Between 1891 and 1985 the Principal Architect of the
Public Works Department (Western Australia) was responsible for the delivery of the state government’s public buildings capital works program throughout
Western Australia
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.
In 2003 the government of Premier
Geoff Gallop re-established the office as the Government Architect (now part of the
Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage
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), with the purpose of improving "the design of public buildings and spaces to enhance the quality of the built environment in WA."
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Prior to 1891
Prior to 1901, the Principal Architect was called the Superintendent of Public Works or Clerk of Works or Director of Public Works. Refer to Public Works Department (Western Australia). Those who served in these roles were:
*1829-1838 Henry Willey Reveley
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Reveley was the son of Willey and Maria Reveley (later Gisborn ...
*1839-1851 Henry Trigg
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Henry Trigg was born on 30 June 1791 in Gloucester, England, the son of Henry ...
*1851-1853 James Austin
*1853-1884 Richard Roach Jewell
*1885-1891 John Arthur Wright
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, Clayton T Mason and George Temple-Poole
Principal Architects
Those who served the State in the role of Principal Architect were as follows:
*1891 – 1897 George Temple-Poole
*1897 – 1905 John Harry Grainger
*1905 – 1917 Hillson Beasley
*1917 – 1927 William Burden Hardwick
*1927 – 1930 John Melvin James Tait
*1930 – 1960 Albert Ernest (Paddy) Clare
*1960 – 1967 Walter Green
*1967 – 1968 Leonard Walters
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*1968 – 1980 Stanley Cann
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*1980 – 1985 William Bateman
Government Architects
*2004 – 2009 Geoffrey London Geoffrey, Geoffroy, Geoff, etc., may refer to:
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*2009 – 2013 Steve Woodland
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References
External links
Office of the Government Architect
Architects from Western Australia
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