Ernest Greenway (1861–1934) was a stonemason in

Ipswich Ipswich () is a port town and borough in Suffolk, England, of which it is the county town. The town is located in East Anglia about away from the mouth of the River Orwell and the North Sea. Ipswich is both on the Great Eastern Main Line r ...

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, Australia. His work is part of many heritage-listed sites in Queensland.

Early life

Ernest Greenway was a descendant of early colonial architect

Francis Greenway Francis Howard Greenway (20 November 1777 – September 1837) was an English-born architect who was transported to Australia as a convict for the crime of forgery. In New South Wales he worked for the Governor, Lachlan Macquarie, as Australia's ...

who designed many of the public buildings in

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during Lachlan Macquarie's time as

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. Ernest Greenway learnt his trade in England and migrated to Queensland in 1882.

Stonemasonry

Greenway established a stonemasonry business in Nicholas Street,

. He later moved to Grey Street and finally to Limestone Street in 1891. His business functioned from the Limestone Street site until 1934. He designed so many monuments for Cooktown that the ''

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'' described him as "half a Cooktownite".

Later life

Greenway died at his residence Kyeewa in York Street,

East Ipswich East Ipswich is a residential inner-city suburb of Ipswich in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. In the , East Ipswich had a population of 2,410 people. Geography One of the older suburbs, East Ipswich is predominantly made up of we ...

on Friday 5 January 1934. His funeral was held on Saturday 6 January 1934 at the Central Congregational Church.

Works

Mary Watson's Monument Mary Watson's Monument is a heritage-listed memorial at Charlotte Street, Cooktown, Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia. It was designed and built by Ernest Greenway in 1886. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992 ...

Cooktown Cooktown is a coastal town and locality in the Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia. Cooktown is at the mouth of the Endeavour River, on Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland where James Cook beached his ship, the Endeavour, for repairs ...

(1886) * Memorial to John MacFarlane, Queen's Park, Ipswich * monuments in the

Cooktown Cemetery Cooktown Cemetery is a heritage-listed cemetery at Charlotte Street, Cooktown, Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1874 to 1920. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 8 April 1997. History Cooktown Cemetery, ...

(various years) * monuments in the

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(various years)

References

Attribution

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on 8 October 2014). {{DEFAULTSORT:Greenway, Ernest Australian stonemasons People from Ipswich, Queensland 1861 births 1934 deaths