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Professor Robert Freestone

Professor Robert Freestone

Professor

PhD(Macq), MA(Minn) BSc(UNSW), FASSA FAHA FIAG RPIA (Fellow)

Arts, Design & Architecture
School of Built Environment

I have diverse research interests in urban studies and planning education, being highly regarded internationally for expertise in the development of urban planning. I joined UNSW in 1991 after six years with a Sydney planning, research and heritage consultant firm as well as working for the NSW State Government. Over the course of my career, I have authored over 400 publications. My research has been credited with making “an unparalleled contribution to urban planning and planning history research” by leading academics in the field. I have been awarded several Planning Institute of Australia Prizes for Planning Excellence for his published work. I am a Fellow of the Institute (in recognition of “conspicuous service rendered the profession”) and also the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, the Australian Academy of Humanities, and the Institute of Australian Geographers. My teaching encompasses research design and urban history, and I have supervised postgraduate research students continually since the mid-1990s. I have played a key strategic role in School, Faculty and University Governance, notably through terms as Head of the City Planning program and Associate Dean Research for Built Environment. Amongst a range of external engagement duties I sit on the editorial boards of leading journals such as Cities, Town Planning Review, Progress in Planning and Australian Planner. I also chair the international editorial board for Planning Perspectives.

Phone
+61-2-93854836
E-mail
r.freestone@unsw.edu.au
Location
Red Centre West Wing, Room 2002
  • Books | 2024
    Nichols D; Freestone R, 2024, COMMUNITY GREEN: Rediscovering the Enclosed Spaces of the Garden Suburb Tradition,
    Books | 2020
    Freestone R; Hamnett S, 2020, Introduction,
    Books | 2019
    Freestone R; Davison G; Hu R, 2019, Designing the Global City Design Excellence, Competitions and the Remaking of Central Sydney, Springer, Singapore,
    Books | 2016
    Freestone R; Amati M, 2016, Exhibitions and the development of modern planning culture,
    Books | 2013
    Freestone R, 2013, Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning 5, Hibbard M; Freestone R; Sager TO, (eds.), Routledge, London
    Books | 2010
    Freestone R, 2010, Urban Nation: Australia`s Planning Heritage, First, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne
    Books | 2009
    Freestone R; Williams PJ; Foster K, 2009, National Aviation Policy: Green Paper Submission, City Futures Research Centre, Faculty of the Built Environment, University of New South Wales
    Books | 2009
    SGE EAPPL; Freestone R, 2009, Global Sydney: Challenges and Opportunities for a Competitive Global City, Original, Committee for Sydney, Sydney
    Books | 2008
    Freestone R; Hanna B, 2008, Florence Taylor`s Hats: Designing, Building and Editing Sydney, Original, Halstead Press, Sydney
    Books | 2008
    Freestone R; Williams PJ; Foster K, 2008, Towards a National Aviation Policy Statement City Futures Issue Paper No. 5, City Futures Research Centre, on-line
    Books | 2007
    Freestone R, 2007, Designing Australia`s Cities: Culture, Commerce and the City Beautiful, 1900-1930, Original, University of New South Wales Press, Sydeny
    Books | 1997
    Freestone R, 1997, The Federal Capital of Australia: A Virtual Planning History, Original, Australian National University, Canberra
  • Book Chapters | 2024
    Freestone R; Pullan N, 2024, 'Whither the New Town in Contemporary Australian Planning?', in Australia and China Perspectives on Urban Regeneration and Rural Revitalization, pp. 9 - 27,
    Book Chapters | 2022
    Kolankiewicz V; Nichols D; Freestone R, 2022, 'New Cities', in The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Futures, Springer International Publishing, pp. 1 - 7,
    Book Chapters | 2022
    Kolankiewicz V; Nichols D; Freestone R, 2022, 'New Cities', in The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Futures, Springer International Publishing, pp. 1148 - 1154,
    Book Chapters | 2022
    Zeunert J; Freestone R, 2022, 'From Rural Lands to Agribusiness Precincts: Agriculture in Metropolitan Sydney 1948–2018', in Brisotto C; Lemes de Oliveira F (ed.), Re-Imagining Resilient Productive Landscapes: Perspectives from Planning History, Springer Nature, pp. 247 - 272,
    Book Chapters | 2021
    Davison G; Freestone R; Hu R, 2021, 'The impacts of mandatory design competitions on urban design quality in Sydney, Australia', in Alaily-Mattar N; Thierstein A (ed.), Urban Transformations Through Exceptional Architecture, Routledge, London, pp. 93 - 113,
    Book Chapters | 2021
    Freestone R; Pinnegar S, 2021, 'Sydney', in The Routledge Handbook of Regional Design, pp. 263 - 283,
    Book Chapters | 2021
    Freestone R; Pinnegar S, 2021, 'Sydney: Evolution toward a Tri-city Metropolitan Region and Beyond', in Neumann M; Zonnenfeld W (ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Regional Design, Routledge, New York, pp. 263 - 283,
    Book Chapters | 2021
    Freestone R, 2021, 'A Brief History of New Towns', in Peiser R; Forsyth A (ed.), New Towns for the Twenty-First Century: A Guide to Planned Communities Worldwide., University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, pp. 14 - 31
    Book Chapters | 2020
    Freestone R; Hamnett S, 2020, 'Introduction', in The Australian Metropolis, Taylor & Francis, pp. 1 - 10,
    Book Chapters | 2020
    Freestone R, 2020, 'Planning History', in Leigh NG; French SP; Guhathakurta S; Stiftel B (ed.), The Routledge Handbook of International Planning Education, Routledge, New York, pp. 31 - 43,
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Freestone R; Nichols D, 2019, 'The Modern City and Suburb', in Lewi H; Goad P (ed.), Australia Modern Architecture, Landscape & Design 1925 - 1975, Thames and Hudson, Melbourne, pp. 72 - 77
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Freestone R, 2019, 'City Beautiful Movement', in Orum A (ed.), The Wiley Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Studies, Wiley Blackwell, New York, pp. 1 - 6,
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Garnaut C; Freestone R, 2019, 'Colonel Light Gardens: History, Heritage and the Enduring Garden Suburb in Adelaide, South Australia', in Sies MC; Gournay I; Freestone R (ed.), Iconic Planned Communities and the Challenge of Change, University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, pp. 132 - 155,
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Sies MC; Gournay I; Freestone R, 2019, 'Toward Critical Resilience in Iconic Planned Communities', in Sies MC; Gournay I; Freestone R (ed.), Iconic Planned Communities and the Challenge of Change, University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, pp. 1 - 20,
    Book Chapters | 2018
    Freestone R; Randolph B; Pinnegar S, 2018, 'Suburbanization in Australia', in The Routledge Companion to the Suburbs, Routledge, pp. 72 - 86,
    Book Chapters | 2018
    Freestone R; Randolph B; Pinnegar S, 2018, 'Suburbanization in Australia', in Hanlon B; Vincino TJ (ed.), The Routledge Companion to the Suburbs, Routledge,
    Book Chapters | 2018
    Freestone R, 2018, 'Establishing an Environmental Agenda for City Planning: An Australian Retrospective', in Neumeier B; Braun B; Herche V (ed.), Nature and Environment in Australia, WVT Eissenschaftlicher Verlag, Trier, pp. 49 - 69
    Book Chapters | 2018
    Freestone R, 2018, 'Visualising the emergence of a new profession in New York, Berlin and London 1909-1910', in Fischer KF; Altrock U (ed.), Windows Upon Planning History, Routledge, London, pp. 187 - 202,
    Book Chapters | 2018
    Freestone R, 2018, 'Writing the History of Planning in the English-speaking world', in Hein C (ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Planning History, Routledge, London, pp. 121 - 133
    Book Chapters | 2018
    Pinnegar S; Freestone R; Wiesel I, 2018, 'Incremental change with significant outcomes: Regenerating the suburbs through Knockdown Rebuild', in Ruming K (ed.), Urban Regeneration in Australia: Policies, Processes and Projects of Contemporary Urban Change, Routledge, Abingdon, UK, pp. 295 - 310
    Book Chapters | 2017
    Bunker R; Freestone R; Randolph B, 2017, 'Sydney: Growth, Globalization and Governance', in Hamnett S; Freestone R (ed.), Planning Metropolitan Australia, Routledge, London, pp. 26 - 50
    Book Chapters | 2017
    Freestone R; Garnaut C, 2017, 'Beginnings: The Evolution of Metropolitan Planning to the Late Twentieth Century', in Hamnett S; Freestone R (ed.), Planning Metropolitan Australia, Routledge, London, pp. 26 - 50
    Book Chapters | 2017
    Freestone R; Nichols D; Garnaut C, 2017, 'Tertiary Education and Postwar Reconstruction: The First Australian Planning Programs', in Frank A; Silver C (ed.), Urban Planning Education: Beginnings, Global Movement and Future Prospects, Springer, London, pp. 101 - 118
    Book Chapters | 2017
    Freestone R; Randolph B; Wheeler A, 2017, 'Defining and refining the research agenda for Australian cities', in Short JR (ed.), A Research Agenda for Cities, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, pp. 249 - 265
    Book Chapters | 2017
    Freestone R, 2017, 'Biographical Method', in Hein C (ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Planning History, Routledge, London, pp. 60 - 75
    Book Chapters | 2017
    Freestone R, 2017, 'The Evolution of Australian Urban and regional Planning: A Textual Analysis', in Sipe N; Vella K (ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Australian Urban and Regional Planning, Routledge, London, pp. 73 - 85
    Book Chapters | 2017
    Freestone R, 2017, 'The Metropolitan Perspective', in Hamnett S; Freestone R (ed.), Planning Metropolitan Australia, Routledge, London, pp. 1 - 25
    Book Chapters | 2017
    Silver C; Freestone R; Demaziere C, 2017, 'Introduction', in Silver C; Freestone R; Demaziere C (ed.), Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning 6: The Right to the City, Routledge, New York, pp. 1 - 11
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Freestone R; Gunasekara S, 2016, 'Sydney', in Gold JR; Gold MM (ed.), Olympic Cities: City Agendas, Planning and the World's Games 1896-2020, edn. Third, Routledge, London, pp. 317 - 332,
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Freestone R; Wiesel I, 2016, 'Place-making in the Rise of the Airport City', in Freestone R; Liu E (ed.), Place and Placelesness Revisited, Routledge, New York, pp. 168 - 185,
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Freestone R, 2016, 'A “Monument to Civic Foresight”: Extending Martin Place, 1923-35’', in O'Callaghan J; Hogben P; Freestone R (ed.), Sydney’s Martin Place: A Cultural and Design History, Allen and Unwin, Sydney, pp. 18 - 35
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Liu E; Freestone R, 2016, 'Revisiting Place and Placelessness', in Freestone R; Liu E (ed.), Place and Placelessness Revisited, Routledge, New York, pp. 1 - 19
    Book Chapters | 2016
    O'Callaghan JM; Hogben P; Freestone R, 2016, 'Introduction', in Sydney's Martin Place: A Cultural and Design History, pp. xi - xiii
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Freestone R; Amati M; Lanfranchi A, 2016, 'The On-Line Peri Urban: Understanding Local Government Websites in Victoria and New South Wales', in Kennedy M; Butt A; Amati M (ed.),
    Book Chapters | 2015
    Freestone R; Favaro P; Baker S, 2015, 'Sydney 1967-1971: The 1971 City of Sydney strategic plan', in Albrecht B; Magrin A (ed.), Esportare il centro storico, Fondazione La Triennale di Milano, Milan, pp. 347 - 351
    Book Chapters | 2015
    Freestone R; Wheeler A, 2015, 'Integrating health into town planning: A history', in The Routledge Handbook of Planning for Health and Well-Being: Shaping a Sustainable and Healthy Future, 2015 – Routledge, pp. 17 - 36,
    Book Chapters | 2015
    Freestone R, 2015, 'Introduction: George Taylor and the early Australian town planning movement', in Town Planning for Australia by George Taylor, Routledge, Abingdon, Oxford, pp. vii - xxvii
    Book Chapters | 2015
    Freestone R, 2015, '‘Urban Planning (Western), History of’', in International Encyclopaedia of the Social and Behavioural Science, Elsevier, Oxford, pp. 862 - 868
    Book Chapters | 2014
    Freestone R; Amati M, 2014, 'Town Planning Exhibitions', in Freestone R; Amati M (ed.), Exhibitions and the Development of Modern Planning Culture, Ashgate, Farnham, Surrey, pp. 1 - 18,
    Book Chapters | 2014
    Freestone R; Phelps NA; Tewdwr-Jones M, 2014, 'Geography, History and the Planning Imagination', in Tewdwr-Jones M; Phelps NA; Freestone R (ed.), The Planning Imagination: Peter Hall and the Study of Urban and Regional Planning, Routledge, pp. 1 - 12,
    Book Chapters | 2014
    Freestone R; Vizel I, 2014, 'The rise of the airport property market in Australia', in Conventz S; Thierstein A (ed.), Airports, Cities and Regions, Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon, pp. 218 - 241,
    Book Chapters | 2014
    Freestone R, 2014, 'Australian environmental planning origins and theories', in Australian Environmental Planning: Challenges and Future Prospects, pp. 21 - 35,
    Book Chapters | 2014
    Freestone R, 2014, 'Australian environmental planning: origins and theories', in Byrne J; Sipe N; Dodson J (ed.), Australian Environmental Planning: Challenges and future prospects, Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon, pp. 21 - 35,
    Book Chapters | 2014
    Freestone R, 2014, 'Cities of Tomorrow', in Tewdwr-Jones M; Phelps NA; Freestone R (ed.), The Planning Imagination: Peter Hall and the Study of Urban and Regional Planning, edn. Planning History and Environment Series, Routledge, London, pp. 40 - 53,
    Book Chapters | 2014
    Freestone R, 2014, 'Peter Hall Bibliography', in Tewdwr-Jones M; Phelps NA; Freestone R (ed.), The Planning Imagination: Peter Hall and the Study of Urban and Regional Planning, Routledge, London, pp. 285 - 301,
    Book Chapters | 2014
    Freestone R, 2014, 'Post-war Reconstruction, Planning Promotion and the Australian Government 1944-45', in Freestone R; Amati M (ed.), Exhibitions and the Development of Modern Planning Culture, Ashgate, Faranham, Surrey, pp. 209 - 224,
    Book Chapters | 2014
    Freestone R, 2014, 'The Rise and Fall of the Sydney Drive-in', in Hogben P; O'Callaghan J (ed.), Leisure Space: The transformation of Sydney, 1945-1970, edn. 1, NewSouth Publishing, Sydney, pp. 144 - 161,
    Book Chapters | 2013
    Freestone R; Park M, 2013, 'Representing the National Capital at Regatta Point', in Headon D; MacKenzie A (ed.), Canberra Red: Stories from the bush capital, edn. Original, Allen & Unwin, Sydney, pp. 210 - 225
    Book Chapters | 2013
    Freestone R, 2013, 'Back to the Future', in Weller R; Bolleter J (ed.), Made in Australia: The Future of Australian Cities, edn. Original, UWA Publishing, Perth, WA, pp. 236 - 243
    Book Chapters | 2013
    Freestone R, 2013, 'Cities of Tomorrow', in The Planning Imagination: Peter Hall and the Study of Urban and Regional Planning, pp. 41 - 53,
    Book Chapters | 2013
    Freestone R, 2013, 'Introduction: Issues and options for the twenty-first century', in Hibbard M; Freestone R; Sager TO (ed.), Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning 5, Routledge, London, pp. 1 - 14
    Book Chapters | 2013
    Hibbard M; Freestone R; Sager T, 2013, 'Preface', in Hibberd M; Freestone R; Sager TO (ed.), Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning, Taylor and Francis, pp. xvi - xviii,
    Book Chapters | 2012
    Freestone R; Gibson C; Yuan T; Yu Y; Xuefei L; Chengzhong W, 2012, 'City Planning and Cultural Economy', in International Cultural Administration, School of Public Administration of University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), Beijing, pp. 12 - 22
    Book Chapters | 2011
    Baker D; Freestone R, 2011, 'The airport city: a new business model for airport development', in Macario R; Voorde EVD (ed.), Critical Issues in Air Transport: Economics and Business, edn. Original, Routledge, London, pp. 150 - 164
    Book Chapters | 2010
    Freestone R; Baker D, 2010, 'The planning of airport regions and National Aviation Policy: Isseus and challenges in Australia 2008-2009', in Knippenberger U; Wall A (ed.), Airports in Cities and regions: Research and Practice, edn. Original, KIT Scientific Publishing, Karlsruhe, pp. 69 - 83
    Book Chapters | 2009
    Freestone R; Park M, 2009, 'A new planning landscape for professional and community action in Sydney 1936-67', in Freestone R (ed.), Cities, Citizens and Environmental Reform: Histories of Town Planning Associations, edn. Original, Sydney University Press, Sydney, pp. 313 - 341
    Book Chapters | 2009
    Freestone R; Park M, 2009, 'Spreading the good news about town planning in Sydney 1913-34', in Freestone R (ed.), Cities, Citizens and Environmental Reform: Histories of Town Planning Associations, edn. Original, Sydney University Press, Sydney, pp. 27 - 63
    Book Chapters | 2007
    Freestone R, 2007, 'Aesthetics, Utility and the Shaping of Public Space: Implementing the City Beautiful in Australian Government Projects in Perth and Brisbane', in Miller C; Roche M (ed.), Past Matters: Heritage and Planning History - Case Studies from the Pacific Rim, edn. First, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle, UK, pp. 33 - 57
    Book Chapters | 2007
    Freestone R, 2007, 'John Sulman and Town Planning Australia', in Miller C; Roche M (ed.), An Introduction to the Study of Town Planning in Australia, edn. Facsimile, National Trust of Australia, pp. i - ix
    Book Chapters | 2006
    Freestone R; Gibson CR, 2006, 'The Cultural Dimension of Urban Strategies: An Historical Perspective', in Culture, Urbanism and Planning, edn. Original, Ashgate, Aldershot, Hampshire, UK, pp. 21 - 42
    Book Chapters | 2006
    Freestone R; Prasad DK; Blair JM, 2006, 'Master planned communities and sustainability in Sydney', in Talking About Sydney: Population, community and culture in contemporary Sydney, University of New South Wales Press, Sydney, pp. 108 - 121
    Book Chapters | 2006
    Freestone R; Randolph WG; Butler-Bowdon CR, 2006, 'Introduction', in Talking About Sydney: Population, community and culture in contemporary Sydney, University of New South Wales Press, Sydney
    Book Chapters | 2006
    Freestone R, 2006, 'Bradfield`s Vision: Re-shaping Sydney`s infrastructure', in Bridging Sydney, edn. Original, Historic Houses Trust (NSW), Sydney, pp. 31 - 51
    Book Chapters | 2006
    Freestone R, 2006, 'Foreward', in Canberra: City in the Landscape, Halstead Press, Sydney, pp. 4 - 5
    Book Chapters | 2006
    Freestone R, 2006, 'The Americanization of Australian Planning', in Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning 2, Routledge, Taylor Francis Group, Abingdon, Oxon, UK, pp. 237 - 267
    Book Chapters | 2005
    Freestone R, 2005, 'Charles Mulford Robinson', in Caves RW (ed.), Encyclopedia of the City, edn. 1st, Routledge Press, New York, USA, pp. 391 - 392
    Book Chapters | 2005
    Freestone R, 2005, 'City planning', in Brown May A; Swain S (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Melbourne, edn. 1st, Cambridge University Press, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 139 - 142
    Book Chapters | 2005
    Freestone R, 2005, 'Garden surburbs', in Brown May A; Swain S (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Melbourne, edn. 1st, Cambridge University Press, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 293 - 298
    Book Chapters | 2005
    Freestone R, 2005, 'Metropolitan town planning commission', in Brown May A; Swain S (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Melbourne, edn. 1st, Cambridge University Press, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 477 - 477
    Book Chapters | 2005
    Freestone R, 2005, 'The Australian garden city', in The Garden City: Past, Present and Future, pp. 107 - 126,
    Book Chapters | 2003
    Freestone R, 2003, 'Research Teaching Synergies and Built Environment Education', in Freestone R; Bagnara A; Scoufis M; Pratt C (ed.), The Learning Community, First Explorations of the Research Teaching Nexus at UNSW, edn. 1, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, pp. 25 - 30
    Book Chapters | 2003
    Holder J; Freestone R; Kerr J, 2003, 'Molnar`s Pageant of Planning', in Human Scale in Architecture: George Molnar`s Sydney, edn. 1, Craftsman House, Sydney, Australia, pp. 36 - 53
    Book Chapters | 2002
    Freestone R; Gibson CR, 2002, 'The Cultural Economic Space of Sydney', in Kim WB; Yoo JY (ed.), Culture, Economy and Place: Asia-pacific Perspectives, edn. First, Korean Research Institute for Human Settlements, Seoul, pp. 141 - 178
    Book Chapters | 2002
    Freestone R, 2002, 'City Beautiful Movement', in The Oxford Companion to Australian Gardens, edn. Original, Oxford University Press in Association with Australian Garden History Society, Melbourne, pp. 140 - 141
    Book Chapters | 2002
    Freestone R, 2002, 'Garden City Movement', in The Oxford Companion to Australian Gardens, edn. Original, Oxford University Press in Association with Australian Garden History Society, Melbourne, pp. 246 - 247
    Book Chapters | 2002
    Freestone R, 2002, 'Green belts in City and Regional Planning', in Parsons KC; Schuyler D (ed.), From Garden City to Green City, edn. First, John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, pp. 67 - 98
    Book Chapters | 2002
    Freestone R, 2002, 'Sahaw, John Henry', in Australian dictionary of Biography, edn. Original, Melbourne university press, Carlton South, VIC, pp. 219 - 220
    Book Chapters | 2002
    Freestone R, 2002, 'Town Planning', in The Oxford Companion to Australian Gardens, edn. Original, Oxford University Press in Association with Australian Garden History Society, Melbourne, pp. 599 - 601
    Book Chapters | 2002
    Freestone R, 2002, 'Urban Planning (Western) History of', in International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, Elsevier, pp. 16058 - 16063
    Book Chapters | 2002
    Freestone R, 2002, 'Winston, Arthur Denis', in Australian dictionary of Biography, edn. Original, Melbourne university press, Carlton South, VIC, pp. 571 - 572
    Book Chapters | 2002
    Gibson CR; Freestone R, 2002, 'The Cultural Economic Spaces of Sydney', in Kim WB; Yoo JY (ed.), Culture, Economy and Place: Asia-pacific Perspectives, edn. First, Korean Research Institute for Human Settlements, Seoul, pp. 141 - 178
    Book Chapters | 2001
    Freestone R, 2001, 'Imagineering the City Beautiful: parks, gardens, and Town planning Thought', in Gergina Whitehead (ed.), Planting the Nation, edn. Original, Australian Garden History Society, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, pp. 159 - 186
    Book Chapters | 2000
    Freestone R; Hamnett S, 2000, 'Introduction [The Australian Metropolis A Planning History]', in The Australian Metropolis A Planning History, edn. Original, Allen and Unwin, St Leonards, NSW, pp. 1 - 10
    Book Chapters | 2000
    Freestone R, 2000, 'From city improvement to the city beautiful', in The Australian Metropolis A Planning History, Allen and Unwin, St Leonards, NSW, pp. 27 - 45
    Book Chapters | 2000
    Freestone R, 2000, 'Learning from Planning`s Histories', in Urban Planning in a Changing World: The Twentieth Century Experience, edn. Original, E & FN Spon, London, pp. 1 - 19
    Book Chapters | 2000
    Freestone R, 2000, 'Planning Sydney: Historical Trajectories and Contemporary Debates', in Sydney: the emergence of a world city, edn. Original, Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, VIC, pp. 119 - 143
    Book Chapters | 2000
    Freestone R, 2000, 'Planning, Housing, Gardening: Home as Garden Suburb', in A History of European Housing in Australia, edn. Original, Cambridge University Press, Melbourne, pp. 125 - 141
    Book Chapters | 2000
    Freestone R, 2000, 'Space, Society and Urban Reform', in Colonial City/Global City: Sydney`s International Exhibition of 1879, edn. Original, Crossing Press, Sydney, pp. 15 - 33
    Book Chapters | 2000
    Freestone R, 2000, 'Utopias', in Design Professionals and the Built Environment, edn. Original, John Wiley & Sons, New York, pp. 179 - 190
    Book Chapters | 1999
    Freestone R, 1999, 'Preface', in Colonel Light Gardens: Model Garden Suburb, Crossing Press, Sydney, pp. xii - xiv
    Book Chapters | 1998
    Freestone R, 1998, 'Town planning', in The Oxford Companion to History, edn. Original, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, pp. 645 - 646
    Book Chapters | 1996
    Freestone R, 1996, 'Planning suburban Canberra in the 1920s', in The early Canberra house: living in Canberra 1911-1933, edn. Original, Federal Capital Press, Canberra, pp. 11 - 26
  • Edited Books | 2024
    Favaro P; Freestone R, (ed.), 2024, Tzannes: Adaptive Urban Architecture and Design, Thames & Hudson, Port Melbourne, Victoria Australia
    Edited Books | 2019
    Sies MC; Gournay I; Freestone R, (eds.), 2019, Iconic Planned Communities and the Challenge of Change, University pf Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia,
    Edited Books | 2017
    Silver C; Freestone R; Demaziere C, (eds.), 2017, Dialogues in Urban and regional Planning 6: The Right to the City, Routledge, New York
    Edited Books | 2016
    Freestone R; Liu E, 2016, Place and placelessness revisited,
    Edited Books | 2016
    Freestone R; Liu E, (ed.), 2016, Place and Placelessness Revisited, Routledge, New York
    Edited Books | 2016
    O'Callaghan JM; Hogben P; Freestone R, (eds.), 2016, Sydney's Martin Place: A cultural and design history, 1, Allen and Unwin, Crows Nest, NSW,
    Edited Books | 2014
    Freestone R; Amati M, (ed.), 2014, Exhibitions and the Development of Modern Planning Culture, Ashgate, Farnham, Surrey
    Edited Books | 2014
    Tewdwr-Jones M; Phelps N; Freestone R, (eds.), 2014, The Planning Imagination: Peter Hall and the Study of Urban and Regional Planning, Routledge, UK,
    Edited Books | 2006
    Freestone R; Randolph WG; Butler-Bowdon CR, (eds.), 2006, Talking About Sydney: Population, community and culture in contemporary Sydney, Original, University of New South Wales Press, Sydney
    Edited Books | 2003
    Freestone R; Bagnara AS; Scoufis M; Pratt CC, (eds.), 2003, The Learning Community, First Explorations of the Research Teaching Nexus at UNSW, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    Edited Books | 2000
    Freestone R, (ed.), 2000, The Australian Metropolis A Planning History, Allen and Unwin, St Leonards, NSW
    Edited Books | 2000
    Freestone R, (ed.), 2000, Urban Planning in a Changing World: The Twentieth Century Experience, E & FN Spon, London
    Edited Books | 2000
    Proudfoot PR; Maguire R; Freestone R, (eds.), 2000, Colonial City/Global City: Sydney`s International Exhibition of 1879, Crossing Press, Sydney
  • Journal articles | 2024
    Freestone R; Nichols D, 2024, 'British Allotment to American Park: An Atlantic Crossing of the Garden Suburb Movement 1910–1930', Journal of Urban History,
    Journal articles | 2024
    Gu Y; Wiedemann M; Freestone R; Rothe H; Stevens N, 2024, 'The impacts of shock events on airport management and operations: A systematic literature review', Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 27,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Davison G; Freestone R, 2023, 'Architectural design competitions: the effects of competition format on design processes and outcomes', Journal of Architecture, 28, pp. 825 - 846,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Freestone R; Hamnett S; Randolph B, 2023, 'Raymond Bunker (1929–2023)', Urban Policy and Research, 41, pp. 351 - 354,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Freestone R; Thompson S, 2023, 'Obituary: Stephen Harris (1949–2023)', Australian Planner, 59, pp. 298 - 304,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Heath L; Freestone R, 2023, 'Redefining local social capital: the past, present and future of bowling clubs in Sydney', Australian Geographer, 54, pp. 173 - 192,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Leeuw ED; Crimeen A; Freestone R, 2023, 'Reframing Health in Urban Airport Regions', Population Medicine, 5, pp. 254 - 254,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Pi J; Liu X; Freestone R; Zhang X, 2023, 'Governing an Airport Region in China: The Case of Ezhou Huahu Airport', Urban Policy and Research, 41, pp. 420 - 433,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Bolleter J; Edwards N; Cameron R; Duckworth A; Freestone R; Foster S; Hooper P, 2022, 'Implications of the Covid-19 Pandemic: Canvassing Opinion from Planning Professionals', Planning Practice and Research, 37, pp. 13 - 34,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Bolleter J; Edwards N; Freestone R; Nichols D; Hooper P, 2022, 'Evaluating scenarios for twenty-first-century Australian settlement planning: a Delphi study with planning experts', International Planning Studies, 27, pp. 231 - 252,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Bolleter J; Edwards N; Freestone R; Nichols D; Oliver G; Hooper P, 2022, 'Long-Term Settlement Scenarios for Australia: A Survey and Evaluation of Community Opinions', Urban Policy and Research, 40, pp. 15 - 35,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Bolleter J; Grace B; Freestone R; Hooper P, 2022, 'Informing future Australian settlement planning through a national-scale suitability analysis', International Planning Studies, 27, pp. 18 - 43,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Bolleter J; Grace B; Freestone R, 2022, 'Preparing Australia for a potential surge in environmental migration', Australian Planner, 58, pp. 11 - 24,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Freestone R; Baker S, 2022, 'Urban policy transfer and paradigm shift: the City of Sydney Strategic Plan 1971', Journal of Urbanism,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Freestone R; Pullan N, 2022, '‘Will-o’-the-wisp’: The Extended Campaign for Town Planning Legislation in New South Wales', Australian Historical Studies, 53, pp. 196 - 221,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Freestone R, 2022, '‘Creation of a better urban environment’: Sydney’s Civic Design Society 1962–1984', Journal of Urban Design, 27, pp. 634 - 648,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Goodman R; Freestone R; Burton P, 2022, 'Planning Practice and Academic Research: Views from the Parallel Worlds', Planning Practice and Research, 37, pp. 497 - 508,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Sugandha ; Freestone R; Favaro P, 2022, 'The social sustainability of smart cities: A conceptual framework', City, Culture and Society, 29, pp. 100460,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Bolleter J; Freestone R; Cameron R; Wilkinson G; Hooper P, 2021, 'Revisiting the Australian Government’s Growth Centres programme 1972–1975', Planning Perspectives, 36, pp. 999 - 1023,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Freestone R; Pullan N; Saniga A, 2021, 'The making of a city campus', Geographical Research, 59, pp. 29 - 45,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Freestone R; Pullan N, 2021, 'Sydney Post-war Metropolitan Planning: The Rise and Fall of the Satellite Town as a Spatial Imaginary', Urban Policy and Research, 39, pp. 315 - 333,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Pi J; Li D; Liu X; Freestone R, 2021, 'The spatial distribution of employment around major Chinese airports', Journal of Transport Geography, 91,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Crimeen A; de Leeuw E; Freestone R, 2020, 'Healthy settings in an airport planning context: Lessons from the Sydney experience', EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, 30, pp. V584 - V584,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Freestone R; Pullan N, 2020, '‘An ardent lover of cities’: Sonja Lyneham's contributions to urban planning practice', Australian Planner, 56, pp. 171 - 181,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Tewdwr-Jones M; Sookhoo D; Freestone R, 2020, 'From Geddes’ city museum to Farrell’s urban room: past, present, and future at the Newcastle City Futures exhibition', Planning Perspectives, 35, pp. 277 - 297,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Davison G; Freestone R, 2019, 'Design competitions and the pursuit of excellence in Sydney's CBD', Architecture Bulletin, 75, pp. 4 - 7
    Journal articles | 2019
    Freestone R; Davison G; Hu R, 2019, 'Reshaping Sydney by design – few know about the mandatory competitions, but we all see the results', The Conversation
    Journal articles | 2019
    Kolankiewicz V; Nichols D; Freestone R, 2019, 'The tribulations of Walter Burley Griffin’s final Australian plan: Milleara as ‘the garden city of the future’ 1925–1965', Planning Perspectives, 34, pp. 911 - 923,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Wiesel I; Freestone R, 2019, 'Queue city: Authority and trust in the waiting line', Geoforum, 100, pp. 229 - 235,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Crimeen A; de Leeuw E; Freestone R, 2018, 'Towards a health promotion paradigm for airport development', Cities and Health, 2, pp. 134 - 142,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Davison G; Freestone R; Hu R; Baker S, 2018, 'The impacts of mandatory design competitions on urban design quality in Sydney, Australia', Journal of Urban Design, 23, pp. 257 - 277,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Freestone R; Baker D, 2018, 'Negotiating the problem of airport noise: Comparative lessons from the Australian experience', Political Quarterly, 89, pp. 457 - 465,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Freestone R; Goodman R; Burton P, 2018, 'The State of the Art of Planning and Planning Education in Australia and New Zealand', disP - The Planning Review, 54, pp. 55 - 65,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Freestone R; James P, 2018, 'In the shadow of Sir Patrick: Niel Abercrombie's planning career in Britain, Palestine and Australia 1933-1975', Town Planning Review, 89, pp. 355 - 378,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Freestone R; James P, 2018, 'Learning from LA: Australian Responses to Los Angeles Urbanism 1910–1960', Journal of Planning History, 18, pp. 44 - 65,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Freestone R, 2018, 'Mud on His Boots: R. T. Kennedy and the Beginnings of Planning Education at the University of Auckland', Interstices : Journal of Architecture and Related Arts, pp. 70 - 84,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Freestone R, 2018, 'Sir Peter Hall Award for Lifetime Achievement in Planning History 2018', Planning Perspectives, 33, pp. 673 - 674,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Amati M; Freestone R; Robertson S, 2017, '“Learning the city”: Patrick Geddes, exhibitions, and communicating planning ideas', Landscape and Urban Planning, 166, pp. 97 - 105
    Journal articles | 2017
    Amati M; Freestone R; Robertson S, 2017, '“Learning the city”: Patrick Geddes, exhibitions, and communicating planning ideas', Landscape and Urban Planning, 166, pp. 97 - 105,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Freestone R, 2017, 'The Sydney Syndrome: Suburban Railways, Land Speculation and Colonial Politics', History, June, pp. 2 - 4
    Journal articles | 2016
    Freestone R; Saniga A; Logan C, 2016, 'Campus: Building Modern Australian Universities', Architecture Bulletin, Winter-Spring 2016, pp. 11 - 11
    Journal articles | 2015
    Amati M; Freestone R, 2015, 'All of London's a stage: the 1943 County of London Plan Exhibition', Urban History, 43, pp. 1 - 18,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Freestone R; James P, 2015, 'Exhibition to Implementation: Introducing Democratic Planning for Metropolitan Sydney 1948–51', Urban Policy and Research, 33, pp. 1 - 16,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Freestone R; Wiesel I, 2015, 'Privatisation, property and planning: the remaking of Canberra Airport', Policy Studies, pp. 1 - 20,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Freestone R, 2015, 'An ‘old fashioned’ geographer: An appreciation of Peter Hall (1932–2014)', Progress in Human Geography, 39, pp. 103 - 114,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Freestone R, 2015, 'Anti-planning in the 1940s: the paradox of Florence Taylor', Planning Perspectives, 30, pp. 191 - 209,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Freestone R, 2015, 'Paradise Planned:The Garden Suburb and the Modern City', JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIANS, 74, pp. 371 - 373,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Freestone R, 2015, 'Peter Hall's planning history', Planning Perspectives, 30, pp. 11 - 15,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Freestone R, 2015, 'Review: Paradise Planned: The Garden Suburb and the Modern City, by Robert A. M. Stern, David Fishman, and Jacob Tilove', Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, 74, pp. 371 - 373,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Freestone R, 2015, 'The exhibition as a lens for planning history', Planning Perspectives, 30, pp. 433 - 446,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Pinnegar S; Randolph B; Freestone R, 2015, 'Incremental urbanism: Characteristics and implications of residential renewal through owner-driven demolition and rebuilding', Town Planning Review, 86, pp. 279 - 301,
    Journal articles | 2014
    Amati M; Freestone R, 2014, 'Trans-national promotion of British and American planning practice in the 1940s', Planning Theory and Practice, 15, pp. 370 - 385,
    Journal articles | 2014
    Freestone R; Wiesel I, 2014, 'The Making of an Australian ‘Airport City’', Geographical Research, 52, pp. 280 - 295,
    Journal articles | 2014
    Freestone R, 2014, 'Progress in Australian planning history: Traditions, themes and transformations', Progress in Planning, 91, pp. 1 - 29,
    Journal articles | 2014
    Nichols D; Freestone R; Putra Y, 2014, 'Frank Heath: transitions of an architect planner from the 1930s to the 1960s', The La Trobe Journal, pp. 125 - 139
    Journal articles | 2014
    Freestone R; James P, 2014, 'Town planning exhibitions, planning education and Hobart's first metropolitan plan',
    Journal articles | 2013
    Freestone R; Amati M, 2013, 'When the going was good: that was then, this is now', Planning News, 39, pp. 27 - 27
    Journal articles | 2013
    Freestone R; Low Choy D, 2013, 'Enriching the community: the life and times of Frank Costello (1903-1987)', Australian Planner, 50, pp. 55 - 67,
    Journal articles | 2013
    Freestone R, 2013, 'Canberra's gardens, parks and landscape: a bibliographical essay', Australian Garden History, 24, pp. 5 - 11
    Journal articles | 2013
    Freestone R, 2013, 'Remembering Bob Zehner (1941-2013)', New Planner, pp. 37 - 37
    Journal articles | 2013
    Freestone R, 2013, 'The Value of Planning', New Planner, pp. 4 - 4
    Journal articles | 2013
    Steinmetz C; Freestone R; Hendriks L, 2013, 'Women, professionalism and leadership in state government planning in New South Wales', Australian Planner, 50, pp. 282 - 292,
    Journal articles | 2013
    Vizel I; Freestone R; Randolph WG, 2013, 'Owner-Driven Suburban Renewal: Motivations, Risks and Strategies in ¿Knockdown and Rebuild¿ Processes in Sydney, Australia', Housing Studies,
    Journal articles | 2013
    Wiesel I; Pinnegar S; Freestone R, 2013, 'Supersized Australian Dream: Investment, Lifestyle and Neighbourhood Perceptions among "Knockdown-Rebuild" Owners in Sydney', Housing, Theory and Society, 30, pp. 312 - 329,
    Journal articles | 2012
    Baker D; Freestone R, 2012, 'Land use planning for privatized airports: The australia experience', Journal of the American Planning Association, 78, pp. 328 - 341,
    Journal articles | 2012
    Freestone R, 2012, 'Airport management perceptions of local and regional planning regulations’', Journal of Airport Management, 6, pp. 156 - 169
    Journal articles | 2012
    Freestone R, 2012, 'Developing a new urban planning regime for privatised airports: the Australian experience', International Journal of Aviation Management, 1, pp. 201 - 216
    Journal articles | 2012
    Freestone R, 2012, 'Futures Thinking in Planning Education and Research', The Journal for Education in the Built Environment, 7, pp. 8 - 38
    Journal articles | 2012
    Freestone R, 2012, 'Shaping 'the finest city region in the world': Gordon Stephenson and Canberra's National Capital Development Commission 1960-73', Town Planning Review, 83, pp. 355 - 376
    Journal articles | 2012
    Garnant C; Freestone R; Iwanicki I, 2012, 'Cold War heritage and the planned community: Woomera Village in outback Australia', International Journal of Heritage Studies, 18, pp. 541 - 563
    Journal articles | 2012
    Randolph WG; Freestone R, 2012, 'Housing Differentiation and Renewal in Middle-ring Suburbs: The Experience of Sydney, Australia', Urban Studies: an international journal for research in urban studies, 49, pp. 2557 - 2575,
    Journal articles | 2012
    Steinmetz C; Freestone R; Hendriks L, 2012, 'Women, professionalism and leadership in state government planning in New South Wales', Australian Planner,
    Journal articles | 2012
    Veale S; Freestone R, 2012, 'The Things We Wanted to Keep: The Commonwealth and the National Estate', Historic Environment, 24, pp. 12 - 18
    Journal articles | 2011
    Freestone R; Amati M, 2011, 'Exhibitions and Town Planning Culture: An Australian Perspective', A/Z, 8, pp. 25 - 39
    Journal articles | 2011
    Freestone R; Amati M, 2011, 'Exhibitions and town planning culture: An Australian perspective', A/Z ITU Journal of the Faculty of Architecture, 8, pp. 25 - 39
    Journal articles | 2011
    Freestone R; Baker D; Stevens N, 2011, 'Managing Airport Land Development under Regulatory Uncertainty', Research in Transportation Business and Management, 1, pp. 101 - 108
    Journal articles | 2011
    Freestone R; Baker D, 2011, 'Spatial planning models of airport-driven urban development', Journal of Planning Literature, 26, pp. 263 - 279
    Journal articles | 2011
    Freestone R; Nichols D, 2011, 'The 1901 Australian federal capital congress', Planning Perspectives, 26, pp. 373 - 401,
    Journal articles | 2011
    Freestone R, 2011, 'Commentary: Ranking planning journals in the Australian research assessment exercise, 2008-2010', Journal of Planning Education and Research, 31, pp. 88 - 94,
    Journal articles | 2011
    Freestone R, 2011, 'Managing Neoliberal Urban Spaces: Commercial Property Development at Australian Airports', Geographical Research, 49, pp. 115 - 131,
    Journal articles | 2011
    Freestone R, 2011, 'Reconciling Beauty and Utility in Early City Planning: The Contribution of John Nolen', Journal of Urban History, 37, pp. 256 - 277,
    Journal articles | 2011
    Freestone R, 2011, 'Review of "The Ashgate Research Companion to Planning Theory: Conceptual Challenges for Spatial Planning"', Planning Practice and Research, 26, pp. 369 - 370
    Journal articles | 2011
    Freestone R, 2011, 'The Ashgate Research Companion to Planning Theory: Conceptual Challenges for Spatial Planning', Planning Practice & Research, 26, pp. 369 - 370,
    Journal articles | 2011
    Miller M; Freestone R; Gordon D; Hebbert M; Ward SV, 2011, 'Conference Review', Journal of Planning History, 10, pp. 87 - 94,
    Journal articles | 2011
    Ward SV; Freestone R; Silver C, 2011, 'Centenary paper: The 'new' planning history: Reflections, issues and directions', Town Planning Review, 82, pp. 231 - 261,
    Journal articles | 2010
    Freestone R; Nichols D, 2010, 'Town Planning and Private Enterprise in Early Twentieth Century Australia: Henry F Halloran, ‘Builder of Dreams’', History Australia, 7, pp. 5.1 - 5.24,
    Journal articles | 2009
    Amati M; Freestone R, 2009, ''Saint Patrick': Sir Patrick Abercrombie's Australian tour 1948', Town Planning Review, 80, pp. 597 - 626,
    Journal articles | 2009
    Amati M; Freestone R, 2009, 'Sir Patrick Abercrombie's Australian tour 1948', Town Planning Review, 80, pp. 597 - 626,
    Journal articles | 2009
    Freestone R; Baker D, 2009, 'Listen and Learn', Global Airport Cities, 4, pp. 8 - 10
    Journal articles | 2009
    Freestone R; Park MB, 2009, 'The limits to nationalism: Moves toward an Australian town planning association 1913-1917', Australian Historical Studies, 40, pp. 32 - 46
    Journal articles | 2008
    Freestone R; Marsden S; Garnaut C, 2008, 'A methodology for assessing the heritage of planned urban environments: An Australian study of national heritage values', International Journal of Heritage Studies, 14, pp. 156 - 175
    Journal articles | 2008
    Freestone R, 2008, 'A Man of rare High Type:Nigel Ashton(1911-2008)', New Planner, June 2008, pp. 20 - 21
    Journal articles | 2008
    Freestone R, 2008, 'Better planning and research for mixed-use developments', Australian Planner, 45, pp. 14 - 15,
    Journal articles | 2008
    Freestone R, 2008, 'Better planning and research for mixed-use developments', Australian Planner, 45, pp. 15 - 16
    Journal articles | 2008
    Freestone R, 2008, 'Sydney`s town planner - a big-picture man', Sydney Moring Herald, May 2008, pp. 24 - 24
    Journal articles | 2008
    Freestone R, 2008, 'The Adelaide wars: an introduction', Planning Perspectives, 23, pp. 221 - 224
    Journal articles | 2008
    Freestone R, 2008, 'Town Planning', Sydney Journal, 1, pp. 11 - 23
    Journal articles | 2008
    Freestone R, 2008, 'With Conscious Purpose: A history of town planning in South Australia', Australian Planner, 45, pp. 64 - 64
    Journal articles | 2008
    Gandhi V; Freestone R, 2008, 'Problematizing Urban indigenous Heritage in Settler Society Countries, Australia and New Zealand', Global Urban Development, 4
    Journal articles | 2008
    James P; Freestone R, 2008, 'Norman Weekes` Contribution to modern Town Planning and design in New South Wales', Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, 94, pp. 201 - 218
    Journal articles | 2007
    Freestone R; Williams PJ; Thompson SM; Trembath K, 2007, 'A Quantitative Approach to Assessment of Work-based Learning Outcomes: An Urban Planning Application', Higher Education Research and Development, 26 No.4, pp. 347 - 361
    Journal articles | 2007
    Freestone R, 2007, 'The Internationalization of the City Beautiful', International Planning Studies, 12, pp. 21 - 34
    Journal articles | 2007
    Pinnegar S; Freestone R, 2007, 'Identifying Australian sites of urban planning heritage: results from a national web-based survey', Australian Planner, 44, pp. 36 - 42
    Journal articles | 2006
    Freestone R; Thompson SM; Williams PJ, 2006, 'Student Experience of Work Based Learning in Planning Education', Journal of Planning Education and Research, 26, pp. 237 - 249
    Journal articles | 2006
    Freestone R; Williams PJ; Bowden A, 2006, 'Fly Buy Cities: Some Planning Aspects of Airport Privatisation in Australia', Urban Policy and Research, 24, pp. 491 - 508
    Journal articles | 2006
    Freestone R; Wood D, 2006, 'Exploring Strategics for Linking Research and Teaching', Journal for Education in the Built Environment, 1, pp. 94 - 111
    Journal articles | 2006
    Freestone R, 2006, 'Popular Modernism and Urban Planning in Australia 1901-1950', Australian Cultural History, 25, pp. 157 - 176
    Journal articles | 2006
    Freestone R, 2006, 'Royal Commissions, planning reform and Sydney improvement 1908 - 1909', Planning Perspectives, 21, pp. 213 - 231
    Journal articles | 2005
    Freestone R, 2005, 'The research, teaching and practice triangle', Journal of the Faculty of the Built Environment, Oct 2005, pp. 6 - 7
    Journal articles | 2005
    Freestone R, 2005, 'The world, the surburb, the `crag`', Walter Burley Griffin Society, New Update, March 2005, pp. 4 - 7
    Journal articles | 2004
    Freestone R; Nichols D, 2004, 'Realising new leisure opportunities for old urban parks: the internalreserve in Australia', Landscape and Urban Planning, 68, pp. 109 - 120
    Journal articles | 2004
    Freestone R; Nichols D, 2004, 'The Rise and Fall of the Internal Reserve', Landscape Research, 29, pp. 293 - 309
    Journal articles | 2004
    Freestone R; Veale S, 2004, 'Sydney 1901: Federation National Identity and the Arches for Commemoration', National Identities, 6, pp. 215 - 232
    Journal articles | 2004
    Freestone R, 2004, 'The Americanization of Australian Planning', Journal of Planning History, 3, pp. 187 - 214
    Journal articles | 2004
    Freestone R, 2004, 'Triangulation of Research Teaching and Practice', Town Planning Review, 75 No 3, pp. i - iv
    Journal articles | 2004
    Freestone R, 2004, 'Viewpoint: Triangulation of research, teaching and practice', Town Planning Review, 75,
    Journal articles | 2003
    Freestone R; Nichols D, 2003, 'Recreation, Conservation and Community', Studies in Australian Garden History, 1, pp. 3 - 20
    Journal articles | 2003
    Nichols D; Freestone R, 2003, 'Community Valuations of Historic Pocket Parks: a Melbourne Study', Annals of Leisure Research, 6, pp. 114 - 133,
    Journal articles | 2002
    Freestone R; Garnant C, 2002, 'A Bibliographic Guide to recent Literature in Australian Planning History', Planning History, 24, pp. 21 - 34
    Journal articles | 2002
    Freestone R; Nichols D, 2002, '(Re)Introducing the Interior park', Parks and Leisure Australia, 5, pp. 9 - 15
    Journal articles | 2002
    Freestone R; Zehner RB, 2002, 'Showing John Henry', Australian Dictionary of Bibliography, 16, 1940:1, pp. 219 - 220
    Journal articles | 2002
    Freestone R, 2002, 'After the City', Journal of Architectural and Planning Research, 19, pp. 356 - 358
    Journal articles | 2002
    Gibson CR; Murphy PA; Freestone R, 2002, 'Employment and Socio-Spatial Relations in Australia`s Cultural Economy', Australian Geographer, 33, pp. 173 - 189
    Journal articles | 2002
    Johnson PA; Freestone R; Garnant C, 2002, 'The Design of Woomera Village for the Long Range Weapons Project', Journal of the Historical Society of South Australia, 30, pp. 5 - 23
    Journal articles | 2001
    Freestone R; Nichols D, 2001, 'A `Particularly Happy` Arrangement?: Idealism, Pragmatism and the enclosed Open Spaces of perth Garden Suburbs', Limina, A Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies, 7, pp. 65 - 81
    Journal articles | 2001
    Freestone R; Nichols D, 2001, 'From Planning History to Community Action: Metropolitan Adelaide`s Internal Reserves', Journal of the Historical Society of South Australia, pp. 21 - 33
    Journal articles | 2001
    Freestone R, 2001, 'Imperial Cities: landscape, Display and Identity', Town Planning Review, 72, pp. 487 - 488
    Journal articles | 2001
    Freestone R, 2001, 'The Planned Suburb', Locality: The Community History Magazine, pp. 12 - 15
    Journal articles | 2001
    Freestone R, 2001, 'The Planned Suburb', Locality: The Community History Magazine, pp. 2 - 3
    Journal articles | 2001
    Gordon D; Mars JH; Varady DP; Jackson T; Freestone R; Taylor N; Keating D; Wood C, 2001, 'Book reviews', Town Planning Review, 72, pp. 481 - 492,
    Journal articles | 2000
    Freestone R; Pfister N; Murphy PA, 2000, 'Polycentricity or Dispersion? Changes in Center Employment in metropolitan Sydney, 1981 to 1996', Urban Geography, 21, pp. 428 - 442
    Journal articles | 2000
    Freestone R, 2000, 'Master plans and planning commissions in the 1920s: The Australian experience', Planning Perspectives, 15, pp. 301 - 322
    Journal articles | 2000
    Freestone R, 2000, '‘World winners in planning’: A report on the 28th National Congress of the Royal Australian Planning Institute held in Sydney, 3–6 October 2000', Australian Planner, 37, pp. 205 - 207,
    Journal articles | 1999
    Freestone R, 1999, 'Early Historic Preservation in Australia: The Walter Burley Griffin Connection', Landscape Journal, 18, pp. 79 - 87
    Journal articles | 1999
    Freestone R, 1999, 'Preserving Sydney`s Built Heritage in the Early Twentieth Century', Australian Historical Studies, 29, pp. 44 - 60,
    Journal articles | 1999
    Freestone R, 1999, 'Review of J Allen, D Massey and M Pryke`s Unsettling Cities: Movement/Settlement', Environment and Planning B - Planning and Design, pp. 926 - 927
    Journal articles | 1999
    Freestone R, 1999, 'Unsettling cities: movement/settlement', ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING B-PLANNING & DESIGN, 26, pp. 926 - 927,
    Journal articles | 1999
    Whitehead C; Freestone R; Imrie R; Conradson D; Maguire DJ, 1999, 'Reviews: Rent Control: Regulation and the Rental Housing Market, Unsettling Cities: Movement/Settlement, Social Enterprise Zones: Building Innovation into Regeneration, Critical Vehicles: Writings, Projects, Interviews, Geographic Information Systems: An Introduction', Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, 26, pp. 925 - 930,
    Journal articles | 1998
    Freestone R; Grub M, 1998, 'The Melbourne Metropolitan Town Planning Commission, 1922-1930', Journal of Australian Studies, pp. 128 - 144
    Journal articles | 1998
    Freestone R; Grubb M, 1998, 'The Melbourne metropolitan town planning commission, 1922‐30', Journal of Australian Studies, 22, pp. 128 - 144,
    Journal articles | 1998
    Freestone R; Murphy PA, 1998, 'Metropolitan Restructuring and Suburban Employment Centers: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on the Australian Experience', Journal of the American Planning Association, pp. 286 - 297
    Journal articles | 1998
    Freestone R, 1998, 'An Imperial Aspect: The Australasian Town Planning Tour of 1914-15', Australian Journal of Politics and History, pp. 159 - 176
    Journal articles | 1998
    Freestone R, 1998, 'Review of G. Davison et al `The Cream Brick Frontier`', Public History, pp. 177 - 179
    Journal articles | 1998
    Freestone R, 1998, 'Review of R.K. Home`s `Of Planting and Planning`', Journal of Historical Geography, pp. 380 - 382
    Journal articles | 1998
    Freestone R, 1998, 'The City Beautiful: Towards an Understanding of the Australian Experience', Journal of Architectural and Planning Research, 15, pp. 91 - 108
    Journal articles | 1997
    Freestone R, 1997, 'Book Reviews : Planning for our cultural heritage. Edited by H. Coccossis and P. Nijkamp. Aldershot, Avebury. 1995. xvi + 218 pp. £35.00, cloth. ISBN 1 85972 178 8', Ecumene, 4, pp. 235 - 237,
    Journal articles | 1997
    Freestone R, 1997, 'New Suburban centres: An Australian perspective', Landscape and Urban Planning, pp. 247 - 257
    Journal articles | 1997
    Freestone R, 1997, 'Review of H. Coccossis and P.J. Nijkamp `Planning for our cultural heritage`', Ecumene, pp. 235 - 237
    Journal articles | 1997
    Freestone R, 1997, 'Third Australian History/Urban History Conference', Planning History, pp. 33 - 34
    Journal articles | 1996
    Freestone R, 1996, 'Sulman of Sydney: modern planning in theory and practice 1890-1930', Town Planning Review, pp. 45 - 63
    Journal articles | 1996
    Freestone R, 1996, 'The making of an Australian technoburb', Australian Geographical Studies, pp. 18 - 31
    Journal articles | 1996
    Freestone R, 1996, 'The shattered dream: postwar modernism, urban planning and the career of Walter Bunning', Environment and Planning, pp. 731 - 752
    Journal articles | 1995
    Freestone R; Veale S, 1995, 'The street beautiful: triumphal arches and urban improvement in Sydney 1888-1925', Public History, pp. 25 - 40
    Journal articles | 1995
    Freestone R, 1995, 'From icons to institutions: heritage conservation in Sydney', International Journal of Heritage Studies, 1, pp. 79 - 90,
    Journal articles | 1995
    Freestone R, 1995, 'Women in the Australian town planning movement 1990-1950', Planning Perspectives, 10, pp. 259 - 277
    Journal articles | 1994
    FREESTONE R, 1994, 'CITIES AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT - LEGACY OF THE PAST - CONFERENCE, HONG-KONG, JUNE 1994', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF URBAN AND REGIONAL RESEARCH, 18, pp. 703 - 705,
    Journal articles | 1994
    Freestone R, 1994, 'Heritage decisions by New South Wales Commissions of Inquiry 1980-1990', Environmental and Planning Law Journal, 11, pp. 479 - 491
    Journal articles | 1993
    Freestone R; Hutchings A, 1993, 'Planning history in Australia: The state of the art', Planning Perspectives, 8, pp. 72 - 91,
    Journal articles | 1993
    Freestone R, 1993, 'Heritage, urban planning, and the postmodern city', Australian Geographer, 24, pp. 17 - 24,
    Journal articles | 1991
    Freestone R, 1991, 'The mittagong maltings: History, cultural significance and conservation', Australian Geographer, 22, pp. 147 - 160,
    Journal articles | 1986
    Freestone R, 1986, 'Exporting the garden city: Metropolitan images in Australia, 1900-1930', Planning Perspectives, 1, pp. 61 - 84,
    Journal articles | 1983
    Freestone R, 1983, 'Australia and the garden city tradition.', Town & Country Planning, 52, pp. 180 - 183
    Journal articles | 1983
    Freestone R, 1983, 'John Sulman and 'the laying out of towns' ( Australia).', Planning History Bulletin, 5, pp. 18 - 24
    Journal articles | 1982
    FREESTONE R, 1982, 'The garden city idea in Australia', Australian Geographical Studies, 20, pp. 24 - 48,
    Journal articles | 1982
    Freestone R, 1982, 'The history of urban and regional planning in Australia: a supplement to Sutcliffe.', Planning History Bulletin, 4, pp. 30 - 39
    Journal articles | 1981
    Freestone R, 1981, 'The making of an urban public facility system: the case of the public library ( USA).', Geographical Perspectives, 47, pp. 6 - 15
    Journal articles | 1981
    Freestone RG, 1981, 'Coastal environmental quality and management in Australia.', Transition, Quarterly Journal of the Socially and Ecologically Responsible Geographers, 10, pp. 2 - 10
    Journal articles | 1977
    Freestone R, 1977, 'Provision of Child Care Facilities in Sydney', Australian Geographer, 13, pp. 318 - 325,
  • Working Papers | 2008
    Randolph WG; Freestone R, 2008, Problems and prospects for suburban Renewal:An Austrlian Perspective, City Futures Research Centre, on-line, Problems and prospects for suburban Renewal:An Austrlian Perspective, City Futures Research Paper No. 11,
  • Conference Papers | 2022
    Tighe J; Murray A; Freestone R, 2022, 'Mapping the Incomplete City: A Half Century of Urban Change in Central Sydney', University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, presented at The 39th annual conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, 25 November 2022 - 27 November 2022
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Freestone R; Pullan N, 2019, '"Enthusiasm, Energy and Originality": The Influence of Harry Rembert's European Architectural Investigations on Australian Post-War University Design', in Leach A; Stickells L (ed.), Proceedings of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand 36, Distance Looks Back, Sydney, pp. 324 - 338, presented at SAHANZ, Sydney, 10 July 2019 - 13 July 2019,
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Freestone R; Pullan N, 2018, 'Adaptive Master Planning: Making and Remaking the UNSW Campus 1949-1959', in McShane I; Taylor E; Porter L; Woodcock I (eds.), Remaking Cities:: Proceedings of the 14th Australasian Urban History Planning History Conference 2018, RMIT Centre for Urban Research, Melbourne, pp. 143 - 156, presented at Remaking Cities: Urban History Planning History, Melbourne, 30 January 2018 - 02 February 2018,
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Freestone R; Pullan N, 2018, 'Evolution of spatial planning strategies at Australian university campuses 1949-2017', in Proceedings of the 18th International Planning History Society Conference, Yokohama, pp. 801 - 812, presented at Looking at the World History of Planning, Yokohama, 15 July 2018 - 19 July 2018,
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Freestone R; Pullan N, 2018, 'Professionalising Planning: The Town and Country Planning Institute of NSW 1934-1953', in McShane I; Taylor E; Porter L; Woodcock (eds.), Remaking Cities: Proceedings of the 14th Australasian Urban History Planning History Conference 2018, RMIT Centre for Urban Research, Melbourne, pp. 157 - 167, presented at Remaking Cities: urban History Planning History, Melbourne, 30 January 2018 - 02 February 2018,
    Creative Written Works | 2018
    Freestone R; Taylor E; Bolleter J, 2018, New cities? It’s an idea worth thinking about for Australia, The Conversation,
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    Reid A; Crimeen A; de Leeuw E; Freestone R, 2018, 'Creating a Healthy Airport: Building health promoting complex infrastructure', presented at Australian Public Health Conference 2018, Cairns, Australia, 26 September 2018 - 28 September 2018
    Reports | 2018
    de Leeuw E; Crimeen A; Freestone R; Jalaludin B; Sainsbury P; Hirono K; Reid A, 2018, Healthy Airports, Centre for Healthy Equity Training, Research and Evaluation (CHETRE), Liverpool,
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    de Leeuw E; Freestone R; Crimeen A; Reid A, 2018, 'Healthy Airports: Harnessing transformational infrastructure as an engine for health', presented at Urban Transitions 2018: Integrating Urban and Transport Planning, Environment and Health for Healthier Urban Living, Sitges, Spain, 25 November 2018 - 27 November 2018,
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    de Leeuw E; Simos J; Crimeen A; Freestone R, 2018, 'Healthy Airports', presented at WHO International Healthy Cities Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 01 October 2018 - 04 October 2018
    Conference Presentations | 2017
    Crimeen AD; de Leeuw E; Hirono K; Jalaludin B; Beer, M; Freestone R; Harris-Roxas B; Millen E; Sainsbury P; Fletcher S; Conaty S, 2017, 'Creating a Healthy Airport: Building health promoting complex infrastructure', presented at Emerging Health Policy Research Conference (Annual), Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, 27 July 2017 - 27 July 2017,
    Creative Written Works | 2017
    Freestone R; Baker S; Davison G; Hu R, 2017, Design Competitions and the "Design Dividend" in Central Sydney, Association for Sustainability in Business website,
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Freestone R; Goodman R; Burton P, 2017, 'The state of the art: New Zealand planners reflect on education, capabilities, and confronting the future', in Miller C (ed.), The Proceedings of the 2017 Rodney Davies Symposium, New Zealand Planning Institute, Wellington, pp. 5 - 18, presented at Changing Places: New Zealand Planning Institute Conference, Wellington, 05 April 2017 - 07 April 2017,
    Creative Written Works | 2017
    Freestone R; Hamnett S, 2017, Australian cities and their metropolitan plans still seem to be parallel universes, The Conversation,
    Creative Written Works | 2017
    Freestone R, 2017, Flying into uncertainty: Western Sydney’s ‘aerotropolis’ poses more questions than answers, The Conversation,
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Baker S; Freestone R; Davison G, 2016, 'Public and private benefits of competitive design processes in central Sydney', in International Urban Design Conference Proceedings 2016, Association for Sustainability in Business, Canberra, pp. 294 - 312, presented at International Urban Design Conference, Canberra, 07 November 2016 - 09 November 2016,
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Freestone R; Amati M; Mills P, 2016, 'The renaissance of post-war metropolitan planning in Melbourne, Australia 1949-1954', in Hein C (ed.), International Planning History Society Proceedings, TU Delft, Delft, pp. 311 - 317, presented at 17th International Planning History Society Conference, Delft, 17 July 2016 - 21 July 2016,
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Freestone R; Davison G; Baker S; Hu R, 2016, 'Institutionalising Design Excellence in Central Sydney 1988-2000', in Hein C (ed.), International Planning History Society Proceedings: History-Urbanism-Resilience, TU Delft, Delft, pp. 165 - 173, presented at 17th International Planning History Society Conference, Delft, 17 July 2016 - 21 July 2016,
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Freestone R; Foley N, 2016, 'David L. Davidson: Early town planning reformer and administrator', in Bosman C; Dedekorkut-Howes A (ed.), Icons: The making, meaning and undoing of urban icons and iconic cities, Australasian Urban History Planning History Group and Griffith University, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, pp. 128 - 138, presented at 13th Australasian Urban History Planning History Conference, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, 31 January 2016 - 03 February 2016,
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Freestone R; Hamnett S, 2016, 'The Australian Metropolis 2000-2015', in Hein C (ed.), International Planning History Society Proceedings, TU Delft, Delft, pp. 83 - 92, presented at 17th International Planning History Society Conference: History-Urbanism-Resilience, Delft, 17 July 2016 - 21 July 2016,
    Creative Written Works | 2016
    Freestone R, 2016, Hopes of a New Urban Age Survive Minister’s Fall, Hopes of a New Urban Age Survive Minister’s Fall, The Conversation Media Group Ltd,
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Hu R; Freestone R; Davison G, 2016, 'Pursuing Design Excellence in a Global CBD: The City of Sydney's strategic plans, 1988-2008', in Bosman C; Dedekorkut-Howes A (ed.), Icons: The making, meaning and undoing of urban icons and iconic cities, Australasian Urban History Planning History Group and Griffith University, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, pp. 182 - 197, presented at 13th Australasian Urban History Planning History Conference, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, 31 January 2016 - 03 February 2016,
    Creative Written Works | 2016
    Liu EY; Freestone R, 2016, Sense of place: messier than it ever was, so how do we manage this shifting world?, The Conversation, The Conversation,
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Freestone R; Davison G; Hu R; Baker S, 2016, 'The Regulation of Excellence: Design Competitions in Sydney'
    Conference Papers | 2015
    Freestone R; Pullan N, 2015, 'From Wilkinson to Winston: Towards a Planning Degree at the University of Sydney 1919-1949', in Hogben P; O'Callaghan J (ed.), Proceedings of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand: 32, Architecture, Institutions and Change, Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand, Sydney, pp. 157 - 169, presented at SAHANZ 2015, Sydney, 07 July 2015 - 10 July 2015,
    Conference Papers | 2014
    Freestone R; Amati M, 2014, 'Town Planning on Display: A timeline of Australian planning exhibitions 1912-1951', in Gjerde M (ed.), UHPH_14: Landscapes and ecologies of urban and planning history, Proceedings of the 12th conference of the Australasian Urban History/Planning History Group, uhph_14, Wellington, NZ, pp. 163 - 178, presented at uhph_14, Wellington, NZ, 02 February 2014 - 05 February 2014,
    Conference Papers | 2014
    Freestone R; Garnaut C; Nichols D, 2014, 'The beginnings of tertiary planning education in Australia 1949-1950', in Silver C (ed.), Proceedings of the 16th International Planning History Society, St. Augustine, Florida, Vol. 1 (on line)., University of Florida, St AUgustine, Florida, pp. 389 - 403, presented at International Planning History Society Conference, St AUgustine, Florida, 20 July 2014 - 24 July 2014,
    Conference Papers | 2014
    Freestone R, 2014, 'Auckland Calling at the Bottom of the Dial: The Journey of British Architect-Planner R.T. Kennedy,', in Proceedings of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand: 31, Translation, SAHANZ and Unitec e-Press, Auckland, New Zealand, pp. 681 - 690, presented at Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand:, Auckland, New Zealand, 02 July 2014 - 05 August 2014,
    Conference Papers | 2014
    Freestone R, 2014, 'The Contributions of R.T. Kennedy to New Zealand Planning', in Gjerde M; Petrović E (ed.), UHPH_14: Landscapes and ecologies of urban and planning history, Proceedings of the 12th conference of the Australasian Urban History/Planning History Group, Urban History Planning History 2014, Wellington, New Zealand, pp. 147 - 161, presented at Urban History Planning History 2014, Wellington, New Zealand, 02 February 2014 - 05 February 2014
    Conference Papers | 2013
    Freestone R; Nichols D, 2013, 'The yard goes on forever: Community initiatives in maintaining and revitalizing local open space', in Ruming K; Randolph B (ed.), State of Australian Cities Conference 2013: Refereed Proceedings, State of Australian Cities Conference 2013, Sydney, presented at State of Australian Cities Conference 2013, Sydney, 26 November 2013 - 29 November 2013
    Conference Papers | 2013
    Freestone R; Rappoport P, 2013, 'From Hope to Productivity: The Funding Crisis in the NSW Heritage Sector', in Ruming K; Randolph B; Gurran N (eds.), State of Australian Cities Conference 2013: Refereed Proceedings, State of Australian Cities 2013, Sydney, presented at State of Australian Cities 2013, Sydney, 26 November 2013 - 29 November 2013
    Conference Papers | 2013
    Freestone R; Tice A, 2013, 'Airports as Development Generators: A reconnaissance of employment trends in the Sydney airport region 1996-2011', in Ruming K; Randolph B; Gurran N (eds.), State of Australian Cities Conference 2013: Refereed Proceedings, State of Australian Cities 2013, Sydney, presented at State of Australian Cities 2013, Sydney, 26 November 2013 - 29 November 2013
    Conference Papers | 2012
    Freestone R; Nichols D, 2012, 'Reinvigorating 20th century residential pocket parks for the twentieth century', in 5th Healthy Cities, AST Management, Melbourne, pp. 108 - 124, presented at 5th Healthy Cities: Working Together to Achieve Liveable Cities, Geelong, QLD, 06 June 2012 - 08 June 2012
    Conference Papers | 2012
    Freestone R; Williams PJ; Moore N, 2012, 'From Carr to Keneally: The business of planning in New South Wales 1995-2011', in Urban Transformations: Booms, busts and other catastrophes. Proceedings of the 11th Australasian Urban History/Planning History Conference, University of Western Australia, Perth, pp. 115 - 130, presented at 11th Australasian Urban History/Planning History Conference, Perth, 05 February 2012 - 08 February 2012
    Conference Papers | 2012
    Freestone R, 2012, 'Advocacy and Antagonism in Australian mid-20th Century Planning: The paradox of Florence Taylor’', in 15th IPHS Conference Proceedings, International Planning History Society Conference, Sao Paolo Brazil, pp. 1 - 12, presented at International Planning History Society Conference, Sao Paulo, 15 July 2012 - 18 July 2012
    Conference Papers | 2012
    Freestone R, 2012, 'Post-war Reconstruction and Planning Promotion in 1940s Australia', in 15th IPHS Conference Proceedings, International Planning History Society Conference, Sao Paolo Brazil, pp. 1 - 12, presented at International Planning History Society Conference, Sao Paulo, 15 July 2012 - 18 July 2012
    Conference Papers | 2012
    Veale S; Freestone R; Ruming K, 2012, 'Making Heritage a National Responsibility: The Commonwealth and the national estate 1969-1974', in Urban Transformations: Booms, busts and other catastrophes. Proceedings of the 11th Australasian Urban History/Planning History Conference, University of Western Australia, Perth, pp. 365 - 378, presented at 11th Australasian Urban History/Planning History Conference, Perth, 05 February 2012 - 08 February 2012
    Conference Papers | 2011
    Evans CB; Freestone R, 2011, 'Policy Challenges for Metropolitan Greenspace in Sydney', in State of Australian Cities National Conference, Australian Sustainabile Cities and Regions Network (ASCRN), Melbourne, presented at 5th State of Australian Cities Conference 2011, Melbourne, 29 November 2011 - 02 December 2011
    Conference Papers | 2011
    Freestone R, 2011, 'Planning for Man and Motor: Gordon Stephenson’s experimental Canberra neighbourhoods', in World Planning Schools Congress 2011, University of Western Australia, WA Australia, presented at World Planning Schools Congress 2011, Perth, Australia, 04 July 2011 - 08 July 2011
    Conference Papers | 2011
    Rappoport P; Freestone R, 2011, 'Current problems and new departures in conserving private heritage resources within Australia's urban planning frameworks', in State of Australian Cities National Conference, Australian Sustainabile Cities and Regions Network (ASCRN), Melbourne, presented at 5th State of Australian Cities Conference 2011, Melbourne, 29 November 2011 - 02 December 2011
    Conference Papers | 2009
    Freestone R; Evans CB, 2009, 'Green Regional Design: Philosophies, policies and products in the evolution of metropolitan open space in Sydney 1948-2008', in 4th State of Australian Cities Conference, Promaco Conventions Pty Ltd, Perth, presented at State of Australian Cities: National Conference 2009, Perth, 24 November 2009 - 27 November 2009
    Conference Papers | 2009
    Ruming K; James PA; Tice AJ; Freestone R, 2009, 'Establishing a federal presence in Australian cities: Reflections on the role of the department of urban and regional development in urban regeneration in the 1970s', in 4th State of Australian Cities Conference, Promaco Conventions Pty Ltd, Perth, presented at State of Australian Cities: National Conference 2009, Perth, 24 November 2009 - 27 November 2009,
    Conference Papers | 2008
    Freestone R; Baker D, 2008, 'Reconciling public and private interests in the planning and development of airports: the Australian experience,. 1995-2008', in Public versus Private Planning: Themes, Trend and Tensions. Proceedings, International Planning History, 13th Biennial Conference, 13th International Planning History Society(IPHS), Chicago, USA, presented at 13th International Planning History Society(IPHS), Chicago, USA, 10 July 2008 - 13 July 2008
    Conference Papers | 2008
    Freestone R; Park M, 2008, 'From the corridors of power to the community soapbox: the town planning association of New South Wales in postwar Sydney', in Public versus Private Planning: Themes, Trend and Tensions. Proceedings, International Planning History, 13th Biennial Conference, 13th International Planning History Society(IPHS), Chicago, USA, presented at 13th International Planning History Society(IPHS), Chicago, USA, 10 July 2008 - 13 July 2008
    Conference Papers | 2008
    Freestone R; Park M, 2008, 'Spreading the good news about town planning: the educative role of the town planning association of New South Wales 1913-1928', in Sea Change: New and renewed urban landscapes, proceedings, 9th Australasian Urban History/ Planning History Conference, 9th Australasian Urban History/ Planning History Conference, Caloundra, presented at 9th Australasian Urban History/ Planning History Conference, Caloundra, 05 February 2008 - 07 February 2008
    Conference Papers | 2008
    Nichols D; Freestone R, 2008, 'Henry F Halloran`s Coastal Town Planning projects of the 1920s', in Sea Change: New and renewed urban landscapes, proceedings, 9th Australasian Urban History/ Planning History Conference, 9th Australasian Urban History/ Planning History Conference, Caloundra, presented at 9th Australasian Urban History/ Planning History Conference, Caloundra, 05 February 2008 - 07 February 2008
    Conference Papers | 2008
    Williams PJ; Freestone R; Thompson SM, 2008, 'Quantifying student perceptions of work experience to assess the effectiveness of practice-based learning', in Planning Education in a Globalised World, Conference Proceedings, ANZAPS Conference 2008, Sydney, presented at Australian and New Zealand Association of Planning Schools(ANZAPS) 2008, Sydney, 26 September 2008 - 28 September 2008
    Reports | 2007
    Freestone R; Garnaut C; Marsden S; Pinnegar S, 2007, Urban and Town Planning Thematic Heritage Study, for the Commonwealth Department of the Environment and Heritage, City Futures Research Centre, Sydney, Urban and Town Planning Thematic Heritage Study, for the Commonwealth Department of the Environment and Heritage
    Conference Papers | 2007
    Freestone R; James P, 2007, 'A Spatial History of Planned Cold War Towns 1945-1970', in Garnaut C; Freestone R (ed.), Woomera Symposium 2007, Woomera Symposium 2007, Woomera, pp. 1 - 58, presented at Woomera Symposium 2007, Woomera, 23 November 2007
    Conference Papers | 2007
    Stevens N; Baker D; Freestone R, 2007, 'Understanding the Australian Airport Metropolis', in State of Australian Cities: National Conference 2007, State of Australian Cities: National Conference 2007, Adelaide, Sth Aust, presented at State of Australian Cities: National Conference 2007, Adelaide, Sth Aust, 28 November 2007 - 30 November 2007
    Conference Papers | 2007
    Williams PJ; Freestone R; Thompson SM, 2007, 'Measuring the Effectiveness of Practice-Based Learning: Monitoring Student Perceptions of Work Experience', in 3rd Built Environment Education Conference(BEECON 2007), University of Westminster, Central London, presented at 3rd Built Environment Education Conference(BEECON 2007), University of Westminster, Central London, 12 September 2007 - 13 September 2007
    Conference Proceedings (Editor of) | 2007
    Garnaut C; Freestone R, (ed.), 2007, 'Woomera Symposium 2007', Woomera, presented at Woomera Symposium 2007, Woomera, 23 November 2007
    Conference Papers | 2006
    Freestone R, 2006, 'Contribution of the Plan of Adelaide to modernn town planning theory', in Adelaide Parklands Symposium, Adelaide Parklands Symposium, Adelaide, Sth Aust, presented at Adelaide Parklands Symposium, Adelaide, Sth Aust, 10 November 2006
    Conference Papers | 2006
    Freestone R, 2006, 'Public Spaces and Urban Beautification in Australia 1900 - 1930', in 8th Australasian Urban History/Planning History Conference, 8th Australasian Urban History/Planning History Conference, Wellington, New Zealand, presented at 8th Australasian Urban History/Planning History Conference, Wellington, New Zealand, 09 February 2006 - 11 February 2006
    Conference Papers | 2006
    Freestone R, 2006, 'The Internationalisation of the City Beautiful', in Binayak Rath (ed.), 12th International Planning History Society Conference, 12th International Planning History Society Conference, New Delhi, India, presented at 12th International Planning History Society Conference, New Delhi, India, 11 December 2006 - 14 December 2006
    Conference Papers | 2006
    Garnaut C; Iwanicki I; Freestone R, 2006, 'Modernism in the Desert: The planning and design of Woomera Village 1947-1967', in XXIVth International Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand, 23rd International Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand, Freemantle, Australia, presented at 23rd International Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand, Freemantle, Australia, 29 September 2006 - 02 October 2006
    Conference Papers | 2006
    Hanna BJ; Freestone R, 2006, 'Florence and Marion: Friendship and Enmity between Australia`s Pioneering Women Architects', in XXIVth International Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand, 23rd International Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand, Freemantle, Australia, presented at 23rd International Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand, Freemantle, Australia, 29 September 2006 - 02 October 2006
    Conference Papers | 2006
    Williams PJ; Freestone R; Thompson SM, 2006, 'Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches to Monitoring Work Based Learning', in CEBE (ed.), 2nd Annual Built Environment Education Conference (BEECON 2006), London, England, presented at 2nd Annual Built Environment Education Conference (BEECON 2006), London, England, 12 September 2006 - 13 September 2006
    Conference Papers | 2004
    Freestone R; Hanna BJ, 2004, 'Future Sydney: The Mid-Twentieth Century Visions of Florence Taylor', in AUBEA 2003: Working Together, 7th Australasian Urban History/Planning History Conference. The 21st Century City: Past/Present/Future, School of Architecture and Building, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia, presented at 7th Australasian Urban History/Planning History Conference. The 21st Century City: Past/Present/Future, School of Architecture and Building, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia, 12 February 2004 - 14 February 2004
    Conference Papers | 2004
    Freestone R; Thompson SM; Williams PJ, 2004, 'Work Based Learning: Industry Placement in the UNSW Planning Program', in 2004 Meeting of Australian and New Zealand Planning Sch, Perth, WA, pp. 12 - 37, presented at Meeting of Australian and New Zealand Planning Sch 2004, Perth, WA, 23 September 2004 - 25 September 2004
    Conference Papers | 2004
    Vernon C; Freestone R, 2004, 'Canberra: From history to heritage in a modern planned capital city', in Beijing Studies, Beijing Studies, Beijing, China, pp. 426 - 449, presented at Beijing Studies, Beijing, China
    Conference Papers | 2003
    Freestone R, 2003, 'A Consultative Approach to Curriculum Reform: The BPlan at University of New South Wales', in ANZAPS 2003 Conference: From Hippies to Highrise, ANZAPS 2003 Conference: From Hippies to Highrise, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, presented at ANZAPS 2003 Conference: From Hippies to Highrise, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, 26 September 2003 - 28 September 2003
    Creative Written Works | 2002
    Dawson PA, 2002, Sydney, Slope 15 http://www.slope.org.au/archive/issue15, Paquin E; Farrell M, (ed.), Slope,
    Conference Papers | 2002
    Freestone R; Johnson PA; Garnant C, 2002, 'Planning Woomera Village 1946-1947', in Southern Crossings, Southern Crossings, Auckland, New Zealand, presented at Southern Crossings, Auckland, New Zealand, 13 February 2002 - 16 February 2002
    Conference Papers | 2001
    Freestone R; Nichols D, 2001, 'Internal Parkland in early planned suburbs', in 2001 ICOMOS Conference, ICOMOS Conference 2001, Adelaide, Sth Aust, presented at ICOMOS Conference 2001, Adelaide, Sth Aust, 28 November 2001 - 01 December 2001
    Conference Papers | 2001
    Freestone R, 2001, 'Conclusion: Toward the New garden City in Asia', in Saiki T; Freestone R; van Rooijen M (eds.), New Garden City international Conference, New Garden City international Conference, Kobe, Japan, pp. 259 - 269, presented at New Garden City international Conference, Kobe, Japan
    Conference Proceedings (Editor of) | 2001
    Freestone R; Thompson SM, (ed.), 2001, 'Bridging Theory and Practice in Planning Education', University of New South Wales, presented at Bridging Theory and Practice in Planning Education, University of New South Wales, 21 September 2001 - 23 September 2001
    Conference Proceedings (Editor of) | 2001
    Freestone R, (ed.), 2001, 'New Garden City international Conference', Kobe, Japan, presented at New Garden City international Conference, Kobe, Japan
    Conference Papers | 2000
    Freestone R, 2000, 'Town, Gown and the Campus Beautiful', in 5th Australian Urban History Planning History Conference, 5th Australian Urban History Planning History Conference, University of South Australia, presented at 5th Australian Urban History Planning History Conference, University of South Australia, 13 April 2000 - 15 April 2000
    Conference Proceedings (Editor of) | 1998
    Freestone R, (ed.), 1998, '8th International Planning History and the 4th Australian Urban Histiory Conference', University of New South Wales, presented at 8th International Planning History and the 4th Australian Urban Histiory Conference, University of New South Wales, 15 July 1998 - 18 July 1998
    Conference Papers | 1997
    Freestone R, 1997, 'The British connection: convergence, divergence and cultural identity', in Barker JM (ed.), International Conference, International Conference, Perth, WA, pp. 61 - 70, presented at International Conference, Perth, WA, 29 July 1997 - 01 August 1997
    Conference Papers | 1996
    Freestone R, 1996, 'Melbourne and the City Beautiful Movement 1900-30', in Dingle T (ed.), 3rd Australian Planning History/Urban History Conference, 3rd Australian Planning History/Urban History Conference, Melbourne, pp. 223 - 232, presented at 3rd Australian Planning History/Urban History Conference, Melbourne, 11 December 1996 - 16 December 1996

In addition to industry funding, I have been a co-CI on seven ARC grants since 2006:

  • Australia’s new cities; past present and future (DP190101093) commenced 2019
  • Campus: Building Modern Australian Universities (DP160100364) commenced 2016
  • Designing Global Sydney: The negotiation of public and private interests (DP150104054, lead CI) completed
  • Exhibitionism: Codifying and communicating planning culture in Australia 1913-1951 (DP120101732, lead CI) completed
  • The airport metropolis: managing the interfaces (LP0775225) completed
  • The drivers and outcomes of re-Investment in low density suburban housing markets (DP0986122) completed
  • Cultural heritage in the sustainability of remote communities (LP0667822) completed

Since 1995 I have won singly or with colleagues a series of state, national and international awards for excellence in planning, historical and heritage scholarship, including:

Planning Institute of Australia

  • (WA Division) Award for Planning Excellence (Planning Research), 2022 for 'Plan My Australia'
  • (WA Division) Award for Planning Excellence (Planning Research), 2021 for 'Continental Suitability Analysis'
  • (National) Commendation for Planning Excellence (Planning Scholarship), 2020 forDesigning the Global City
  • (SA Division) Award for Planning Excellence (Planning Scholarship), 2018, for Planning Metropolitan Australia
  • (NSW Division) Commendation for Planning Excellence (Planning Scholarship, 2016, for Place and Placelessness Revisited
  • (National) Award for Planning Excellence (Planning Scholarship), 2011, for Urban Nation

National Trust of Australia (NSW)

  • Heritage Awards. Category: Interpretation and Presentation – Individuals, 2011, for Urban Nation
  • Heritage Awards. Category: Interpretation and Presentation (Individual), 2008, for Designing Australia's Cities

International Planning History Society

  • Special Prize in Best Book category, 2012, for Urban Nation
  • Best Edited Book category, 2020, forIconic Planned Communities and the Challenge of Change

My research interests lie in the development of modern planning theory and practice in Australia, metropolitan restructuring, heritage conservation and planning education. My current work includes studies of the new town movement, the utility and potential of small urban greenspaces, post-war university campus design, integration of airport and land use development, and biography in planning and design history.

I have been involved in various externally funded research enterprises including completed collaborative ARC projects on urban and architectural design in central Sydney, exhibitions in the development of modern urban planning culture, the role of cultural heritage in the sustainability of remote communities, the contribution of early town planning associations in development of Australian planning theory and practice, processes of suburban renewal and the evolution and policy implications of major airport activity centres, internationally and within Australia.

I have been involved with a wide variety of engagement activities outside and within UNSW including research assessment, senior administration, peer review and professional accreditation panels. Selected details below.

National Research Assessments

  • ARC, Humanities and Creative Arts (HCA) Research Evaluation Committee (REC) for ERA, 2010, 2015
  • Australian Research Council, Peer Reviewer for ERA (FOR 1205), 2009 Trial, 2012, 2018
  • New Zealand PBRF (Performance Based Research Funding), ETA (Engineering, Technology and Architecture) Panel Member, 2010-12, 2016-18

School and Research Reviews

  • Curtin University, Review of School of Built Environment, Chair, 2016
  • Latrobe University, College of Arts, Social Sciences and Commerce, Planning, Panel member, 2016
  • University of Auckland, School of Architecture & Planning, Research Development Review, Chair, 2014
  • Massey University, School of Engineering & Advanced Technology, Research Development Review, Panel member, Panel member, 2014
  • Griffith University, School of the Environment, Review Committee, Panel member, 2012

Accreditation panels for tertiary planning programs

Planning Institute of Australia, PIA (Chair)

  • Latrobe University (2006)
  • Tasmania (2009)
  • Sunshine Coast (2008, 2010)
  • QUT (2019)

New Zealand Planning Institute, NZPI (Chair)

  • Waikato (2002, 2012)
  • Lincoln (2003, 2013)
  • Auckland (2003, 2012, 2015)
  • Massey (2005, 2014)
  • Otago (2006, 2017)

Editorial Boards

I am actively involved on 10 international editorial advisory boards:

  • Journal of Urban Design (Taylor & Francis), from 2019
  • Cities (Elsevier), from 2018
  • Australian Planner (Taylor & Francis), from 2015
  • Progress in Planning (Elsevier), from 2003
  • Town Planning Review (Liverpool University Press), from 2002
  • Planning Perspectives (Taylor and Francis), from 1998, and Chair of the Editorial Board, from 2015
  • International Journal of Heritage Studies (Carfax, then Taylor and Francis), foundation member from 1994
  • Journal of Planning History (Sage), foundation member from 2002
  • Landscape and Urban Planning (Elsevier), including Emeritus Board Member (2016-2021)
  • Routledge/Alexandrine Press, ‘Studies in History, Planning and Environment’ series, International Editorial Board, from 2002

Major Grant Reviewer

I have been invited annually starting 1996 by the ARC to referee Large/Discovery Project applications (also DECRAs, Laureate and Linkage) with status of ‘Assessor of International Standing’ in 2006-07 and 2011-14. Since 1996 I have also been invited to assess grant or scholarship applications for other funding bodies including:

  • Guggenheim Foundation, New York
  • Hong Kong Research Grants Council
  • National Science Foundation, Switzerland
  • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
  • Marsden Fund (Social Sciences), New Zealand
  • ARC Consolidator projects, Université Libre de Bruxelles
  • Cooperative Research Centres (CRC), Department of Industry, Innovation, Science,Research and Tertiary Education, 2010

Award adjudications

I have been invited to be an adjudicator for various discipline and professional prizes and awards since 1996, including:

  • Society for American City and Regional Planning History (SACRPH): Catherine Bauer Wurster prize for best article in American city and regional planning history, committee chair (2009); Gerckens award for educational leadership (2019, 2021)
  • International Planning History Society: Book Prize committee member (2000-02, Chair 2015-16); Sutcliffe Dissertation Prize committee (inaugural Chair, 2013-14); Peter Hall Award (inaugural Chair, 2017-18, 2020, 2022); Best Planning Perspectives paper (2016, 2018, 2020, 2022)
  • Planning Institute of Australia (NSW Division), Sidney Luker Medal and Lecture Committee (2015); Awards for Excellence jury, (2009, 2011); Outdoor Advertising of Australia prize (2007, 2009)
  • AILA (Australian Institute of Landscape Architects), NSW, Awards, Planning (2008)

Conference organising and advisory/academic committees

  • State of Australian Cities (SOAC) Conference, Sydney (2013)
  • Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ) (2015)
  • World Heritage and Sustainable Development’ Conference, Porto (2008)
  • Australasian Urban History/Planning History Conference (Convenor 1993, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2014, 2016, 2022)
  • International Planning History Society Conference (Convenor 1998, 2002, 2016), 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2016)
  • Society for American City & Regional Planning History Conference (1999, 2009)

UNSW

Service roles have included:

  • Academic Board (pro tem, 2018)
  • Research Committee, Member (2007; 2013-2017)
  • Review of IT Services for Research Practice (2015)
  • Selection Committee, Dean of Built Environment (2015)
  • Review of Evolution and Ecology Research Centre (2015)
  • UNSW Press, Member (2000-13)
  • Built Environment Executive (2013-2017)
  • Associate Dean, Research (2013-2017)
  • Research Management Committee (1996-97, 1999-2004, 2006-09, 2011-16; chair 2015-16)Higher Degree Committee (2000-2004, 2006-2017)
  • Faculty Board (2013-2017)

My Research Supervision

PhD

A Crimeen, The aerotropolis and community health (Scientia Scholar, with Prof E de Leeuw and B Randolph)

S Deane, Power mechanics of Foreshore Dispossession (with Dr P Favaro)

C Evans, Sydney’s postwar park legacy (with Prof S Pinnegar)

C Smith, Property guardianship in Newcastle and London (with Prof S Pinnegar)

J Tighe, The Incomplete City (with Dr A Murray)

R Hunter, A Cultural Topography of Entertainment in Sydney (with Dr J Bollen)

My Teaching

Since 2018 my teaching has concentrated on research design for postgraduate students and thesis supervision for both undergraduate and postgraduate city planning students.

  • BENV7020 Research Seminar (T2, T3) - overview of research design for all faculty HDR students (PhD, MPhil, MRes) and coursework masters students undertaking dissertations, and tutor for all HDR and MCP students
  • PLAN7149 Planning Thesis (T1, T3) – coordination of city planning masters theses, including supervision
  • PLAN4003 Planning Thesis (T3) – supervision of city planning undergraduate theses

I am also involved in HDR (Higher Degree Research) thesis supervision and starting 1999 have supervised over 20 to completion on diverse topics concerned mainly with urban development and history, heritage, design and landscape. Since 1996 I have also examined more than 20 postgraduate dissertations from other Australia, NZ and South African universities.