James Hine (1848–1928) was a prominent architect in
Perth, Western Australia
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. He was born in
Ludlow
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, 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
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, 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.
References
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
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