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Michael Cavanagh (architect)

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He returned to South Australia and rejoined the Government Architect's Department, eventually reaching the position of Chief Draughtsman. In 1891 he established his own private practice, where he designed a number of buildings in Adelaide,
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Cavanagh was the inaugural vice-president of the Western Australian Institute of Architects in 1896 and president of the Institute between 1903–05 and 1915–17. (The WA Institute merged with other states' institutes in 1930 to form the
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style building), in his own words "building a Cathedral worthy of Almighty God, of the Archdiocese and of the City of Perth". Cavanagh was appointed architect for the project and he produced plans for a completely new limestone
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before entering the Government Architecture's Department, where he received architectural training (c.1882-1886). In 1887 he left to study architecture in
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Michael Cavanagh F.R.I.B.A., Western Australian Architect 1860-1941: His Life, His Philosophies and His Architecture
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On 11 May 1897 he married Dorothy Le Poer Trench, the third daughter of Hon. Judge Robert Le Poer Trench,
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on 29 May 1941, following a two-month illness, and was buried in the Roman Catholic portion of
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architectural style and it was one of the most lavish hotels constructed in Perth during the
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and a sanctuary. The expanded, but incomplete, St Mary's Cathedral opened on 4 May 1930.
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Cathedral. Due to financial constraints, associated with the onset of the
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church in Fremantle. The church is an imposing limestone building in the
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Cavanagh unsuccessfully ran as an independent candidate for the seat of
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was consecrated in June 1900, with numerous dignitaries, including Sir
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commissioned Cavanagh to design a new church on the site of a former
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In November 1900 he was elected as the West Ward Councillor for the
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Alterations to the Roman Catholic Archbishop's Palace, Perth (1911)
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The apse and transept of the 1930 portion of St Mary's Cathedral
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Oblate Fathers' Industrial School for Boys, Glendalough (1897)
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for his studies in ancient and modern architecture and art.
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He was also a member of the Fire Brigade's Board and the
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Index

M. F. Cavanagh
Michael Cavanagh (judge)

Subiaco, Western Australia
Robert Le Poer Trench
Western Australia
Beechworth, Victoria
Adelaide, South Australia
South Australian School of Art
London
National Art Training School
Royal Institute of British Architects
Royal Historical Society
Peterborough
Port Pirie
Adelaide Art Circle
South Australian Society of Arts
Adelaide City Council
Australian Natives' Association
Wattle Day League


Western Australia
Northbridge
Federation Filigree
Western Australian gold boom
QC
St Mary's Cathedral, Perth
Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate
Benedictine

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