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'Colin Federick Madigan' (born 1921) is an Australian architect. He is best known for designing the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra.
He was born in Inverell, New South Wales and studied architecture at Sydney Technical College from 1939 to 1941. He then enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy and was one of the few survivers of the sinking of the HMAS Armidale off Timor in 1942.
In 1951 Madigan, Maurice Edwards and Jack Torzillo formed a partnership, Edwards Madigan Torzillo and Partners whose work was mostly on public projects such as public housing, schools and offices. In 1968 they won the design competition for the National Gallery of Australia.
Madigan submitted an unsuccessful design for the new Parliament House. Madigan received a Gold Medal from the Royal Australian Institute of Architects in 1981 and an Order of Australia in 1984. He retired in 1991. ^[1]
Madigan has also written a book on the sinking of the HMAS Armidale in 1942, ''Armidale '42 : a survivor's account''.^[2]
In recent years Madigan has vigorously opposed plans to build a new entrance to the National Gallery of Australia.^[3]

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1. Building the Collection, , , , National Gallery of Australia, , ISBN 0-642-54202-3
2. Armidale '42 : a survivor's account, , Colin, Madigan, Macmillan Publishers, , ISBN 0-7329-1039-0
3. NGA architect draws the line