Manning Clark House

The Manning Clark House, designed by Australian architect, Robin Boyd in 1952, is a house located at 11 Tasmania Circle, Forrest, a suburb of Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory. The house was built for Professor Manning Clark (1915 – 1991), described as "Australia's most famous historian",[1] and his wife, Dymphna Clark, (1916 – 2000), a linguist and educator.[2]

Manning Clark House
Manning and Dymphna Clark's home in Forrest, where they lived from 1955 until Manning's death in 1991 and Dymphna's in 2000.
Alternative namesManning Clark home
General information
StatusCompleted
Architectural styleInternational Modern Movement
Location11 Tasmania Circle, Forrest, Australian Capital Territory
CountryAustralia
Completed1952
ClientManning and Dymphna Clark
Design and construction
Architect(s)Robin Boyd

The house in now home to Manning Clark House Inc. (MCH), a community based institution that nurtures creative practice and research in Australian history, human rights, literature, music, visual art, and indigenous culture, as well as discussion and debate on issues of public importance and all areas of scholarly interest. The organisation supports the intellectual and creative community through a network of scholars and community garden. The program includes public lectures, open forums, seminars, conferences, art exhibitions, poetry readings, concerts, book launches, human rights education, and social gatherings in the former home of Manning and Dymphna Clark.[3]

Following the 2000 death of Dymphna Clark, the house was transferred to community use.

A full calendar of events is available on the webpage.

References
  1. Graeme Davidson and others, The Oxford Companion to Australian History, Oxford University Press 1998, 128
  2. Jones, Philip (May 2000) Dymphna Clark obituary, theguardian.com; accessed 6 June 2015.
  3. Manning Clark House website Archived 3 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine
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