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Extended Data

DAAO URL

https://www.daao.org.au/bio/eustace-harries

Birth Place

Bath, England, UK

Biography

sketcher and public servant, was born in Bath, England, only son of a surgeon, Charles Alexander Harries. There is no record of the reason why young Harries chose to leave Bath and take a poorly paid job in the Brisbane office of the Roads and Buildings’ Branch of the Department of Public Works where he received £150 a year as a clerk and draughtsman from 1867. In July 1876 he was appointed chief draughtsman of the Buildings’ Branch at more than double his previous salary, but two years later, aged thirty-one, was found dead 'of unknown causes’ in his cottage, Avondale, South Brisbane. Sketches (John Oxley Library, Queensland State Library, Brisbane), signed with his familiar name of Harry, record several of Brisbane’s major buildings of the 1860s, including Government House and the Lunatic Asylum at Woogaroo, now Wolston Park Hospital. One delicate and precise pencil sketch shows Woogaroo Asylum just before it was completed in 1865. He used colour washes in tones of grey, raw umber and sepia to heighten his drawings. One of the most charming is of his own house (now relocated on North Tambourine Mountain). This entry is a stub. You can help DAAO by submitting a biography. Writers: Vries-Evans, Susanna de Date written: 1992 Last updated: 2011

Born

b. 1847

Summary

Sketcher and public servant, he worked as a draughtsman in Brisbane. His sketches from the 1860s record several of Brisbane's major buildings.

Gender

Male

Died

1878

Age at death

31