William McMinn b. 1844

  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Sketcher, architect and surveyor. In 1865 McMinn was involved in a disastrous expedition to northern Australia to map the Adelaide River. To return to civilisation McMinn and six others purchased a 23-foot open boat, named it the Forlorn Hope, and sailed 2000 miles south to Geraldton, WA. In his later years as an architect McMinn was responsible for designing the original Venetian Gothic building of the University of Adelaide, now known as the Mitchell Building (in partnership with Edward John Woods), Marble Hill at Norton Summit, the summer residence of the governors of South Australia and the original part of the Adelaide Children's Hospital.
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Name
William McMinn
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • Surveyor (ANZSIC code: 6922)
  • Architect (ANZSIC code: 6921)
Birth date
1844
Birth place
Newry, County Down, Ireland
Death date
14 February 1884
Death place
North Adelaide, SA
Active Period
  • c.1859 - c.1884
Arrival
  • September 1850 (Arrived Adelaide, SA aboard the Albatross)
Residence
  • September 1850 - 1884 Adelaide, SA
  • 1844 - 1850 Ireland, UK
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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References [<ExternalResource: (1974), 'Gilbert Rotherdale and William McMinn', in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 5, [Pike, D. (ed.)], Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Morgan, E.J.R. and Gilbert, S.H. (1969), 'Early Adelaide Architecture 1836 to 1886', Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Stow, J.P. (1894), 'The Voyage of the Forlorn Hope', Adelaide, SA.>, <ExternalResource: (1869), 'Adelaide Almanack', Adelaide, SA.>]