# William Hardwick

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{{for|the American politician|William G. Hardwick}}
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|name                 = W.B Hardwick
|image                = General Post Office, Perth c1929.jpg
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|caption              = [General Post Office, Perth](/source/General_Post_Office%2C_Perth)
|birth_date           = December 1860
|birth_place          = [Rylstone, New South Wales](/source/Rylstone%2C_New_South_Wales) 
|birth_name           = William Burden Hardwick 
|death_date           = 2 October 1941
|death_place          = [South Perth, Western Australia](/source/South_Perth%2C_Western_Australia)
|practice             = [Principal Architect (Western Australia)](/source/Principal_Architect_(Western_Australia))
|significant_buildings= [Northam Senior High School](/source/Northam_Senior_High_School) (1921)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://register.heritage.wa.gov.au/PDF_Files/N%20Reg/Northam%20SHS%20(P).PDF|title=Heritage Council of WA - Register of Heritage places|year=2007|access-date=2012-05-05|archive-date=27 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227122204/http://register.heritage.wa.gov.au/PDF_Files/N%20Reg/Northam%20SHS%20(P).PDF|url-status=dead}}</ref><br>[Bunbury Senior High School](/source/Bunbury_Senior_High_School) (1923)<ref name="twa1">{{cite web
  | title =Mr W.B. Hardwick - Dead - Former Principal Architect
  | work =West Australian
 | date =2 October 1941
 | page =4
 | publisher =The West Australian
  | url =https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/47163354
  | access-date = 5 May 2012 }}</ref><br>[Albany Senior High School](/source/Albany_Senior_High_School%2C_Western_Australia) (1924)<ref name="twa1"/>
|significant_projects = 
|significant_design   = [Old Modernians War Memorial](/source/Perth_Modern_School) (1922)<ref name=wma>{{cite web
  | title =War Memorials in Australia
  | publisher =Michael Southwell-Keely
  | url =http://www.msk.id.au/memorials2/search.php?search=view&id=1245&city=&district=&state=&townsuburb=&postcode=&page=167
  | access-date = 5 May 2012 }}</ref>
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'''William Burden Hardwick''' (1860 – 1941),<ref name="twa1"/> often referred to professionally as '''W.B. Hardwick''',  was an [Australian](/source/Australians) [architect](/source/architect) who from 1917 until 1927 was [Principal Architect](/source/Principal_Architect_(Western_Australia)) of the [Public Works Department](/source/Public_Works_Department_(Western_Australia)) in [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia).<ref name=aia>{{cite web
  | title =History of the WA Architectural Profession
  | publisher =Australia Institute of Architects
  | url =http://www.architecture.com.au/i-cms?page=3517
  | access-date = 5 May 2012 }}</ref> ''The Encyclopedia of Australian Architecture'' refers to Hardwick as being "well known for continuing the high standards of design in public buildings established during the gold boom, particularly in hospitals, schools and post offices throughout the state".<ref name="teaa">{{cite book | title=The Encyclopedia of Australian Architecture | author=Ingrid van Bremen | year=2012 | publisher=Cambridge University Press | location=Port Melbourne }}</ref>

==Family==
Hardwick was born in [Rylstone, New South Wales](/source/Rylstone%2C_New_South_Wales), the son of Rebecca (née White) and [John William Hardwick](/source/John_William_Hardwick) (1826 - 1891).<ref name=daao>{{cite web
  | title =John William Hardwick
  | publisher =Design & Art Australia Online
  | url =http://www.daao.org.au/bio/john-william-hardwick/
  | access-date = 5 May 2012 }}</ref> In 1852, at the age of 26, his father had migrated to [Australia](/source/Australia) with £1,000. On arrival he travelled the south eastern states and sketched the sites as he went. He established a general store in Rylstone and married in 1856. William Burden was the third of ten children and he took his paternal grandfather's first name as his first name and his maternal grandmother's maiden name as his middle name.<ref name=cim>{{cite web
  | title =Harold Hardwick, Architect of Mudgee
  | publisher =Colonial Inn Museum - Mudgee
  | url =http://www.mudgeemuseum.com/?i=523/mudgee-architect
  | access-date = 5 May 2012 }}</ref>

==Education and early years==
left|thumb|Newington College, Silverwater
left|thumb|Albany Senior High School
In 1873, at 12 years of age, Hardwick commenced senior education, in [Sydney](/source/Sydney), as a boarding student of [Newington College](/source/Newington_College). His older brothers, George and Edward, had started there as boarders two years earlier. The college was then still at [Newington House](/source/Newington_House) on the [Parramatta River](/source/Parramatta_River) and his years at Newington coincided with the Presidency of the [Reverend](/source/Reverend) [Joseph Horner Fletcher](/source/Joseph_Horner_Fletcher).<ref>''Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998'' (Sydney, 1999) pp 24</ref> After leaving school, Hardwick served his [articles](/source/Articled_clerk) in architecture in private practice in [Victoria](/source/Victoria%2C_Australia) and worked in that state until the [Australian banking crisis of 1893](/source/Australian_banking_crisis_of_1893) when he moved to [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia).<ref name="twa1"/>

==Public Works Department==
Hardwick moved to Perth and early in 1894 entered the [Public Works Department (Western Australia)](/source/Public_Works_Department_(Western_Australia)) as a [draughtsman](/source/Drafter). In 1907 he was appointed architect and in 1917 was promoted to the office of Principal Architect.<ref name="teaa"/> Whilst holding this position he was responsible for designing the [Wyndham Meatworks](/source/Wyndham%2C_Western_Australia), the [General Post Office, Perth](/source/General_Post_Office%2C_Perth) (in collaboration with the Commonwealth Architect, [John Smith Murdoch](/source/John_Smith_Murdoch)), the [Albany](/source/Albany_Senior_High_School%2C_Western_Australia), [Bunbury](/source/Bunbury_Senior_High_School) and [Northam](/source/Northam_Senior_High_School) [high schools](/source/secondary_education), and a large number of [post office](/source/post_office)s throughout the state. The [Wooroloo Sanatorium](/source/Wooroloo_Sanatorium_and_cemetery) was officially opened in 1915, designed by [Hillson Beasley](/source/List_of_Australian_architects) and Hardwick.<ref name=twa>{{cite web
  | title =Former Wooroloo Sanatorium
  | publisher =Heritage Council of WA
  | url =http://register.heritage.wa.gov.au/viewplace.html?place_seq=29782&offset=2&view=associations
  | access-date = 5 May 2012 }}</ref> In 1929, the [Point Heathcote Reception Home](/source/Point_Heathcote), later known as Heathcote Hospital, for the treatment of patients with mental illness, was opened to Hardwick's design.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://register.heritage.wa.gov.au/PDF_Files/H%20Reg/Heathcote%20Hospital%20(I).PDF |title=Heritage Council of WA - Register of Heritage places|year=2007|access-date=2012-05-05}}</ref> He was a Fellow of the [Victorian and Western Australian Institutes of Architects](/source/Australian_Institute_of_Architects).<ref name=twa2>{{cite web
  | title =A veteran civil servant - Mr Hardwick Retires
  | work =West Australian
 | date =19 December 1930
 | page =18
 | publisher =The West Australian
  | url =http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article33006092?searchTerm=W.%20B.%20Hardwick&searchLimits=
  | access-date = 5 May 2012 }}</ref>

==Workers' Homes Board==
In 1912, Hardwick was appointed a member of the Workers' Homes Board on its establishment and in 1913 was made chairman. He held that position until his retirement in 1930 during which time the total capital expenditure by the board was £3,000,000 covering about 5,000 homes.<ref name="twa2"/>

==Town planning==
Hardwick visited England in 1910, and on his return published a collection of articles on town planning. Later he was a member of the Town Planning Association and assisted in the drafting of the Town Planning Bill for Western Australia.<ref name="twa1"/> Hardwick's 1911 proposal to remove the Perth railways yards and to underground the [Fremantle](/source/Fremantle_railway_line)-[Midland](/source/Midland_line%2C_Perth) line as far west as [Subiaco](/source/Subiaco%2C_Western_Australia), and convert the land above to the west of the Perth Station into a grassy mall, graced by public buildings, terminating at its western end in a circus or a ''[Parisian Étoile](/source/Place_de_l'%C3%89toile)'' on which nine streets were to converge, is now celebrated as a lost opportunity.<ref name=cv>{{cite web
  | title =Making the City of Perth a Capital City for all West Australians
  | publisher =City Vision
  | url =http://www.cityvision.org.au/2011/10/response-to-wapc-capital-city-planning-framework/
  | access-date = 5 May 2012 }}</ref>

==Death==
On his death in 1941, Hardwick was survived by his widow and five children.<ref name="twa2"/> His younger brother, [Harold Robert Hardwick](/source/Harold_Robert_Hardwick) (1866 - 1935), an architect in [Mudgee, New South Wales](/source/Mudgee%2C_New_South_Wales), predeceased him.<ref name="cim"/>

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==References==
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