, RAIA (SA Chapter), Adelaide.
South Australian Institute of Architects Roll Book, 1886-1929, Cheesman collection S347/1/7, Architecture Museum.
‘School of Mines and Industries’, Advertiser, 25 October 1910, p.12.
Collection Description
Contains 26 series of material related to the career of Walter J. M. Sedgley. Includes a drawing of the Adelaide University Union Building from 1927; various architectural drawings; blueprints of Dept. of Defence Furniture; architectural prints of Brisbane Town Hall; calculations and notes on various projects.; calculations for a grain silo; a copy of a drawing of a coat of arms; correspondence and reports by Sedgley as consultant building surveyor 1961-63; correspondence drafts and reports; design of structure for St Andrews Church of England, Lucindale; French-English dictionary and souvenir programme; magazine clippings on architectural subjects; a manuscript titled 'The Builder and Building Act, 1923- 53’; miscellaneous note books; notes and regulations regarding Local Government Law and Practice; notes for lecture on Building Contracts; papers and lecture notes belonging to J.G. Sedgley; items relating to the Port (of New York) Authority Bus Terminal, Manhattan, 1951; printed items, mainly regulations and government acts; receipt books, December 1957-June 1964; reference tables for stress calculations; a report on A.M.F. Hospital Committee on military hospitals; specifications for buildings; specifications of various projects 1940-70; text books, syllabus and exam papers; and a watercolour by Sedgley.
Series List
| Series | Description |
| S54 | Correspondence and Reports |
| S55 | Correspondence drafts and reports |
| S56 | Specifications of various projects |
| S57 | Specifications for buildings |
| S58 | Calculations and Notes on Various Projects |
| S59 | Calculations for Grain Silo |
| S60 | Text Books, Syllabus and Exam Papers |
| S61 | Papers and Lecture Notes, University of Adelaide |
| S62 | Notes for Lecture on Building Contracts |
| S63 | Reference Tables |
| S64 | Notes and regulations regarding Local Government Law and Practice |
| S65 | Manuscript, The Builder and Building Act, 1923-53 |
| S66 | Miscellaneous Note Books |
| S67 | Design of Structure for St Andrews Church of England, Lucindale |
| S68 | Port (of New York) Authority Bus Terminal, Manhattan, 1951 |
| S69 | Blueprints of Department of Defence Furniture |
| S70 | Adelaide University Union Building Drawing 1927 |
| S71 | Receipt Books |
| S72 | Report on AMF Hospital Committee on Military Hospitals |
| S73 | Printed Items |
| S74 | French English Dictionary and Official Programme |
| S356 | Brisbane Town Hall, Magazine Clipping and Reprographic Prints |
| S357 | Watercolour |
| S358 | Architectural Drawings |
| S359 | Magazine Clippings on Architectural Subjects |
| S360 | Copy of Drawing of Coat of Arms |