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Francis Howard Greenway (20 November 1777 – September 1837) was an English-born architect who was transported to Australia as a convict for the crime of forgery. In New South Wales he worked for the Governor, Lachlan Macquarie, as Australia's first government architect.
Francis Greenway (1777- 1837) produced some of the finest colonial buildings in Australia while under Governor Macquarie's patronage and protection. Some of the existing buildings are St. James Church and Supreme Court in Sydney City and St Matthew's Church, Windsor.
Francis Greenway (1777-1837), architect, was born at Mangotsfield, near Bristol, England, son of Francis Greenway and Ann, née Webb. The Greenways had been stonemasons, builders and architects in the west country for generations.
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29 de abr. de 2020 · Macquarie Lightstation in Vaucluse is home to Australia’s first lighthouse, built over 200 years ago. Michele Harper, a volunteer researcher for the Harbour Trust, reflects on the storied life of Francis Greenway, the convict architect who designed Macquarie Lighthouse.
Francis Howard Greenway, a native of Gloucestershire whose calling is recorded as architect and painter was tried at the Bristol Sessions on 23 March 1812. He was found guilty of forging a document and sentenced to death which was commuted to transportation for 14 years, arriving in Sydney on the convict transport, General Hewitt on 7 February ...
29 de sept. de 2016 · Francis Greenway. Sentenced to death for forgery, he became a celebrated architect in Australia. For anyone with even the vaguest interest in convict-era Australia, the Hyde Park Barracks is an essential visit.
Outstanding was the architecture of Francis Greenway, a former convict, who, under Macquarie’s patronage, designed churches and public buildings that remain among the most beautiful in Australia.
