Alberto Dias Soares b. 1830

  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
Arriving with his brother Gualter in 1852 with a wildcat idea for a railway system which was subsequently turned down by the Sydney Rail Company, Soares decided to channel his youthful energies towards the scriptures. A sound career in theology paved the way for the formally trained engineer to indulge in his artistic side; he was the mastermind behind many of the church buildings in Queanbeyan an