George Henry Male Addison

His father undertook missionary work in West Africa but it damaged his health and he died in 1863 and Addison was raised by his maternal grandfather, Henry Male in Somerset.

He was articled to architect Edmund Isles Hubbard at Rotherham and studied at the Royal Academy in London.

[3][4][5] Addison immigrated to South Australia to work on a number of large government projects.

There he was one of the founders of the Melbourne Art Society along with John Mather, Tom Roberts, Frederick McCubbin and other well-known artists.

[5][6] His daughter Lily worked as a draftswoman and then architect in her father's firm; she was one of the earliest women to practice architecture in Australia.