Person

Wardell, William Wilkinson (1823 - 1899)

Born
1823
Poplar, England
Died
19 November 1899
North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Architect, Civil engineer and Civil servant

Summary

William Wardell was Director-General of public works, Melbourne 1861-1878 and designed many major government buildings in New South Wales and Victoria.

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Chronology

2 Feb 1858
Career event - Associate Member (AssocMInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London
6 Apr 1869
Career event - Member (MInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London
8 Jan 1878
Career event - Victorian public servants summarily dismissed on 'Black Wednesday'

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Archival resources

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

  • William Wilkinson Wardell - Records, 1894 - 1900, ML MSS 657; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
  • William Wilkinson Wardell - Records, 1880, ML MSS 560; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
  • William Wilkinson Wardell - Records, 1878 - 1902, ML MSS 10; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
  • William Wilkinson Wardell - Records, ML MSS 40; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
  • William Wilkinson Wardell - Records, c. 1848 - 1962, ML MSS 3728; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

St John's College Archives, University of Sydney

  • William Wilkinson Wardell - Records, 1860 - 1900; St John's College Archives, University of Sydney. Details

Published resources

Books

  • Cumming, D. A., Some Public Works Engineers in Victoria in the Nineteenth Century (Melbourne: University of Melbourne, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 1985), 59 pp. pp.31-32. Details

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See also

  • Serle, Percival, Dictionary of Australian biography (Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1949). Details

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