Peter Kerr (21 April 182031 March 1912) was an Australian architect and the principal designer of the

Parliament House of Victoria Parliament House is the meeting place of the Parliament of Victoria, one of the parliaments of the Australian states and territories. Located on Spring Street, Melbourne, Spring Street on the edge of the Hoddle Grid, the grand colonnaded fr ...

, Australia, commencing from a government architect's basic design.History of Parliament House
at Parliament of Victoria Kerr immigrated to

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/ Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a me ...

in 1852 after working under Sir

Charles Barry Sir Charles Barry (23 May 1795 – 12 May 1860) was a British architect, best known for his role in the rebuilding of the Palace of Westminster (also known as the Houses of Parliament) in London during the mid-19th century, but also responsi ...

on the design of the

Palace of Westminster The Palace of Westminster serves as the meeting place for both the House of Commons and the House of Lords, the two houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Informally known as the Houses of Parliament, the Palace lies on the north bank ...

.Entry in Australian Dictionary of Biography Online
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Augustus Pugin Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin ( ; 1 March 181214 September 1852) was an English architect, designer, artist and critic with French and, ultimately, Swiss origins. He is principally remembered for his pioneering role in the Gothic Revival st ...

, he was well versed in the Gothic Revival style in which, over 40 years, he developed one of the city's great buildings.

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1820 births 1912 deaths Architects from Melbourne 19th-century Australian architects {{Australia-architect-stub

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