sketcher, architect and builder, born in Thorne, Yorkshire, arrived at Hobart Town, Van Diemen’s Land, as a convict in the Manlius on 12 August 1830. He spent the rest of his life in Van Diemen’s Land, during which time he worked as a carpenter, builder and architect. He died at Sandy Bay on 8 November 1893. His best-known architectural work is the Hobart Town Savings Bank (now the Murray Street branch of the Savings Bank of Tasmania); he also designed the Congregational Church at Richmond. His only known painting is a watercolour of an English scene (ALMFA).
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- Writers:
- Stilwell, G. T.
- Date written:
- 1992
- Last updated:
- 2011
