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Vernon, Walter Liberty

Architect whose tenure as Government Architect from 1890 to 1911 saw the construction of some of Sydney's most famous buildings, as well as suburban fire stations and post offices in the Federation Free style.

Milestone
Born
High Wycombe, Cuckinghamshire, England
11 Aug 1846
Arrived Sydney
03 Nov 1883
Died
Darlinghurst
17 Jan 1914
Buried
Gore Hill Cemetery
19 Jan 1914
Occupation
Architect
Position
Architect
Land Titles Office building
Architect
Customs House
Architect
Lands Department building
1888 - 1892
Government Architect
Government Architect's Office
1890 - 1911
Architect
Newtown Post Office
1893
Architect
Supreme Court building St James Road
1895 - 1896
Architect
Art Gallery of New South Wales
1895 - 1902
Architect
Parramatta Court House
1896
Architect
Treasury Buildings
1896 - 1900
Architect
Darlinghurst Police Station
1899
Architect
Pyrmont Post Office
1900 - 1901
Architect
Glebe Fire Station
1905
Architect
Coroner's Court, The Rocks
1905
Architect
Mitchell Library building
1906
Architect
Central Railway Station
1906
Architect
Pyrmont Fire Station
1906
Architect
Parramatta Lunatic Asylum Administration Block
1909 - 1910
Architect
Anderson Stuart Building
1909 - 1912