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George Brockwell Gill (1857–1954) was an architect in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. Many of the buildings he designed are heritage-listed.




Early life


George Brockwell Gill was born in 1857 in the Lambert district of Surrey, England.




Architectural career


Gill emigrated from London and settled in Ipswich in 1886 where he commenced work as an architect for the firm of Samuel Shenton. Gill took over Shenton's practice in 1889 when Shenton retired. Gill had been elected Associate of the Queensland Institute of Architects in 1904 and Fellow by 1913. He was its Vice-President in 1914-16 and President in 1918-19.
Significant works include:

Baptist Church
Bostock Chambers
Charleville War Memorial
City View Hotel
Esk War Memorial
Fairy Knoll
Ipswich Flour Mill
Hotel Metropole
Ipswich Club House
Ipswich Girls Grammar School
Ipswich Grammar School
Marburg Community Centre and First World War Memorial
Pen Y Llechwedd
Queen Victoria Silver Jubilee Memorial Technical College
Soldiers' Memorial Hall
St Paul's Young Men's Club
St Pauls Anglican Church and Rectory (1929 western extension and 1895 rectory)
Uniting Church Central Memorial Hall
Woodlands




Later life


George Gill retired to Coolangatta in 1942, where he surfed every morning until about 1951. Aged 97 years, he died at his home at Rutledge Street, Coolangatta on 1 June 1954 following a short illness, a few days short of his 70th wedding anniversary. He was privately cremated at Mount Thompson Crematorium.




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This Wikipedia article incorporates text from "The Queensland heritage register" published by the State of Queensland under CC-BY 3.0 AU licence (accessed on 7 July 2014, archived on 8 October 2014).

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• George Brockwell Gill
• Ipswich Club House
• Fairy Knoll
• Hotel Metropole, Ipswich
• City View Hotel
• George Gill
• St Paul's Young Men's Club, Ipswich
• Bostock Chambers
• Charleville War Memorial
• Woodlands, Marburg