Charles Abraham D'Ebro (1850–1920) was a London-born architect who designed many important buildings in

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, Australia during the late Victorian and early

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periods. Many of these buildings are now preserved under heritage laws. From 1881 to 1885, he enjoyed a very productive partnership with

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, the designer of the

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, with whom he had emigrated to Adelaide in 1877.Tibbits, G. R. and Beauchamp, D
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at ''3rd Australasian Engineering Heritage Conference 2009''. Retrieved 15 January 2013

Biography

D'Ebro was born 27 October 1850 at 10 Bury Street, Bloomsbury,Birth Certificate of registration district St Giles in the Fields and St George, Bloomsbury, General Register Office London, the posthumous son of Charles D'Almandos D'Ebro,Charles D'Almandos D'Ebro was the son of Joseph Charles D'Ebro, Doctor in Law according to the marriage certificate at the General Register Office Baron and Chevalier, who died 16 August 1850, and Frances, the daughter of the artist Justin McArthy. She remarried 30 May 1853, becoming the second wife of

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, Western Australia on 23 June 1920.

Attributed works

* (1887) Auckland Art Gallery,

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Main gallery, with John Grainger * (1887) Fremantle Town Hall, Victorian Free Style (Classical), with John Grainger * (1889) Moorakyne, the former mansion home of merchant John Grice * (1890) Stonington (also spelt Stonnington) of Malvern in the

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style, mansion & stables * (1890)

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Clock Tower,

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, Melbourne. * (1891) The

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. * (1891) The Winfield Building in the Queen Anne style, with Richard Speight which forms part of a notable Collins Street streetscape * (1901–1902) Former Gollin and Company Building in the Queen Anne style.

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, Melbourne * (1904)

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building in the

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style (destroyed 1980) * (1907–1908) Scottish House in the Palazzo style, on William Street, Melbourne.

Gallery

File:Prahan Town Hall VFA flag.jpg, Prahran Town Hall Clock Tower (since modified) File:Winfield building collins street melbourne.jpg, Winfield Building in the Queen Anne style File:Former gollin and company building bourke street melbourne.jpg, Former Gollin & Company buildings File:Adelaide Steamship Company Bldg.jpg, The

building

References

Resource

City of Stonnington history
{{DEFAULTSORT:Debro, Charles Australian people of Irish descent Australian people of Spanish descent Architects from Melbourne 1850 births 1920 deaths Architects from London 1920 suicides