Dictionary of Sydney

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Verge, John

Architect and builder who came to Sydney as a free settler and designed and built many of the colony's grandest houses before retiring to his farm on the Macleay River in northern New South Wales.

Milestone
Born
Hampshire, England
1782
Died
Austral Eden, Kempsey, NSW
09 Jul 1861
Occupation
Position
1829
1830 - 1832
1830 - 1835
1831
1831 - 1837
1832 - 1833
1832 - 1834
1833
1833 - 1836
1833 - 1838
1834
1835
1835 - 1839
1836
1837
Relationship
Business partner
1836 - 1837