James Hume (1798–15 Nov 1868) was one of the first
architects
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in
Sydney
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,
Australia
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.
He drew up the first plans for
St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney
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and was the designer of the first Synagogue in Australia, in York Street Sydney, opened in 1844.
Hume died on 15 November 1868 and was buried in the
Devonshire Street Cemetery
The Devonshire Street Cemetery (also known as the Brickfield Cemetery or Sandhills Cemetery) was located between Eddy Avenue and Elizabeth Street, and between Chalmers and Devonshire Streets, at Brickfield Hill, in Sydney, Australia. It was con ...
in Sydney.
[''Sydney Burial Ground 1819 to 1901'' by Keith A Johnson and Malcolm R Sainty, Library of Australian History, Sydney, 2001, page 77.]
References
1798 births
1868 deaths
Australian artists
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