James Nangle, then lecturer‐in‐charge, was appointed first in an acting capacity and then promoted to the position, and Hadley was put in charge of the architecture course.
During this time he designed, among others, Methodist Girls School in Bowral (1923); the Colonial Mutual Building, 74 Pitt Street (1924); the Vickery Me- morial Chapel (1926; in honour of Ebenezer Vickery MLC); Leigh College, Newington (1927); and the Wesley Hall in Rose Bay (1929).
[2] In January 1899, Hadley married "Florence, eldest daughter of the late Edward Brooks Debelle, of Petersham".
[7] Hadley left the family home before his son was earning a living (date unknown), and made a small monthly payment to his wife.
He left £500, as well as furniture and household and personal effects, for his nurse Rita Haley, and provided for an annuity of £200 for his wife.
By 1939, Hadley's widow Florence, then 67, applied to the Equity Court for financial relief under the Family Maintenance Act.
The judge was sympathetic and ordered that she be paid £100, as well as receiving "the net income of the estate (about £427 a year) for the rest of her life".
[1] Other past winners include Ken Woolley, Colin Griffiths, Lawrence Nield, Deborah Dearing, Rachel Neeson, Stephen Collier, Sam Marshall, David Holm, and Tse Hui Teh.
The Byera Hadley Travelling Scholarships (BHTS) are today administered by the NSW Architects Registration Board (ARB).
The purpose is stated thus:[11]to provide financial support for the promotion and encouragement of students and/or graduates in architecture to undertake a course of study, research, or other activity approved by the NSW ARB.
Only students or graduates of an accredited architecture program offered by a NSW university are eligible for the award, which is judged on merit.