From the OHTA Archive
Surveys carried out by John Stiller, OHTA research officer.Copies of the documentations are housed at the University of Melbourne Archives, telephone 03 9347 6788.
- Complete index of documentations
- Glossary to the documentations
- St Kilian, Bendigo Organ by August Randebrock (Paderborn, Germany) 1871
- Albert Hall, Launceston Organ by Charles Brindley (Sheffield, UK) 1860
- SS. Peter and Paul R.C. Cathedral, Goulburn Organ by Hill & Son 1890
- John Maidment and David Shield, OHTA News: Contents 1977-2000
Profiles of Australian Organbuilders
- William Anderson (1832-1921)
- J.E. Dodd (1856-1952)
- George Fincham (1828-1910)
- George Bowring Fincham (1917-2008)
- Alfred Fuller (1845-1923)
- Samuel Joscelyne (1802-1877)
- Stephen Laurie (1914-2006)
- Paul Hufner (1918-2010)
Historical Overviews
- Robert Ampt, The City Organists of Sydney
- Geoffrey Cox, A Brief History of Pipe Organs and Pipe Organ Buiding in Queensland
- Bruce Duncan, Pipe organs and organ building in the Northern Territory
- J.R. Elms, Organs and organbuilding in Western Australia a short account
- John Maidment, The organ in Australia a brief history
- John Maidment, A Brief History of Pipe Organbuilding in Victoria
- John Maidment, 21 years of OHTA
- William Pierce, Organ building in NSW between 1850 and 1900 a BA (Hons) thesis of 1953
Opus Lists & Order Books
- Geoffrey Cox, Hill & Son records for Australia and New Zealand
- Geo. Fincham & Son 1902 brochure
- John Maidment, Hill, Norman & Beard Australian orders 1928-1974 (updated Aug. 2007)
- John Maidment, List of organs built by Knud Smenge Pty Ltd
- John Maidment, List of technical drawings from Laurie Pipe Organs
- Bruce Naylor, J.E. Dodd list of contracts
- Graeme Rushworth, A century plus of Fincham organs
Other Articles from OHTA News
- Robert Boughen, The Who, When, Where, What and Why of Australian organ composition
- Cecil Clutton, Pitch and related problems
- Simon Colvin, The Wireless Organ
- Harold Fabrikant, Sigfrid Karg-Elert and the Australian Connection
- Mark Fisher, Reversing the Past
- Stuart Garside, Historic organ restorations: are they the simplest or most difficult restorations of all?
- Alan Glover, Frederick Earle (1876-1961)
- Alan Glover, Dorothy Glover
- John Hargraves, The Fincham way
- John Hargraves, Restoration Documentation - a New Zealand Perspective
- Kelvin Hastie, The Conservation of Organs in an Age of Uncertainty
- Kelvin Hastie, Attitudes to organs in the Wesleyan churches of New South Wales 1855-1902
- Patricia Kovacic, A.C. Lenton (1887-1949)
- Peter Jewkes, Restorations in Retrospect and Prospect
- Thomas C. Lewis, A Protest Against the Modern Development of Unmusical Tone
- John Maidment, T.C. Lewis
- John Maidment, George Fincham's tonal palette: some thoughts on tonal design
- John Maidment, Amateur and professional: the organ in private residences in Australia
- John Maidment, Harold A. Rooksby (1907-2001)
- John Maidment, The Development of the 'Unit' Organ in Australia
- Timothy McEwen, The Future of Australian Organbuilding
- Ronald G. Newton, "A skilled and refined artist in this department":
A fresh appreciation of the career of Arthur Hobday - Marc Nobel, The Decoration of the Victorian Organ
- LINDSAY ARTHUR O'NEILL
- Graeme Rushworth, "Anon." organs - their identification by style recognition and comparison
- Graeme Rushworth, Notes on some early Tasmanian organs
And also on the commencement of the Hobart Town Choral Society - Graeme Rushworth, The 'Port Arthur' Organ: Fact and Legend
- David Shield, The Elusive Miss Brown: Organists of South Australia
- David Shield, Telecom, J.E. Dodd, Hornby trains and pipe organs - recognising and maintaining our heritage
- David Shield, Charles Henry Compton: Championing the Hill
- Eric Stokes, The protection of organs against fire
- Beth Williams, R.E.V. Church (1901-1985)
- EXTRACTS FROM TARIFF REPORT OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION TOGETHER WITH APPENDICES AND MINUTES OF EVIDENCE
Other Sources
- Picture Australia, National Library of Australia.
This searchable collection contains numerous organ pictures.