James Hume (architect)

James Hume (1798–15 Nov 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, opened in 1844.[1][2]

Hume died on 15 November 1868 and was buried in the Devonshire Street Cemetery in Sydney.[3]

References
  1. The Early Australian Architects and Their Work: 2nd Ed, by Morton Herman, 1970, p. 182
  2. Diana Muir Appelbaum, "Jewish Identity and Egyptian Revival Architecture", Journal of Jewish Identities, 2012 (5(2) p. 7.
  3. Sydney Burial Ground 1819 to 1901 by Keith A Johnson and Malcolm R Sainty, Library of Australian History, Sydney, 2001, page 77.


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