Anton Hettrich (1860-1946) was a German-born architect in
Queensland, Australia. A number of his buildings are now heritage-listed.
Hettrich emigrated to Queensland from Germany in 1870 when he set up in practice as an architect in
Bundaberg
Bundaberg is a city in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia, and is the tenth largest city in the state. Bundaberg's regional area has a population of 70,921, and is a major centre of the Wide Bay–Burnett geographical region. The Bun ...
. He married Karen Thomsen in Brisbane in 1892 and they had one daughter and one son. Soon after his arrival he won design competitions for the
Bundaberg Town Hall and the
Bundaberg School of Arts
Bundaberg School of Arts is a heritage-listed former school of arts and now community centre at 184 Bourbong Street, Bundaberg Central, Bundaberg, Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Anton Hettrich and built from 1888 ...
. He also designed the Primitive Methodist Church and Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church in
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.
Frederick Faircloth, who later designed many buildings in Childers, was his pupil.
He died at
Dunwich Benevolent Asylum on 4 February 1946 of senility and his body was cremated.
Significant works
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, Bundaberg (1888)
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Grand Hotel, Childers (1899)
References
Attribution
This Wikipedia article was originally based o
''"The Queensland heritage register"''published by the
State of Queensland under
CC-BY 3.0 AU licence (accessed on 7 July 2014
archivedon 8 October 2014).
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Architects from Queensland
1860 births
1946 deaths
People from Bundaberg