Henry Willey Reveley b. c.1788

  • Artist (Painter),
  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
English born Henry Willey Reveley, sketcher, architect and civil engineer, was responsible for the design and supervision of public works at Fremantle, Perth and outlying districts, including the Perth Government Offices from 1829 to 1838. He is best known for his first major building, the twelve-sided sandstone gaol now called the Round House on its dramatic site on Arthur's Head, Fremantle.
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Name
Henry Willey Reveley
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
Other Occupation
  • Writer (Writer 1839/1873)
  • Lecturer (Lecturer 1839/1873 - Arts and science lecturer.)
  • Civil engineer (Civil engineer 1829/1838 - civil engineer for the Swan River settlement, Perth, WA.)
  • Superintendent (Superintendent 1826/1827 - civil engineer and superintendent of buildings at Cape Town, South Africa.)
  • Architect
Birth date
c.1788
Birth place
England, UK
Death date
27 January 1875
Death place
Reading, Oxfordshire, UK
Burial place
Reading Cemetery, Reading, Oxfordshire, UK.
Death note
BurialNote: Buried with wife, Cleobulina.
Active Period
  • 1839 - 1873
  • 1822 - 1837
Arrival
  • 1829 (Arrived on the 'Parmelia', in WA. Departed Australia on the American whaler 'Pioneer' on 30 November 1838 for England.)
Residence
  • 1839 - 1844 England, UK
  • 1873 - 1875 Reading, Oxfordshire, UK
  • 1844 - 1873 Sunny Hill, Parkstone, Dorset, UK
  • 1829 - 1838 Fremantle, Perth, WA
  • 1826 - 1829 Cape Town, South Africa
  • 1821 - 1826 London, UK
  • 1800 - 1821 Pisa, Italy
  • 1788 - 1799 England, UK
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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  • Stirling, James (associate of)
  • Reveley, Willey (child of)
  • Reveley, Maria (child of)
  • Gisbourne, John (relative of)
  • Shelley, Mary (associate of)
  • Stirling, James (associate of)
  • Reveley, Willey (child of)
  • Reveley, Maria (child of)
  • Gisbourne, John (relative of)