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Early life

Sydney Ancher was the son of New Zealand journalist Edward Albert Ancher and his Australian wife Ethel Puah, née Parsons. He was educated at Mosman Superior Public, North Sydney Boys’ High and Sydney Technical High School. Ancher house III

Notable Projects

* Prevost House, Sydney, NSW, 1935 * Ancher House, 3 Maytone Avenue, Killara, NSW, 1945 * Farley House, North Curl Curl, NSW, 1948 * House, Killeaton Street, St Ives, NSW, 1950 * Sydney Ancher House, Sydney, NSW, 1957

Family life

On 26 November 1926 he married Aaletha Ethel Hasemer, a stenographer, at the Presbyterian Church, Mosman, Australia.

Retirement

Ancher retired in 1966. His wife died in 1970 and he died on 8 December 1979 in hospital at Waratah. He was cremated.

References

* http://sydneyarchitecture.com/ARCH/ARCH-Ancher.htm * http://www.architecture.com.au/docs/default-source/nsw-notable-buildings/ancher-house-iii.pdf * http://douglas-snelling.com/timeline/ * http://sydneyarchitecture.com/ARCH/ARCH-Ancher.htm * http://www.penrithregionalgallery.org/aboutus-architecture.php * http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/ancher-sydney-edward-cambrian-9348 * http://www.canberrahouse.com/2006/11/08/sydney-ancher/ * Ancher, Mortlock, Murray, Woolley : Sydney Architects 1946-1976, David Saunders, Sydney: Power Institute of Fine Arts, University of Sydney,1967 {{DEFAULTSORT:Ancher, Sydney 1904 births 1979 deaths Associates of the Royal Institute of British Architects 20th-century Australian architects Recipients of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects’ Gold Medal