About James Hume
Lived 1798 – 1868 (aged 69–70). James Hume was an Australian architect.
James Hume (1798 – 15 November 1868) was one of the first architects in Sydney, Australia.
He drew up the first plans for St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney and was the designer of the first synagogue in Australia in York Street Sydney, which opened in 1844.
Hume died on 15 November 1868 and was buried in the Devonshire Street Cemetery in Sydney.
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Australian architect
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James Hume was born in 1798.
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James Hume died in 1868.
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James Hume was an architect.
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