Alberto Dias Soares b. 1830

  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
Arriving with his brother Gualter in 1852 with a wildcat idea for a railway system which was subsequently turned down by the Sydney Rail Company, Soares decided to channel his youthful energies towards the scriptures. A sound career in theology paved the way for the formally trained engineer to indulge in his artistic side; he was the mastermind behind many of the church buildings in Queanbeyan an

Citations

  • Cross, R.L. (1980), 'Bygone Queanbeyan’, Fyshwick, ACT.

  • Kerr, E.J. (1978), 'Designing a Colonial Church’, York, UK : British Theses-In-Print.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870