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Rowland Rees (25 September 1840 – 13 October 1904) was an architect, civil engineer and politician in South Australia. HistoryRees was born in Gibraltar, the eldest son of Rowland Rees, of Sutrana House, Dover, and later alderman of Brighton, England. He was educated in Hong Kong and Sheffield.[1] It has also been asserted that he was educated in Dover, where his father was for many years mayor.[1] He emigrated to Adelaide 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 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.[2] Rees began his architectural practice immediately upon arriving in the colony, initially in partnership with Thomas English. His work was usually characterised by bold decorative elements such as capitals, pilasters and pediments.[1] He was elected to the South Australian House of Assembly as member for The Burra (1873–75), Burra (1875–81) and Onkaparinga (1882–90).[3] He advanced liberal ideas, such as free education, the regulation (rather than banning) of gambling, and equal divorce rights for women. Rees was a member of the South Australian Institute from 1878, and helped to select works for the South Australian State Collection. He was a director of the Holdfast Railway Company, for which firm he also acted as engineer.[4] Selected works
FamilyIn November 1870 he married Ada Caroline Sandford (1853 – 12 September 1930), daughter of William Mathews Sandford ( – February 1902), an Adelaide solicitor.[5] They had two surviving children:
Mrs. Rees lived for some time with her son Sydney in Perth, where she died.[6] His brother John Rees, JP. (c. 1849–1893) studied at Guy's Hospital, and arrived in South Australia on 1 April 1876. He practised at Port Wakefield for two years before moving to Hindmarsh. He was mayor of Hindmarsh from December 1883 to December 1886, also serving as honorary Health Officer. He died of consumption (tuberculosis).[7] 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 Ivy Compton-Burnett (1884–1969) was the eldest; there were also five children by his first marriage.[8] Another sister Elizabeth Rees ( – 1941) married Robert Blackie (c.1852–1936). Their youngest daughter Margery Grace Blackie (1898–1981) was a noted homeopath. See also
References1. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5027600 |title=Death of Mr. Rowland Rees |newspaper=The Advertiser (Adelaide) |volume=XLVII, |issue=14,350 |location=South Australia |date=14 October 1904 |accessdate=21 August 2017 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}} 2. ^Ivy When Young- The Early Life of I. Compton-Burnett 1884-1919, Hilary Spurling, Allison & Busby, 1983, p. 135 3. ^{{cite SA-parl |pid=3947 |name=Rowland Rees}} 4. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article215205796 |title=Glenelg 50 Years Ago |newspaper=Glenelg Guardian |volume=XVI, |issue=884 |location=South Australia |date=30 April 1930 |accessdate=21 August 2017 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}} 5. ^1 2 {{Australian Dictionary of Biography |last=Feeney |first=Alan |year=1976 |id=A060020b |title= Rees, Rowland (1840 - 1904) |accessdate=30 January 2009 }} 6. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article29838750 |title=Obituary |newspaper=The Advertiser |location=South Australia |date=1 October 1930 |accessdate=20 August 2017 |page=17 |via=National Library of Australia}} 7. ^{{cite book|author=Ronald Parsons|title=Hindmarsh Town|publisher=Corporation of the Town of Hindmarsh|date=1974|isbn=0959879307}} 8. ^{{cite web |url= http://hovehistory.blogspot.com.au/2015/11/hove-plaques-c-e.html |author= Judy Middleton |title= Hove in the Past: Local History of Hove, Brighton and surrounding area|access-date=21 August 2017}} External links
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