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Charles Edward Owen Smyth (1 January 1851 – 1 October 1925) was an Irish-born South Australian public servant. Although not an architect, Smyth had considerable influence in the design, construction and maintenance of South Australia's public buildings. Public buildings supervised by Smyth include Withall and Wells' Jubilee Exhibition Building (1887), the north wing extension of the South Australian Museum and the Art Gallery of South Australia, the South Australian School of Mines and Industries (1903), the Thebarton Mounted Police Barracks, Port Road, Thebarton, the Margaret Graham Nurses' Home (1910–1911) on Frome Road, the Magill Home, the Bedford Park Sanatorium, and the Torrens Parade Ground. He also influenced the landscaping and beautification of the Torrens Lake surrounds and the North Terrace makeover.</div>
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State Government Photographer</div>
circa 1914 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1914-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
The History Trust of South Australian,  South Australian Government <br> Photo <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://data.history.sa.gov.au/sagpc/media/preview/5329?maxsize=1000">[1]</a> <br> Object record <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://data.history.sa.gov.au/sagpc/getitem/5329">[2]</a>