of this period by two significant artists, who were selected as the winners of design competitions by the Reserve Bank. The furnishings by Fred Ward are of historical and aesthetic significance. Designed for the building by Ward, who was one of the leaders in modern Australian industrial design at this time, the furnishings are of a simple and functional design which are now considered to be pieces of art in themselves The Reserve Bank head office building is associated with successive governors of the Reserve Bank: Dr. H.C. Coombs; J.G. Phillips (KBE); H.M. Knight KBE DSC; R.A. Johnston (AC); B.W. Fraser and I.J. Macfarlane. The building is also associated with personnel of the Commonwealth Department of Works, Banks and Special Projects branch, responsible for the building's design in particular: C. McGrowther; Professor H.I. Ashworth; C.D. Osborne; R.M. Ure; F.C. Crocker; G.A. Rowe; as well as E.A. Watts (builders for both stages of construction) and Frederick Ward (furniture designer). See also Reserve Bank of Australia Building, Canberra References Bibliography Architecture in Australia "Reserve Bank of Australia" September 1966. Australian Heritage Commission, Register of the National Estate, Place Reports for Reserve Bank, Canberra and Reserve Bank, Adelaide. City of Sydney, Heritage Database Inventory Report "Reserve Bank". Drill Hall Gallery Catalogue "Fred Ward: A selection of Furniture and Drawings" Drill Hall Gallery: 2 May-16 June 1996. Noel Bell Ridley Smith & Partners Pty Ltd. "The Reserve Bank 65 Martin Place Sydney 2000 Conservation Management Plan" June 2001. Proposed headquarters, Sydney, for the Reserve Bank of Australia. 1959. Folios F 725.24099441 Royal Australian Institute of Architects, Register of Twentieth Century Buildings of Significance: "Heritage Inventory Report: Reserve Bank, 2000". Staples, M. "From Pillar to Post: Regional heritage and the erasure of Modernist architecture" in Rural Society Journal Volume 9 No 1, 1999. Taylor, J. "Post World War II Multistoried Office Buildings in Australia (1945–1967)" Report. For the Australian Heritage Commission 1994. Woodhead International & Noel Bell Ridley Smith & Partners Architects Pty Limited. "Revised Statement of Heritage Impact: Reserve Bank of Australia- Head Office Consolidation, 65 Martin Place, Sydney, New South Wales". Revised May 2001. Other sources of information Bloomfield Galleries: Information on Margel Hinder Information on Fred Ward from the Drill Hall Gallery. Reserve Bank of Australia Web site www.rba.gov.au Attribution External links Commonwealth Heritage List places in New South Wales Office buildings in Sydney Bank buildings in New South Wales Articles incorporating