 Percy Grainger 's father , John Grainger ( 1854 – 1917 ) , was an English @-@ born architect who emigrated to Australia in 1877 . He won professional recognition for his design of the Princes Bridge across the Yarra River in Melbourne . In October 1880 he married Rose Annie Aldridge , daughter of Adelaide hotelier George Aldridge . The couple settled in Brighton , a suburb of Melbourne where their only son , christened George Percy Grainger , was born on 8 July 1882 . 
