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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-05-25 human Rosanne Walker; Ken McInnes updated 2025-11-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003341b.htm person Archer John Lee AACR2 26 April 1791 4 December 1852 Place of Birth Ireland Place of Death Stanley, Tasmania, Australia Engineer Architect John Archer was Civil Engineer and Colonial Architect to Van Diemen's Land 1826-1838 and police magistrate for the district of Horton 1838 until his death. Among the many buildings he designed are Parliament, the Ordnance Stores in Salamanca Place and a number of churches. His outstanding engineering work was the stone bridge over the Macquarie River at Ross.

Associated Engineering Works:

Bridges and harbour works:
* 1827-1830. Hobart (wharf and waterfront), Sullivan's Cove improvements;
* 1828. Hobart Rivulet realignment;
* 1829-1835. Richmond Bridge; repairs;
* 1831. Harrington Street Bridge;
* 1831-1836. Ross Bridge;
* 1835. Bridgewater Causeway;
* 1835. Jordan River Bridge, repairs and new pier design;
* 1836-1837. Argyle Street Bridge.

Lighthouses:
* 1833-1838. Low Head Lighthouse;
* 1835-1838. Cape Bruny Lighthouse.

1809 1812 Career position - Apprenticed to Charles Beazley, a London Architect 1812 c. 1813 Career position - Assistant, working for Architect Samuel Beazley c. 1813 c. 1819 Career position - Drawing clerk, under engineer John Rennie, London. Including some work on Waterloo Bridge and Southwark Bridge. c. 1819 c. 1826 Career position - Engineer and architect, Ireland, under engineer John Archer, his father, including work on the Royal Canal, Dublin. 1826 1826 Career event - Appointed 'Civil engineer in Van Diemen's Land' 1827 1827 Life event - Migrated to Hobart, Tasmania. 1827 c. 1838 Career position - Civil engineer and Colonial architect, Tasmania. 1838 1852 Career position - Police magistrate, Horton district, Tasmania 1852 1852 Buried - Circular Head cemetery, Stanley, Tasmania. Tasmanian Lands and Surveys Department, Colony of Van Diemen's Land, Colony and State of Tasmania (1804 - 1970) 1826 1838

John Archer was Civil Engineer and Colonial Architect to the Van Diemen's Land colonial government from 1826 to 1838.

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 'Archer, John Lee', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Archer, John Lee Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: John Lee Archer, Tasmanian Architect and Engineer Smith, Roy John Lee Archer, Tasmanian Architect and Engineer Tasmania Tasmanian Historical Research Association 1962 Book Section: Archer, John Lee (1791-1852), architect and engineer Smith, Roy S. Archer, John Lee (1791-1852), architect and engineer Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1966 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 1: 1788 - 1850 A-H Douglas Pike 23-24 Edited Book: Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2: 1830-1890 Bailey, M. R.; Chrimes, M. M.; Cox, R. C.; Cross-Rudkin, P. S. M.; Hurst, B. L.; McWilliam, R. C.; Rennison, R. W.; Ruddock, E. C.; Sutherland, R. J. M.; Swailes, T. Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2: 1830-1890 London, United Kingdom Thomas Telford Publishing 2008 Edited Book: Wonders never cease: 100 Australian engineering achievements Engineers Australia Wonders never cease: 100 Australian engineering achievements Barton, Australian Capital Territory Institution of Engineers, Australia 2019 Resource: Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Online Melbourne Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 2000