James Barnet

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Why Is James Barnet Influential?

According to Wikipedia, James Johnstone Barnet, was the Colonial Architect for Colonial New South Wales, serving from 1862 to 1890. Early life Barnet was born in the son of a builder in Arbroath, Scotland, and was educated at the local high school. In 1843, at the age of sixteen, Barnet moved to London, where he became a builder's apprentice, studying drawing under William Dyce RA and architecture with CJ Richardson FRIBA. He then became of clerk of works with the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers. In 1854 he married and sailed for Sydney, Australia, with his new wife, Rosa. In Sydney, he worked first as a builder for Edmund Blacket, then became Clerk of Works at the University of Sydney.

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