George Bernard Roskell
George Bernard Roskell (1850–1926) was an architect in Queensland, Australia. Some of his works are now heritage-listed.
George Bernard Roskell
- Born
- 1850
- Occupation
- architect
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George Bernard Roskell (1850–1926) was an architect in Queensland, Australia. Some of his works are now heritage-listed.
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Early life
Early life
Roskell was born in 1850 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India, the son of sea captain Nicholas Wilfred Roskell and his wife Mary Charlotte Agnes (née Jones).
Architectural career
Architectural career
Roskell was articled to architect EW Pugin in Dublin, Ireland. Pugin and his architect father Augustus Pugin were responsible for the design of a large number of Gothic Revival ecclesiastical buildings in Britain and Western Europe. Roskell migrated to Sydney in 1881. In Sydney, he worked in partnership with John Bede Barlow between 1885 and 1891. The 1887 Church of St Canice in Rushcutters Bay and the 1889 St Francis of Assisi Church in Paddington, designed by the practice are both on the Sydney Local Heritage Register. Roskell then went to New Zealand, working for two firms known for their ecclesiastical projects. Roskell relocated to Queensland as an employee of the Department of Public Works in 1907. Living in Dalby from 1909, he worked as clerk of the Dalby Town Council and also ran an architectural practice responsible for the Dalby National Bank (1910), the Dalby Hospital (1914) and the Wambo Shire Council offices (1916).
Later life
Later life
Roskell died on 28 January 1926, at Parramatta, Sydney, aged 76 years old after a short illness.
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Significant works
• 1913: St Columba's Convent, Dalby
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The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count. Recorded with the occupation architect. Institutional cataloguing adds that george Bernard Roskell is recorded with the gender male. Institutional cataloguing adds that george Bernard Roskell was born on 1 January 1850. It is also recorded that george Bernard Roskell is recorded as human.
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- 1.Gava, Virginia Maria. George Bernard Roskell1850–1926. Ancestry.com.
- 2.cite QHR 31791 St Columba's Convent (former) 602761 accessdate=1 August 2014
- 3.WAMBO SHIRE COUNCIL. The Brisbane Courier. 18,216. 5. 5 June 1916.
- 4.PERSONAL. The Dalby Herald. 3. 25 May 1926.
- 5.PERSONAL. The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers' Advocate. XXXVIII. 3217. 9. 5 February 1926.
- 6.NEW CONVENT AT DALBY. The Brisbane Courier. 17,286. 7. 9 June 1913.
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