John K. Shirley

John Keith Shirley (20 May 1898 – 29 December 1954) was an Australian architect known for his educational buildings for independent schools in Sydney and his substantial Inter-war houses designed in the first half of the 20th century.

In 1923 the Love family of Sydney commissioned Carlyle Greenwell and Shirley to design Oweenee at 3 Milray Avenue, Wollstowcraft.

[4] In 1933 Greenwell and Shirley designed another Georgian/Mediterranean style revival home at 16 Khartoum Avenue, Gordon.

[5] In 1938 Shirley designed the Assembly Hall at Barker College and a substantial homestead at Adaminaby, New South Wales.

He was one of the architects working at his old school, Shore, and prior to the war constructed classrooms and laboratories and carried out extensive remodelling to its North Sydney campus.