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4 unusual facts about John Smith Murdoch


Canberra Glassworks

It is located in the Kingston Powerhouse which was designed by John Smith Murdoch and constructed from 1913-1915.

John Murdoch

John Smith Murdoch (1862–1945), chief architect of the Commonwealth of Australia

John Smith Murdoch

After completing his articles in 1883 he became assistant in the office of Alexander Ross in Inverness before moving to Glasgow to work for Campbell Douglas & Sellars and then for the Glasgow South Western Railway Engineers' Department.

Murdoch was promoted to Director-General of Works by 1927 and was appointed C.M.G. (Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George) to honour his service to the Commonwealth of Australia.



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