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Albert Purchas (1825-1909) was an English-born architect, surveyor, inventor and officer in the Victorian volunteer army who was prominent and prolific in Melbourne, Victoria in the late nineteenth century. ==Early life== Albert Purchas was born in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales in 1825, the son of Robert Whittlesey Purchas and Marianne Guyon. Purchas emigrated to Melbourne in about 1851. He was married on 1 Nov 1854 at St Kilda, Victoria, to Eliza Anne (abt 1825–1869),〔(Suzie Zades, Biographical Family Report for Albert Purchas )〕 the eldest daughter of Robert Swyer, of Kersal, Lancashire. He soon established a private practice in Melbourne as a civil engineer and architect. He obtained a position as contract surveyor under Surveyor-General Robert Hoddle, but disagreed with Hoddle over the line for St Kilda Road, appealing to Governor La Trobe, and successfully getting the road diverted around a prominent hill which eventually became the site of the Shrine of Remembrance. Albert and Eliza had a large family with 10 children, although several died as children. Their children included Robert Guyon Whittlesey Purchas (6 September 1862 – 4 June 1940); Edith Matilda;〔Argus 10.10.1885, p 1〕 Marian Eliza Purchas (abt 1855-Abt 1875); Claude Albert Guyon Purchas (Abt 1857-); Violet Purchas (Abt 1860-Abt 1875); Beatrice Purchas (abt 1864-1864); Lillian Purchas (Abt 1864-1864); Ethel Annie Purchas (Abt 1865-Abt 1938); Adeline Purchas (Abt 1867-Abt 1867); Elaine Alberta Purchas (Abt 1868-Abt 1891).〔 Purchas played a prominent role in public life, serving as a member of the Royal Victoria Yeomanry Corps, and holding the position of Captain in the Victorian Volunteer Force, Officer Commanding the Metropolitan Troop of the Prince of Wales Light Horse.〔(Albert Purchas: architect, soldier, inventor, 19th JUNE 2013 By pdee 'Such Was Life' blog, State Library of Victoria )〕 He was a member of the Acclimatisation society from 1862 1909,〔Celestina Sagazio, Cemeteries: Our Heritage, National Trust, Melbourne, 1992, p. 50.〕 and responsible for laying out the Melbourne Zoological Gardens in Royal Park, Melbourne in 1862, where he also designed the elephant house, other buildings, and laid out the fence.〔The Victorian History Journal, RHSV, Melbourne, Vol 37, pp. 240-241〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Albert Purchas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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