well-respected architects working in the classical style. This experience exposed Smith to an architectural practice involved in building major landmark structures in London. These included the enlargement of Buckingham Palace and the relocation of Marble Arch. After emigrating to Melbourne in 1851 (a partial diary of his trip is held by the Brighton Historical Society), Smith was briefly employed by the Colonial Architects office. It was here that he may have met Arthur Johnson. In April 1852 Smith resigned from this position to establish a private practice. He was in partnership, from 1864 to 1870, with architect and surveyor Thomas Watts (c1826-1915), operating from Smith’s office in Bank Place. The two worked together on the designs of a number of large rural homesteads, such as that at Golf Hill Station. Among Smith & Watt’s major projects in the city in the mid 1860s were the designs for the Melbourne Sailors’ Home in Spencer St, the fish market in Flinders Street and the Baptist Church in Albert St, East Melbourne. Smith may have collaborated with Johnson during the period 1852 to 1873, though during this period Johnson was employed by the Public Works Department. It was not until 1873 with success in the Supreme Court competition, that Johnson resigned from the PWD and the practice of Smith and Johnson was formed, with the prime initial commission of the Courts complex. In 1892 Smith was Elected Fellow at the RVIA. He died at Bedford Lodge, St.Kilda, on 18 October 1907, aged 76. Completed works References External links Google map of buildings by Smith and Johnson Architecture firms based in Victoria (Australia) Design companies established in 1852 Australian companies established in 1852