James Hine (1848–1928) was a prominent architect in

Perth, Western Australia Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...

. He was born in

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, England. Hine worked there with the architect John Grovsner as his assistant from 1865 until 1877, and subsequently started his own practice. Hine moved to

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, South Africa in 1881, then to

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in 1883, before settling in Perth, Western Australia, in 1895, where he remained until his death in January 1928. Buildings designed by Hine include Methodist Ladies' College, Wesley College, and the Trinity Buildings.

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19th-century English architects 19th-century Australian architects 20th-century Australian architects Architects from Western Australia 1848 births 1928 deaths Architects from Shropshire {{WesternAustralia-stub