William Priestly MacIntosh explained

William Priestly MacIntosh (1857 – 9 January 1930) was a sculptor in Sydney, Australia. His works often decorated significant public buildings in Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra and major provincial centres. Many of them are now heritage-listed.

Early life

MacIntosh was born near Ayr in Scotland in 1857 and died in Sydney in 1930.^[1] Before immigrating to New South Wales in 1880, he studied anatomy and sculpture in Edinburgh.^[2] By 1896 MacIntosh was "executing every kind of sculpture", working from a yard in Hereford Street, Forest Lodge.^[3] He was still actively working at the time of his death at his residence and studio in Kogarah.^[2]

Works

His works include:^[2]

• Lands Department building, Sydney (1890–1891)
• Sydney Technical College, Sydney (1891)
• Queen Victoria Building, Sydney (1898–1899)
• Land Administration Building, Brisbane (1903–1904)
• Boer War Memorial, Allora, Queensland (1904)
• Queensland Government Printing Office, Brisbane (1910)^[4]
• Australian Mutual Provident Society head office, Sydney (1912)^[5]
• Commonwealth Bank building, Sydney (1916)
• Family Services Building, Brisbane (1920)^[6]
• Old Parliament House, Canberra (1926)

Notes and References

1. News: A Great Sculptor Passes . . Sydney . 29 January 1930 . 4 November 2015 . 12 .
2. Web site: Baskerville. Bruce. 2007. Review of An Australian Sculptor: William Priestly MacIntosh by Beverley Earnshaw (assisted by Hollebone) Kogarah Historical Society, Kogarah 2004. 27 February 2015.
3. Book: Earnshaw, Beverley. William Priestly MacIntosh, An Australian Sculptor. Kogarah Historical Society. 2004. 095939253X. Kogarah, NSW. 5. Hollebone. Janette.
4. 1 August 2014.
5. News: GENERAL NOTES. . The Sydney Morning Herald . New South Wales, Australia . 22 August 1911 . 15 July 2023 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
6. 1 August 2014.