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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-05-25 human Rosanne Walker updated 2025-11-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003579b.htm person Greenway Francis AACR2 1777 1837 Place of Birth Mangotsfield, Gloucestershire, England Place of Death Hunter River Valley, New South Wales, Australia Architect Francis Greenway, who was transported to Australia in 1814 for a forgery offence committed in 1812, was one of the principal architects responsible for the transfer of building technology from Europe to Australia in the early days. His work was notable for skills in using local sandstones and for the proportions and grandness of his designs. His most prominent early structure was the Macquarie Lighthouse at South Head. Colony of New South Wales (1788 - 1901)

Francis Greenway was an Architect within the Colonial Government of New South Wales.

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 'Greenway, Francis', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Greenway, Francis Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Greenway, Francis (1777-1837), architect Herman, Morton Greenway, Francis (1777-1837), architect Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1966 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 1: 1788 - 1850 A-H Douglas Pike 470-472 Book Section: Chapter 1: The seventy years 1790-1960 Fraser, Don Chapter 1: The seventy years 1790-1960 Crows Nest, New South Wales Engineers Australia 1989 Sydney: from settlement to city: an engineering history of Sydney Don Fraser 1-16 Book: Dictionary of Australian biography Serle, Percival Dictionary of Australian biography Sydney Angus & Robertson 1949 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