James Hine (1848–1928) was a prominent architect in

Perth, Western Australia Perth () is the list of Australian capital cities, capital city of Western Australia. It is the list of cities in Australia by population, fourth-most-populous city in Australia, with a population of over 2.3 million within Greater Perth . The ...

. He was born in

Ludlow Ludlow ( ) is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire (district), Shropshire, England. It is located south of Shrewsbury and north of Hereford, on the A49 road (Great Britain), A49 road which bypasses the town. The town is near the conf ...

, England. Hine worked there with the architect John Grovsner as his assistant from 1865 until 1877, and subsequently started his own practice. Hine moved to

Cape Town Cape Town is the legislature, legislative capital city, capital of South Africa. It is the country's oldest city and the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. Cape Town is the country's List of municipalities in South Africa, second-largest ...

, South Africa in 1881, then to

Bathurst, New South Wales Bathurst () is a city in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia. Bathurst is about 200 kilometres (120 mi) west-northwest of Sydney and is the seat of the Bathurst Region, Bathurst Regional Council. Founded in 1815, Bathurst is ...

in 1883, before settling in Perth, Western Australia, in 1895, where he remained until his death in January 1928. Buildings designed by Hine include Methodist Ladies' College, Wesley College, and the Trinity Buildings.

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19th-century English architects 19th-century Australian architects 20th-century Australian architects Architects from Western Australia 1848 births 1928 deaths Architects from Shropshire Businesspeople from Ludlow {{WesternAustralia-stub