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
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Name
Alberto Dias Soares
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
Other Occupation
  • Clergyman
  • Engineer
Birth date
1830
Birth place
United Kingdom
Death date
27 April 1909
Death place
Bondi, NSW
Active Period
  • 1857 - 1876
Arrival
  • 1852 (NSW; aboard the 'Formosa'.)
Residence
  • 1857 - 1876 Queanbeyan, NSW
  • 1876 - 1897 Goulburn, ACT
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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Related stub people
  • Soares, Manoel Joachim (child of)
  • Basset, Camilla Mary (child of)
  • Lane, Catherine Tom (spouse of)
Related stub person groups
  • St Saviour's Cathedral (associate of)
  • Queanbeyan diocese (associate of)
  • West Goulburn diocese (associate of)
Related people
  • Degotardi, John (associate of)
  • Campbell, Marrianne Collinson (associate of)
Related works
  • Designed Christ Church of England, Queanbeyan, NSW. (creator of)
  • Duntroon House, Canberra, ACT (creator of)
  • Designed Protestant Hall, Queanbeyan, NSW. (creator of)
  • Designed St Stephen's Presbyterian Church, Queanbeyan, NSW. (creator of)
  • St John, Canberra, ACT - Designed a new rectory and extensions (creator of)
  • Designed Christ Church Rectory, Queanbeyan, NSW. (creator of)
  • Designed St Mark's, Hoskingtown, NSW. (creator of)
  • Designed St Thomas's, Molonglo (Carwoola), NSW. (creator of)
  • Designed St Philip's, Bungendore, NSW. (creator of)
Related collections
  • Christ Church of England, Queanbeyan, NSW (collected in)