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Rowland Rees

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in 1869; his brother, Dr. John Rees followed seven years later. Rowland ("something of a black sheep in the family"), along with his brothers Allen and Charles, "had all three received and squandered their inheritance" and were accordingly left nothing in their father's will; at any rate, having
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His sister Kathleen Rees in 1883 married the widower Dr. James Compton-Burnett (c. 1840 – 2 April 1901), 15 years his junior (so she was born around 1855). She had seven children by him, of whom
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In November 1870 he married Ada Caroline Sandford (1853 – 12 September 1930), daughter of William Mathews Sandford ( – February 1902), an Adelaide solicitor. They had two surviving children:
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suffered "some kind of financial catastrophe" and moved into "a small terrace villa in Hove", the senior Rowland Rees left only enough to cover a few preliminary bequests.
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He was in partnership with Joseph Hornabrook from 1878 to 1881, when Hornabrook left for a life on the professional stage.
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Ivy When Young- The Early Life of I. Compton-Burnett 1884-1919, Hilary Spurling, Allison & Busby, 1983, p. 135
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Rees' work was usually characterised by bold decorative elements such as capitals, pilasters and pediments.
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Another sister Elizabeth Rees ( – 1941) married Robert Blackie (c.1852–1936). Their youngest daughter
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from December 1883 to December 1886, also serving as honorary Health Officer. He died of consumption (
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He was described as "a voluble Welshman" in one Adelaide newspaper report.
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Rees began his architectural practice immediately upon arriving in the
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Not to be confused with his father, also named Rowland Rees, mayor of
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Rowland John Patton Rees (1872 – ) moved to Perth, Western Australia
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for two years before moving to Hindmarsh. He was mayor of
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His brother John Rees, JP. (c. 1849–1893) studied at
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Mrs. Rees lived for some time with her son Sydney in
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Brighton
Ivy Compton Burnett
Margery Blackie
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civil engineer
South Australia
Gibraltar
Dover
Brighton
Sheffield
Adelaide
colony of South Australia
Thomas English
Currie Street
South Australian House of Assembly
The Burra
Burra
Onkaparinga
South Australian Institute
South Australian State Collection
Holdfast Railway Company

Moonta
Essenside
Glenelg
Downer House
North Adelaide
Rundle Street

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