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Statue of St. George, Kryal Castle, Ballarat

An image of the large statue of St. George located inside Kryal Castle, a tourist attraction near Ballarat in Victoria. The figure is atop a horse in full metal armour. At the foot of the statue are plaques describing the legend of 'St. George and…

Tags: Armour, Ballarat, battlements, castle, chivalric, chivalric tradition, chivalry, Christian, Christianity, crenelation, dragon, dragons, drawbridge, entertainment, figure, figures, functions, gate, horse, Keith Ryall, knight, knights, Kryal Castle, legend, leisure, Melbourne, moat, myth, mythology, porticullis, re-creation, recreation, religion, religious, saint, Saint George, saints, St George, St. George, statue, statues, tourism, tower, Vic, Victoria

Swordcraft

Swordcraft is a live medieval re-enactment roleplaying game in which players wear realistic costumes and fight with realistic-looking weapons made of rubber and foam, and padded arrows. For photographs see the Gallery on their website. The group is…

Tags: Archery, Armour, arrow, battle, costume, fantasy, game, J.R.R. Tolkien, Melbourne, Orc, performance, re-enactment, roleplay, Swordcraft, The Lord of the Rings, Vic, Victoria, Warhammer, weapons, World of War

The Abbotsford Convent, Abbotsford, Victoria

The Abbotsford Convent, located in the inner city Melbourne suburb of Abbotsford, operated as a convent, reformatory and Magdalen Asylum from 1863 until the mid-1970s. The convent was run by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd, a Catholic religious…

The Centennial International Exhibition

An image of the Royal Exhibition Building during the Centennial International Exhibition in 1888, from the Illustrated Australian News. The Royal Exhibition Building was designed by architect Joseph Reed and completed in 1880. The round-arched…

The Design for the Federal Coffee Palace, Collins Street West Melbourne

Illus Australian News 1886 24 July Federal Coffee Palace Collins St West Melbourne.pdf

An engraving featured in The Illustrated Australian News of a design for the Federal Coffee Palace in West Melbourne. The gothic style of the design is very typical of nineteenth century architecture in Australia and other nations with British…

Tags: architecture, Federal Coffee Palace, gothic architecture, Gothic Revival, Melbourne, neo-Gothic, Victoria

The Illuminations of Melbourne - the General Post Office

Image of the Melbourne General Post Office at night. The building was illuminated to celebrate the arrival of Queen Victoria to Australia. The lights on the building read "God Save the Queen" and "Long May She Reign." It was a medieval custom to…

Tags: English sentimentality, General Post Office, God Save the Queen, illuminations, lights, Melbourne, queen, Queen Victoria, Royal family, Royal visit, Victoria

The Modern Permanent Building Society's New Offices, Collins Street, West Melbourne

An engraving featured in The Illustrated Australian News of the recently built Gothic Revival style offices of the Modern Permanent Building Society.

Tags: architect, architecture, building, Gothic, gothic architecture, Gothic building, Gothic Revival, Gothic Revival style, Melbourne, neo-Gothic, Permanent Building Society

The New Queen's College

Illus Australian News 1888 31 March Queens College Unimelb Sketch.pdf

An engraving depicting the then new appearance of Queen's College at the University of Melbourne in 1888. Either side of the gothic style building are the portraits of the architects, Rev. W.A. Quick and E.H. Sugden.

Tags: architect, architecture, E.H. Sugden, Gothic, gothic architecture, Gothic building, Gothic Revival, Melbourne, neo-Gothic, Queen's College, university, University of Melbourne, W.A. Quick

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