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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1862 - 1890
BARNET, James
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James Barnet was born in 1827 in Scotland. He arrived in New South Wales in 1854. Barnet worked under Blacket at Sydney University, and undertook private commissions before being appointed Clerk of Works in Dawson’s office in 1860. He was promoted to Acting Colonial Architect on Dawson’s resignation in 1862 and was appointed Colonial Architect in 1865.
The Colonial Architect’s Office staff numbered 17 in 1865 when Barnet became Colonial Architect, with 324 works in progress. On his retirement in 1890, the staff numbered 64 and works in hand totalled 1,351. During Barnet’s career as Colonial Architect, the population of NSW trebled.
The list of Barnet’s work includes 169 post and telegraph offices, 130 courthouses, 155 police stations, 110 lock-ups and 20 lighthouses. His major works include the General Post Office building in Sydney, Callan Park Asylum, the Australian Museum, the Chief Secretary’s Building, Lands Department, and the Anderson Building at Sydney University.
One of Barnet’s most impressive achievements was the Garden Palace, opened in 1879 as the venue for the International Exhibition of that year. The building was destroyed by fire in 1882.
Barnet resigned as Colonial Architect on 30th June 1890. Shortly afterwards the Colonial Architect’s Department was abolished.
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