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Tappin, William Brittain
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IdentifierUMA-AG-000001740Activities & OccupationsArchitectsHistoryWilliam Tappin was born in Ballarat on 16 May 1854 and was educated in Geelong and Ballarat. He was articled to the Ballarat architect H.R. Caselli before joining the Melbourne practice of Reed & Barnes. In around 1881 he returned to Ballarat and entered into partnership with Charles N. Gilbert, forming the practice Tappin & Gilbert which operated through the 1880s. Following Anketell Henderson’s departure from the firm Reed, Henderson & Smart in 1890, Tappin became a partner of the practice, forming Reed, Smart & Tappin. He died in 1905, but his name remained in the title of the firm until 1907.
IdentifierUMA-AG-000001740Activities & OccupationsArchitectsHistoryWilliam Tappin was born in Ballarat on 16 May 1854 and was educated in Geelong and Ballarat. He was articled to the Ballarat architect H.R. Caselli before joining the Melbourne practice of Reed & Barnes. In around 1881 he returned to Ballarat and entered into partnership with Charles N. Gilbert, forming the practice Tappin & Gilbert which operated through the 1880s. Following Anketell Henderson’s departure from the firm Reed, Henderson & Smart in 1890, Tappin became a partner of the practice, forming Reed, Smart & Tappin. He died in 1905, but his name remained in the title of the firm until 1907.Dates
Date1854-1905
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Source of DescriptionGoad, Philip, Bates Smart: 150 Years of Australian Architecture (Fishermans Bend, Vic: Thames & Hudson, 2004), pp. 297.
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Member of OrganisationReed, Smart & Tappin
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Succeeding OrganisationsSmart, Tappin & Peebles
Tappin, William Brittain (1854-1905), [UMA-AG-000001740]. University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 28/06/2026, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/658082