Person
Greenway, Francis (1777 - 1837)
- Born
- 1777
Mangotsfield, Gloucestershire, England - Died
- 1837
Hunter River Valley, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Architect
Summary
Francis Greenway, who was transported to Australia in 1814 for a forgery offence committed in 1812, was one of the principal architects responsible for the transfer of building technology from Europe to Australia in the early days. His work was notable for skills in using local sandstones and for the proportions and grandness of his designs. His most prominent early structure was the Macquarie Lighthouse at South Head.
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Published resources
Book Sections
- Herman, Morton, 'Greenway, Francis (1777-1837), architect' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 1: 1788 - 1850 A-H, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1966), pp. 470-472. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A010434b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q970544. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/23466675. Details
- 'Greenway, Francis (1777-1837)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-625256. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_g.html. Details
- Fraser, Don, 'Chapter 1: The seventy years 1790-1960' in Sydney: from settlement to city: an engineering history of Sydney, Don Fraser, ed. (Crows Nest, New South Wales: Engineers Australia, 1989), pp. 1-16. Details
- Serle, Percival, Dictionary of Australian biography (Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1949). Details
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Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 4 February 2010
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