Alfred Newman (architect)

Alfred Gambier Newman was an Australian architect active in the firstyears of the 20th century. He designed significant work for both the Methodist Church and the Newman and Vickery families.

Newman was born in Mount Gambier, South Australia, one of eight children of Emma Ann and the Rev. Charles Thomas Newman. He was educated at Prince Alfred College , Adelaide where his art master was James Ashton. After leaving PAC, Newman studied art and design at the South Australian School of Art . In 1896 his mother died in Kapunda. and in 1900 his father married Elizabeth Vickery, the daughter of Ebenezer Vickery, merging two prominent Methodist families.

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