William Henry Allan Munro

Munro was born in Inverness, Scotland, in 1856, the son of tailor George Munro and his wife Mary (née Allan). He trained under Matthews & Lawrie.^[1]

In 1886, he emigrated to Queensland and worked as an architect for Rooney Brothers of Townsville. There, he won the competition for the Queensland Hotel and was taken into partnership by Walter Eyre in 1887.^[1] After the firm ceased trading in 1892, Munro worked for the government but also undertook private contracts.^[2]