Edward Casson Rowntree b. c.1810

  • Artist (Painter),
  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
The best known architectural work by Edward Casson Rowntree is the Hobart Town Savings Bank (now the Murray Street branch of the Savings Bank of Tasmania).
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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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Stilwell, G. T.
Date written:
1992
Last updated:
2011

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References [<ExternalResource: Stilwell, G.T. (1975), 'Convict Artists in Van Diemen's Land', Hobart, Tasmania.>, <ExternalResource: (1894), Walch's Tasmanian Almanac, Hobart.>, <ExternalResource: (1856), Wood's Tasmanian Almanack, Hobart.>, <ExternalResource: (1842), 'Census Returns', Archives Office of Tasmania, Hobart, CON 18/15.>, <ExternalResource: 'Manlius indent', Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney.>, <ExternalResource: Stilwell, G. T. (1972), 'Some Early Buildings in Central Hobart', Hobart, Tasmania.>]