Building Details - Architects of South Australia

He is also associated with the Treasury Buildings, on the corner of King William Street and Victoria Square (1858-60), in Italianate style. This complex was to house public offices building and replaced George Strickland Kingston’s original 1839 block. Hamilton’s design shows ‘complex architectural composition and the informed detailing point to specialised professional training’ (Langmead 1994, p.194). It was described at the time as being ‘in style a combination of the Venetian and Grecian orders of architecture … There is a harmony of proportion and a classical stamp about the whole structure which enables it to be regarded as an architectural gem and which render it a great ornament to the city.’ (Register cited in Sherrin 1985, p.25).