Hilda Abbott b. 1 January 1890

  • Artist (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
Abbott was an interior designer and an early member of the Society of Interior Designers of Australia. Working with the architect, Robert Maclurcan, she was responsible for the interior design of the 1950s remodelling of the Wentworth Hotel. Associated with broadcasting in the 1950s, she also designed rooms in the Canberra Motel, the Metropole Hotel and the interiors of the Governor's Residence, Darwin.

Citations

  • anon (1 January 1953), '“Gay colours not only at home.”’. Sydney Morning Herald, 10 September 1953

  • Hilda Abbott (1 January 1959), '“Local Colour is a Good Hotel Attraction.”’. Hotel and Cafe News, May 1959, pps.14-15

  • anon (1 January 1957), '“Specialist in a Professional Line.”’. Hotel and Cafe News, February 1957, pps.16-17

  • anon.“The Qantas Corroboree Room.” Hotel and Cafe News, September 1954, pps.12-13

  • David Carment, 'Abbott, Hilda Gertrude (1890–1984)’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, 1993

    http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/abbott-hilda-gertrude-9987

  • “Honor for Country Hotel.” Hotel and Cafe News, March 1954, pp30-31 (illus)

  • “Banyal Suka.” interior design for Ellice Nosworthy, Aust. House and Garden, June 1959, pp.16-17, 65-66. (illustrated)