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- MLC Metropolitan Province, 22 May 1902–21 May 1908
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Personal Information |
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9 October 1854 |
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Chiswick, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom |
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3 October 1917 |
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Perth, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, WA |
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To WA December 1881 |
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Son of James William, bricklayer, and Elizabeth Jane Kensett |
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Married 21 May, 1884, St Paul's Church, Adelaide, South Australia to Ada Phyllis Louise Light (born circa 1855 and died 5 June 1942), daughter of George Thomas and Marian Light Wilson
Children: one son and one daughter |
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Church of England |
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Educated King’s College, London
Articled architect and civil engineer
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Architect and engineer |
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Assistant Engineer in Chief's Department, South Australia, 1876
In private practice, 1878–1881
Contracted to build second section of railway from Guildford to Chidlow Wells, WA
Architect and civil engineer in private practice in Perth, later in partnership with TWL Powell and AD Cameron, 1884–1917 |
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In South Australia, 1884
Founder, WA Architects’ Association
Member, Board of Health for 14 years
Freemason |
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D Black and G Bolton, eds, Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1870-1930, Parliamentary History Project, Perth, WA, 2010, p. 211.
Dictionary of Western Australians, 1829-1914. Volume 4. Part 2, L-Z. The challenging years, 1868-1888.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed 28 September 2022. https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=b4797274-fb1c-ec11-b6e7-00224814c3d1
West Australian, 13 May 1902, 6 October 1917. |
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