Edward Tufnell (bishop)
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Edward Wyndham Tufnell was an Anglican priest. He was the first Anglican Bishop of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia.
Edward Wyndham Tufnell, the first Anglican Bishop of Brisbane, 1860
Front view of Riversleigh, North Quay, Brisbane, c. 1931
Benjamin Backhouse
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Benjamin Backhouse was an architect and politician in Australia. He was a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council.
Edward Tufnell (bishop)
…He served as Anglican Bishop of Brisbane from 1859 to 1874. While in Brisbane in 1863, Edward Tufnell commissioned architect Benjamin Backhouse to build the house Riversleigh on North Quay as an investment. Tufnell returned to England in 1874. In 1882 he became the vicar of Felpham near Bognor…
St Stephen's cathedral, Brisbane
Perspective drawing of Villa Fernberg, Brisbane, ca. 1864
Wickham Terrace Church, circa 1868