By Professor Robert Freestone

Journal articles

Gordon D; Mars JH; Varady DP; Jackson T; Freestone R; Taylor N; Keating D; Wood C, 2001, 'Book reviews', Town Planning Review, 72, pp. 481 - 492, http://dx.doi.org/10.3828/tpr.2001.72.4.481

Freestone R; Nichols D, 2001, 'From Planning History to Community Action: Metropolitan Adelaide`s Internal Reserves', Journal of the Historical Society of South Australia, pp. 21 - 33

Freestone R, 2001, 'Imperial Cities: landscape, Display and Identity', Town Planning Review, 72, pp. 487 - 488

Freestone R, 2001, 'The Planned Suburb', Locality: The Community History Magazine, pp. 2 - 3

Freestone R, 2001, 'The Planned Suburb', Locality: The Community History Magazine, pp. 12 - 15

Freestone R, 2000, '‘World winners in planning’: A report on the 28th National Congress of the Royal Australian Planning Institute held in Sydney, 3–6 October 2000', Australian Planner, 37, pp. 205 - 207, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07293682.2000.9657915

Freestone R, 2000, 'Master plans and planning commissions in the 1920s: The Australian experience', Planning Perspectives, 15, pp. 301 - 322

Freestone R; Pfister N; Murphy PA, 2000, 'Polycentricity or Dispersion? Changes in Center Employment in metropolitan Sydney, 1981 to 1996', Urban Geography, 21, pp. 428 - 442

Freestone R, 1999, 'Unsettling cities: movement/settlement', ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING B-PLANNING & DESIGN, 26, pp. 926 - 927, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000083696400010&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Freestone R, 1999, 'Early Historic Preservation in Australia: The Walter Burley Griffin Connection', Landscape Journal, 18, pp. 79 - 87

Freestone R, 1999, 'Preserving Sydney`s Built Heritage in the Early Twentieth Century', Australian Historical Studies, pp. 44 - 60

Freestone R, 1999, 'Review of J Allen, D Massey and M Pryke`s Unsettling Cities: Movement/Settlement', Environment and Planning B - Planning and Design, pp. 926 - 927

Whitehead C; Freestone R; Imrie R; Conradson D; Maguire DJ, 1999, 'Reviews: Rent Control: Regulation and the Rental Housing Market, Unsettling Cities: Movement/Settlement, Social Enterprise Zones: Building Innovation into Regeneration, Critical Vehicles: Writings, Projects, Interviews, Geographic Information Systems: An Introduction', Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, 26, pp. 925 - 930, http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/b260925

Freestone R; Grubb M, 1998, 'The Melbourne metropolitan town planning commission, 1922‐30', Journal of Australian Studies, 22, pp. 128 - 144, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14443059809387387

Freestone R, 1998, 'An Imperial Aspect: The Australasian Town Planning Tour of 1914-15', Australian Journal of Politics and History, pp. 159 - 176

Freestone R; Murphy PA, 1998, 'Metropolitan Restructuring and Suburban Employment Centers: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on the Australian Experience', Journal of the American Planning Association, pp. 286 - 297

Freestone R, 1998, 'Review of G. Davison et al `The Cream Brick Frontier`', Public History, pp. 177 - 179

Freestone R, 1998, 'Review of R.K. Home`s `Of Planting and Planning`', Journal of Historical Geography, pp. 380 - 382

Freestone R, 1998, 'The City Beautiful: Towards an Understanding of the Australian Experience', Journal of Architectural and Planning Research, 15, pp. 91 - 108

Freestone R; Grub M, 1998, 'The Melbourne Metropolitan Town Planning Commission, 1922-1930', Journal of Australian Studies, pp. 128 - 144

Freestone R, 1997, 'Book Reviews : Planning for our cultural heritage. Edited by H. Coccossis and P. Nijkamp. Aldershot, Avebury. 1995. xvi + 218 pp. £35.00, cloth. ISBN 1 85972 178 8', Ecumene, 4, pp. 235 - 237, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/147447409700400212

Freestone R, 1997, 'New Suburban centres: An Australian perspective', Landscape and Urban Planning, pp. 247 - 257

Freestone R, 1997, 'Review of H. Coccossis and P.J. Nijkamp `Planning for our cultural heritage`', Ecumene, pp. 235 - 237

Freestone R, 1997, 'Third Australian History/Urban History Conference', Planning History, pp. 33 - 34

Freestone R, 1996, 'Sulman of Sydney: modern planning in theory and practice 1890-1930', Town Planning Review, pp. 45 - 63

Freestone R, 1996, 'The making of an Australian technoburb', Australian Geographical Studies, pp. 18 - 31

Freestone R, 1996, 'The shattered dream: postwar modernism, urban planning and the career of Walter Bunning', Environment and Planning, pp. 731 - 752

Freestone R, 1995, 'From icons to institutions: heritage conservation in Sydney', International Journal of Heritage Studies, 1, pp. 79 - 90

Freestone R; Veale S, 1995, 'The street beautiful: triumphal arches and urban improvement in Sydney 1888-1925', Public History, pp. 25 - 40

Freestone R, 1995, 'Women in the Australian town planning movement 1990-1950', Planning Perspectives, 10, pp. 259 - 277

FREESTONE R, 1994, 'CITIES AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT - LEGACY OF THE PAST - CONFERENCE, HONG-KONG, JUNE 1994', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF URBAN AND REGIONAL RESEARCH, 18, pp. 703 - 705, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2427.1994.tb00294.x

Freestone R, 1994, 'Heritage decisions by New South Wales Commissions of Inquiry 1980-1990', Environmental and Planning Law Journal, 11, pp. 479 - 491

Freestone R, 1993, 'Heritage, urban planning, and the postmodern city', Australian Geographer, 24, pp. 17 - 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00049189308703074

Freestone R; Hutchings A, 1993, 'Planning history in Australia: The state of the art', Planning Perspectives, 8, pp. 72 - 91, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02665439308725764

Freestone R, 1991, 'The mittagong maltings: History, cultural significance and conservation', Australian Geographer, 22, pp. 147 - 160, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00049189108703042

Freestone R, 1986, 'Exporting the garden city: Metropolitan images in Australia, 1900-1930', Planning Perspectives, 1, pp. 61 - 84, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02665438608725613

Freestone R, 1983, 'Australia and the garden city tradition.', Town & Country Planning, 52, pp. 180 - 183

Freestone R, 1983, 'John Sulman and 'the laying out of towns' ( Australia).', Planning History Bulletin, 5, pp. 18 - 24

FREESTONE R, 1982, 'The garden city idea in Australia', Australian Geographical Studies, 20, pp. 24 - 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8470.1982.tb00392.x

Freestone R, 1982, 'The history of urban and regional planning in Australia: a supplement to Sutcliffe.', Planning History Bulletin, 4, pp. 30 - 39

Freestone RG, 1981, 'Coastal environmental quality and management in Australia.', Transition, Quarterly Journal of the Socially and Ecologically Responsible Geographers, 10, pp. 2 - 10

Freestone R, 1981, 'The making of an urban public facility system: the case of the public library ( USA).', Geographical Perspectives, 47, pp. 6 - 15

Freestone R, 1977, 'Provision of Child Care Facilities in Sydney', Australian Geographer, 13, pp. 318 - 325, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00049187708702709

Conference Papers

Tighe J; Murray A; Freestone R, 2022, 'Mapping the Incomplete City: A Half Century of Urban Change in Central Sydney', University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, presented at The 39th annual conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, 25 November 2022 - 27 November 2022

Freestone R; Pullan N, 2019, '"Enthusiasm, Energy and Originality": The Influence of Harry Rembert's European Architectural Investigations on Australian Post-War University Design', in Leach A; Stickells L (ed.), Proceedings of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand 36, Distance Looks Back, Sydney, pp. 324 - 338, presented at SAHANZ, Sydney, 10 July 2019 - 13 July 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/27705

Freestone R; Pullan N, 2018, 'Evolution of spatial planning strategies at Australian university campuses 1949-2017', in Proceedings of the 18th International Planning History Society Conference, Yokohama, pp. 801 - 812, presented at Looking at the World History of Planning, Yokohama, 15 July 2018 - 19 July 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/26708

Freestone R; Pullan N, 2018, 'Adaptive Master Planning: Making and Remaking the UNSW Campus 1949-1959', in McShane I; Taylor E; Porter L; Woodcock I (eds.), Remaking Cities:: Proceedings of the 14th Australasian Urban History Planning History Conference 2018, RMIT Centre for Urban Research, Melbourne, pp. 143 - 156, presented at Remaking Cities: Urban History Planning History, Melbourne, 30 January 2018 - 02 February 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.25916/5c2427512d85e

Freestone R; Pullan N, 2018, 'Professionalising Planning: The Town and Country Planning Institute of NSW 1934-1953', in McShane I; Taylor E; Porter L; Woodcock (eds.), Remaking Cities: Proceedings of the 14th Australasian Urban History Planning History Conference 2018, RMIT Centre for Urban Research, Melbourne, pp. 157 - 167, presented at Remaking Cities: urban History Planning History, Melbourne, 30 January 2018 - 02 February 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/26971

Freestone R; Goodman R; Burton P, 2017, 'The state of the art: New Zealand planners reflect on education, capabilities, and confronting the future', in Miller C (ed.), The Proceedings of the 2017 Rodney Davies Symposium, New Zealand Planning Institute, Wellington, pp. 5 - 18, presented at Changing Places: New Zealand Planning Institute Conference, Wellington, 05 April 2017 - 07 April 2017, http://www.planning.org.nz/Attachment?Action=Download&Attachment_id=4540

Baker S; Freestone R; Davison G, 2016, 'Public and private benefits of competitive design processes in central Sydney', in International Urban Design Conference Proceedings 2016, Association for Sustainability in Business, Canberra, pp. 294 - 312, presented at International Urban Design Conference, Canberra, 07 November 2016 - 09 November 2016, http://urbandesignaustralia.com.au/archives/16/ud-boppr16.pdf

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