Thomas Rowe | |
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1st Mayor of Manly | |
In office 15 February 1877 –7 February 1879 | |
Succeeded by | Alfred Hilder |
Alderman of the Municipality of Manly | |
In office 13 February 1877 –1 October 1880 | |
Succeeded by | James Boscawen Duff |
Alderman of the City of Sydney for Bourke Ward | |
In office 2 December 1872 –30 November 1876 | |
Preceded by | Joseph Raphael |
Succeeded by | John Young |
1st President of the Board of Water Supply and Sewerage | |
In office 26 March 1888 –24 March 1892 | |
Preceded by | New office |
Succeeded by | Cecil West Darley |
President of the Metropolitan Board of Water Supply and Sewerage | |
In office 20 March 1896 –14 January 1899 | |
Preceded by | Cecil West Darley |
Succeeded by | Jacob Garrard |
Official Member of the Metropolitan Board of Water Supply and Sewerage | |
In office 26 March 1888 –14 January 1899 | |
Preceded by | New office |
Succeeded by | Jacob Garrard |
Personal details | |
Born | Penzance,Cornwall,England | 20 July 1829
Died | 14 January 1899 69) Darling Point,Colony of New South Wales | (aged
Occupation | Architect |
Awards | ![]() |
Military service | |
Allegiance | ![]() |
Branch/service | NSW Defence Force |
Years of service | 1872–1899 |
Rank | Colonel |
Commands | New South Wales Corps of Engineers |
Thomas Rowe VD , JP , FRIBA (20 July 1829 –14 January 1899) was a British-born architect,builder and goldminer who became one of Australia's leading architects of the Victorian era. [2] He was also a politician,who was the first Mayor of Manly.
Thomas Rowe was born in Penzance,Cornwall,United Kingdom,the eldest son of Richard Rowe and Ursula Mumford,and attended Barnes Academy. At 15 he became a draftsman in his father's building business before the family emigrated to Australia in 1848. From 1857 he practised as an architect in Sydney,Bathurst,Orange,Newcastle and Goulburn. As an architect he was often successful in competitions and his firms built commercial premises,large houses and many Methodist churches.
In 1872 he was elected alderman for Bourke Ward of the Sydney City Council,which he held until 1876. During his time on the council he worked on sanitation efforts related to improving the Sydney water supply. Rowe Street,which runs from Pitt Street to Castlereagh Street,was at that time named after him by in a vote by the council. [3]
In February 1877 he was elected to the first Manly Municipal Council and was elected first Mayor of Manly,overseeing the first laying-out of the town of Manly,and serving as an alderman until 1880. [4]
Rowe was also involved in the volunteer NSW Colonial Forces,receiving a commission as a lieutenant in the newly formed New South Wales Corps of Engineers in 1872,and was promoted to the rank of captain in 1874. [5]
When the Colonial Volunteer Force was disbanded and reorganised as the NSW Defence Force in 1878,Rowe was recommissioned a captain,and promoted to major in 1880. [5] Raised to rank of brevet Lieutenant Colonel in 1886,Rowe undertook a European tour the following year,visiting Aldershot,Chatham,Enfield,and Woolwich,in search of information relating to defence matters. [6] Rowe later designed several entrenching tools for the use of the engineers corps,including a bullet-proof shovel. Following the return to England of Colonel Henry Renny-Tailyour in 1894,Rowe took up the position of Commander of the New South Wales Corps of Engineers,was promoted to the rank of Colonel in 1895,and served until his retirement on 30 June 1898. [5] [7]
Rowe was also the founder,and for many years president,of the New South Wales Institute of Architects,and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1884. [8]
In 1888 the Premier Sir Henry Parkes appointed Rowe as the first President of the Board of Water Supply and Sewerage,and served in that office until his death,with the exception of the period 1892 to 1896 when Cecil West Darley presided. [9] [10] [11] His presidency was well-received,with an account after his death noting:"The great leaps and bounds by which the department has progressed,and its present state of efficiency,bear ample testimony to the capability of his administration." [6]
He died age 69 in January 1899 at Mona,his leased residence since 1881 in Darling Point. [12] [13] In accordance with his wishes "to be laid to rest near the sea",he was buried in his military uniform at Waverley Cemetery following a service at St Mark's Church,Darling Point. [14] [5]
(Many of the following buildings are heritage-listed): [15]
Rowe's son Harry Ruskin Rowe was also successful as an architect. One of his most significant achievements was the creation in 1950 of Ruskin Rowe,an estate in the Sydney suburb of Avalon. Rowe acquired a house,The Cabbage Trees,in the estate and used it as a weekender. The estate still exists and is heritage-listed. [23]
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