Background
Albert Bates was born on 30 May 1862 in New Zealand, the son of John Edmund and Mary Bates.
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After 1902 their head office was moved to Brisbane, with branches retained at Rockhampton and Townsville. A branch operated briefly at Toowoomba in the early 1900s. One of their most glamorous commissions was for the new Queen"s Hotel (1901-1904) (Telecasters North Queensland Limited Building) at Townsville.
Cremorne at Hamilton in Brisbane (1905-1906) was one of their larger residential designs.
Their style was eclectic, drawing upon both eastern and western classical traditions, with a particular emphasis on verandahs and pavilions – both as a decorative device and as appropriate to the warm Queensland climate. Bates came to Sydney in 1905 and practised regularly up to the time of his final illness.
Albert Bates died in Sydney on Wednesday 24 July 1929 aged of 62 years. This Wikipedia article was originally based on "The Queensland heritage register" published by the State of Queensland under Central Committee-BY 3.0 AU licence (accessed on 7 July 2014, archived on 8 October 2014).
Membership
He was a member of the Institute of Architects.
