Andrew Wilson | |
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![]() Portrait from the
Kalgoorlie Western Argus, published for the opening of the Town Hall in 1908.
[1] | |
Born | Andrew Oswald Wilson 12 October 1866
Victoria, Australia |
Died | 19 June 1950
Melbourne, Australia | (aged 83)
Occupation | Architect |
Buildings | Boulder Town Hall |
Andrew Oswald Wilson (1866–1950), known professionally as A. Oswald Wilson, [2] was an early-20th-century Western Australian architect. [3] Born and trained as a carpenter in Victoria, he moved first to Perth and then to the Eastern Goldfields (in December 1899 [4] [5]), where he worked for Murdock McKay Hopkins. [3] He was president of the Mechanics' Literary and Debating Society (also known as the Boulder Literary Society) in Boulder from 1904 [6] to 1908, [7] [2] as well as active in the Boulder Benevolent Society. [8] One of his best-known buildings is the Boulder town hall for which he submitted designs in 1907. [9] In December 1908, [4] he moved back to Perth and practised from Forrest Chambers (at 62 St George's Terrace). [3]
On 17 December 1910, aged 44, he married May Livingstone in Perth, [3] [10] and in 1917 they left Australia for England, where Wilson enlisted in the Army. [3]
Wilson died on 19 June 1950 at St Andrew's Hospital in Melbourne. [3] [10] He was 83. [11]
In chronological order.
Perth:
Boulder (where he was "responsible for most of the more prominent buildings about the Boulder" [5]):
Perth:
Andrew Wilson | |
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![]() Portrait from the
Kalgoorlie Western Argus, published for the opening of the Town Hall in 1908.
[1] | |
Born | Andrew Oswald Wilson 12 October 1866
Victoria, Australia |
Died | 19 June 1950
Melbourne, Australia | (aged 83)
Occupation | Architect |
Buildings | Boulder Town Hall |
Andrew Oswald Wilson (1866–1950), known professionally as A. Oswald Wilson, [2] was an early-20th-century Western Australian architect. [3] Born and trained as a carpenter in Victoria, he moved first to Perth and then to the Eastern Goldfields (in December 1899 [4] [5]), where he worked for Murdock McKay Hopkins. [3] He was president of the Mechanics' Literary and Debating Society (also known as the Boulder Literary Society) in Boulder from 1904 [6] to 1908, [7] [2] as well as active in the Boulder Benevolent Society. [8] One of his best-known buildings is the Boulder town hall for which he submitted designs in 1907. [9] In December 1908, [4] he moved back to Perth and practised from Forrest Chambers (at 62 St George's Terrace). [3]
On 17 December 1910, aged 44, he married May Livingstone in Perth, [3] [10] and in 1917 they left Australia for England, where Wilson enlisted in the Army. [3]
Wilson died on 19 June 1950 at St Andrew's Hospital in Melbourne. [3] [10] He was 83. [11]
In chronological order.
Perth:
Boulder (where he was "responsible for most of the more prominent buildings about the Boulder" [5]):
Perth: