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Biography: Wilson, Francis Gordon

Dixon Street State Flats, Wellington

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Dixon Street State Flats, Wellington
While working for the Housing Construction Branch of the State Advances Corporation, Ernst Plischke designed the prize-winning Dixon Street State Flats – but it was his supervisor Gordon Wilson who received the credit for this achievement.

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Julia Gatley. 'Wilson, Francis Gordon', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2000. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/2646/dixon-street-state-flats-wellington (accessed 4 June 2026).