His fascination with Europe contributed to the introduction of European internationalism in Australia.
He also had a significant impact on the establishment of modern domestic architecture.
[1] Sydney Ancher was the son of New Zealand journalist Edward Albert Ancher and his Australian wife Ethel Puah, née Parsons.
He was educated at Mosman Superior Public, North Sydney Boys’ High and Sydney Technical High School.
On 26 November 1926 he married Aaletha Ethel Hasemer, a stenographer, at the Presbyterian Church, Mosman, Australia.