William Ayshford Sanford b. 2 December 1818

  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect),
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Sketcher, carver, architect and civil servant. Educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, he was appointed colonial secretary of Western Australia.

Citations

  • Austin, R. (1855), 'Commanding an Expedition Sent by the Government To Explore the Interior of Western Australia…’, Journal of Assistant-Surveyor R. Austin.

  • (1981), 'The Heritage of Australia’, Melbourne, Vic : Australian Heritage Commission.

  • Erickson, R. (1988), 'The Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians pre 1829-1888’, Nedlands, Western Australia.

  • Hasluck, A. (1973), 'Royal Engineer: A Life of Sir Edmund DuCane’, Cremorne, New South Wales.

  • Kerr, E.J. (1978), 'Designing a Colonial Church: Church Architecture in New South Wales 1788-1888’, York, England, UK : British Theses-In-Print, DPhil York.

  • Venn, R (ed.) (1954), 'Wollaston’s Albany Journals’, Perth, WA.

  • (1953), 'Alumni Cantabrigiensis Part II’, Cambridge, England, UK : Volume 5.

Initial data sources

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