William Nixon (architect)

[1] He was active in local government and was President of Hornsby Shire and an Alderman in the Municipality of Ashfield.

On arrival in Australia this money was largely lost on poor gold mining investments.

In 1886, Nixon married Ada Fox, the daughter of a Church of England clergyman from Tumut, New South Wales.

In 1893, with four young sons, he started his own architectural practice in Pitt Street, Sydney, with only £30 of savings.

In 1910 he took his son, Charles Ashwin Nixon, as his partner until his death on active service during World War I.