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Hurdy Gurdy demonstration
This photograph shows Alana Bennett playing a six stringed Phoenix Standard hurdy gurdy made by Helmut Gotschy in Germany (www.gotschy.com). The hurdy gurdy is a stringed instrument played by using a crank-turned wheel. It developed from fiddles and…
St George’s Chapel Interior, Perth, Western Australia
St George’s Anglican Chapel is the chapel of St George’s College, a residential college for students attending The University of Western Australia in Perth. The foundation stone of the chapel was laid in 1928 by Archbishop Riley, and the…
Perth Mint, Perth, Western Australia
The administration building of Perth Mint was designed by George Temple Poole in the Federation Romanesque style, most evident in the use of semi-circular arches for the windows and entrances. The foundation stone was laid by Sir John Forest, the…
‘Allan Wilkie: Henry VIII on Stage’, The Sunday Times, 27 April 1930
This article published in The Sunday Times reviews a production of ‘Henry VIII’ staged at the His Majesty's Theatre in Perth by the Allan Wilkie Company in 1930. Assisted by elaborate scenes and plush costumes it succeeded, according to…
Fighting Demonstration at the Balingup Medieval Carnivale, 2012
A photograph of a medieval-style combat demonstration at the Balingup Medieval Carnivale, 2012.
Combat Demonstration, Balingup Medieval Carnivale, 2012
A photograph of a medieval-style combat demonstration at the Balingup Medieval Carnivale, 2012.
Catholic Education Centre, West Leederville: Front Entrance
An image of the front entrance of the Catholic Education Centre on Ruislip Street in West Leederville, an inner-city suburb of Perth, Western Australia. The buildings that make up the Catholic Education Centre were once known as the Home Of The Good…