Thomas Rowe

Thomas Rowe
1st Mayor of Manly
In office
15 February 1877 – 7 February 1879
Succeeded byAlfred Hilder
Alderman of the Municipality of Manly
In office
13 February 1877 – 1 October 1880
Succeeded byJames Boscawen Duff
Alderman of the City of Sydney
for Bourke Ward
In office
2 December 1872 – 30 November 1876
Preceded byJoseph Raphael
Succeeded byJohn Young
1st President of the Board of Water Supply and Sewerage
In office
26 March 1888 – 24 March 1892
Preceded byNew office
Succeeded byCecil West Darley
President of the Metropolitan Board of Water Supply and Sewerage
In office
20 March 1896 – 14 January 1899
Preceded byCecil West Darley
Succeeded byJacob Garrard
Official Member of the Metropolitan Board of Water Supply and Sewerage
In office
26 March 1888 – 14 January 1899
Preceded byNew office
Succeeded byJacob Garrard
Personal details
Born(1829-07-20)20 July 1829
Penzance, Cornwall, England
Died14 January 1899(1899-01-14) (aged 69)
Darling Point, Colony of New South Wales
OccupationArchitect
Awards Volunteer Officers' Decoration (1895)[1]
Military service
Allegiance United Kingdom
Branch/serviceNSW Defence Force
Years of service1872–1899
RankColonel
CommandsNew South Wales Corps of Engineers

Thomas Rowe VD, JP, FRIBA (20 July 1829 – 14 January 1899) was a British-born architect, builder and goldminer who became one of Australia's leading architects of the Victorian era.[2] He was also a politician, who was the first Mayor of Manly.

  1. ^ "MERITORIOUS SERVICE". Evening News. New South Wales, Australia. 28 December 1895. p. 1. Retrieved 13 June 2020 – via Trove.
  2. ^ J. M. Freeland, Thomas Rowe, pp 68–69, Volume 6, Australian Dictionary of Biography (MUP, 1976)