John Garnett - papers, 1874-1942

MLMSS 2804 ADD-ON 2126

fonds

1874-1942

Textual Records, Clippings

152741

2 boxes - 0.5 Meters
Textual Records
Textual Records - (typescript)
Clippings
Textual Records - (printed)

John Garnett arrived in Sydney in 1884 after working in Huddersfield, England as a stonemason. He won tenders to build or restore many buildings in Sydney and New South Wales including private houses, churches, banks, mausoleums and schools. He was awarded many contracts by the New South Wales Department of Public Works including restoration work on Government House and the Mitchell Library. Garnett built the pediments for the Shakespeare statue group, and the statues of Matthew Flinders and Sir Richard Bourke, in its present position. By this time a company had been formed: Garnett & Whiteoak Stonemasons Builders General Contractors, with quarries in Coogee and Bondi. He died in 1945.

1874-1942; letters, mainly from relatives with some from friends, in England, with references written by employers in England, 1883
1912,1924; mainly bills and receipts accumulated during return trips to England
1886-1891, 1920-1922; papers concerning building work on King's School Chapel, Parramatta and later additions to the Chapel and a new memorial tower
1927-1928; papers concerning building work on the Bank of New South Wales opposite Martin Place in Sydney
1888-1893, 1928; cash books (2) concerning payments of wages (Call No.: MLMSS 2804 ADD ON 2126/1)
1901-1908, 1918-1928; 'tender books' (8), some being copy letter books setting out tender costs, some giving detailed cost breakdowns, and some of these with drawings of specific aspects of the masonry work, mainly church windows, cornerstones and stone walls (Call No.: MLMSS 2804 ADD ON 2126/2)