David Ross b. 1828

  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Sketcher and architect David Ross was elected a fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1879. He and R.A. Dowden, according to the local legend, were pupils of A.W.N. Pugin, the English pioneer Victorian Gothic Revival architect.

Citations

  • Tibbits, G.; et al., 'Directory of Victorian architects’, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria (manuscript).

  • Stacpoole, J. (1974), 'Colonial Architects in New Zealand’, Wellington, New Zealand.

  • Wilson G. and Sands, P. (1981), 'Building a City: 100 Years of Melbourne Architecture’, Melbourne, Victoria.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870