1788 - 1815 |
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INTRODUCTION
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1816 -1822 |
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GREENWAY, Francis Howard
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1822 - 1824 |
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HARRIS, Standish Lawrence
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1825 - 1826 |
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COOKNEY, George
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1832 - 1835 |
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HALLEN, Ambrose
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1835 - 1849 |
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LEWIS, Mortimer
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1849 - 1854 |
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BLACKET, Edmund Thomas
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1854 - 1856 |
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WEAVER, William
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1856 - 1862 |
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DAWSON, Alexander
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1862 - 1890 |
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BARNET, James
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1890 - 1911 |
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VERNON, Walter Liberty
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1912 - 1923 |
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McRAE, George
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1923 - 1926 |
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BLAIR, Gorrie McLeish
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1927 - 1929 |
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WELLS, Richard McDonald Seymour
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1929 - 1935 |
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SMITH, Edwin
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1935 - 1958 |
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PARKES, Cobden
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1958 - 1973 |
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FARMER, Edward Herbert
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1973 - 1974 |
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WEBBER, Geoffrey Phillip
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1974 - 1978 |
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WEATHERBURN, Charles Percy
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1978 - 1988 |
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THOMSON, John Whyte (Ian)
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1988 -1995 |
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KELLY, Lindsay
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1995 - 2005 |
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JOHNSON, Chris
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2005 - 2012 |
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MOULD, Peter
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2012 - present |
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POULET, Peter
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1788 - 1815
INTRODUCTION
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The provision of public works has been an essential concern from the foundation of the Colony of New South Wales. Governor Phillip’s commission included the building of those “castles cities boroughs towns and fortifications” he thought necessary and he immediately ordered construction of a road, wharf and bridge as well as buildings at Sydney Cove.
By 1800 there were about 150 people on the civil service establishment looking after basic public buildings, roads, bridges, wharves, dockyard facilities, navigational aids, water supply, sewerage and drainage works that were essential to the maintenance of the penal settlement.
However, it was from Lachlan Macquarie’s term as Governor from 1810 to 1821 that an organisation of public works was brought into being, with a program of works, an Inspector of Public Works, and a Civil Architect: Francis Greenway.
Since Francis Greenway’s term as first Civil Architect, there have been 21 Civil, Colonial or Government Architect, all contributing to the design, planning supervision and construction of public works in New South Wales.
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