Dictionary of Sydney: Peter Nicol Russell

This week on Dictionary of Sydney, Mark Dunn tells us about 19th Century engineer, Peter Nicol Russell. Russell’s extremely successful firms allowed him to donate today’s equivalent of about $50 million pounds to the University of Sydney’s engineering school. The Peter Nicol Russell Building still stands at the University of Sydney today.

To learn more, check out the Dictionary of Sydney’s website here.

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